Fire Sprinklers

There are numerous reasons why fire sprinklers are installed in commercial and residential buildings:

• 80% of all fire deaths occur in the home. Fire sprinklers can reduce the chance of dying in a fire by one-half to two-thirds.
• 90% of fires are contained with a single sprinkler. Only the sprinkler closest to the fire will activate, spraying water directly on the fire.
• Sprinklers only operate in response to high temperatures of a fire. Therefore smoking, steam or cooking vapors cannot activate a fire sprinkler.
• Home fire sprinklers use only a fraction of the water used by fire department hoses. There are several types of fire sprinklers available – some are concealed by a plate, some are installed on walls and some are installed on ceilings. Images representing residential fire sprinklers are displayed below.
• Fire sprinklers can reduce insurance premiums.
• Fire sprinklers are designed to save lives, but because they control fires so quickly, they also reduce property damage.
• Fire reports show that property damage is nine times lower in buildings that have fire sprinklers.
• Fire sprinklers protect your property 24 hours a day, automatically.
• In buildings protected by properly designed and maintained fire sprinklers, over 99% of fires are controlled by fire sprinklers alone.