Because fire sprinklers react so quickly, they can dramatically reduce the heat, flames, and smoke produced in a fire. Properly installed and maintained fire sprinklers help save lives.
Fire sprinklers have been around for more than a century, protecting commercial and industrial properties and public buildings. What many people don’t realize is that the same life-saving technology is also available for homes, where roughly 85% of all civilian fire deaths occur.
All About Home Fire Sprinklers
- Safer fire service: The risk to firefighters is much less. Sprinklers reduce the heat, flame, and smoke from a fire.
- Fast response: Home fire sprinklers are more sensitive to heat than those found in businesses or industrial buildings, so the fire will be detected much sooner.
- Can blend with your home decor: You can buy home fire sprinklers in different colors. Some can be installed flush with the ceiling, so you will hardly notice they are there.
- Reliable: Home fire sprinklers only spray when the temperature in the room rises quickly. The sprinkler above the fire is the only one that sprays.
- Investment protection: Sprinklers can prevent devastating home damage by putting out flames quickly, limiting the damage caused by smoke and fire.
- Easy installation: Installing a home sprinkler system in a home under construction or being remodeled requires a little extra piping and labor.
- Low water requirement: Home fire sprinklers can be connected to the home water supply and require less water than business and industrial systems.
- Low cost: A sprinkler costs about $1.35 per square foot, about the same as upgraded cabinets or carpet.
- Lower insurance: Installing a sprinkler system has the potential to lower insurance rates by 5 to 15 percent.
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Content Source: National Fire Protection Association and U.S. Fire Administration