Recently, SOLUTIONS caught up with the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition’s (HFSC) very busy celebrity spokesperson Ron Hazelton.

Ron has been home improvement editor for ABC Television’s Good Morning America (GMA) program for the better part of a decade, as well the host of his own syndicated television program, “Ron Hazelton’s House Calls.” His former hit show “The House Doctor” still airs in encore broadcasts on Home and Garden Television (HGTV) across North America. Millions more viewers have watched him on Discovery Channel, Lifetime Television, and History Channel programs.

Since joining HFSC as spokesperson in 1997, Ron has become an ardent supporter of fire safety in general and an advocate of residential fire sprinklers in particular. In honor of his commitment on and off “the clock,” Ron recently received

a special Appreciation Award from HFSC Steering Committee member National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA) during its annual seminar.

Ron began the transition from working master craftsman and cabinet maker to a career in television in the late 80s. “But I didn’t give up my day job,” he says. “I started doing TV in ‘89 but it was two or three years before I stopped working and started doing TV full time.”