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Residential Fire Sprinklers

The organizations below have assembled resources to help the Fire Service educate consumers, elected officials, developers, and builders about the benefits of including fire sprinklers in homes.

Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition

The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition External Links (HFSC) was formed in response to the tremendous need to inform the public about the life-saving value of home fire sprinkler protection.

Information for the Fire Service on the HFSC Web site includes:

  • How fire sprinklers work
  • Fire sprinkler facts
  • Water usage
  • Public education materials
  • Municipal reports from Scottsdale, AZ and Prince George's County, MD

In addition, specific information targeted towards building professionals and homeowners is available.

Residential Fire Safety Institute

The Residential Fire Safety Institute External Links (RFSI) is a public interest group created to promote fire-safe homes through built-in fire protection and fire safety education.

Information on the RFSI web site includes:

  • Sprinkler overview, including how to shop for a fire sprinkler contractor, answers to home builders' objections, and multipurpose (sprinkler/plumbing) systems
  • Incentives for sprinklers
  • Model ordinances and amendments
  • Quality control of residential sprinkler programs
  • Primer on ordinance adoption
  • Jurisdictions with sprinkler ordinances
  • Sprinkler regulations by state

National Fire Protection Association

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) develops, publishes, and disseminates more than 300 consensus codes and standards External Links, including those related to the design and installation of automatic sprinkler systems for protection against fire hazards.

The NFPA report, available below, includes statistics on how often sprinklers (or other automatic extinguishing systems) are reported in fires, by property use, and their estimated impact in reducing the average loss of life and property per fire. It includes new statistics on performance, usage and reliability of sprinklers, and other automatic extinguishing systems, as well as leading reasons when systems fail to operate or operate but are ineffective.

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PDF, 205, KbU.S. Experience with Sprinklers and Other Fire Extinguishing Equipment (PDF, 205 Kb)

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