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Home Fire Sprinklers
Media stories can save lives! A news story about a residential fire provides a valuable opportunity to give your community a safety message during a teachable moment. Drop in these prevention tips and facts, and you just might save a life!
All U.S. homes should have working smoke alarms.
Fire injuries and deaths can be prevented! A few easy steps can save your life!
- Home fire sprinklers may reduce fire injuries and deaths, protect your home investment and irreplaceable family possessions, and decrease insurance costs.
- Include fire sprinklers in your plans when building a new home.
- Think about adding sprinklers to your existing home, especially when remodeling.
Home Fire Sprinkler Facts
- The combination of working smoke alarms and home fire sprinklers lowers the risk of death from fire by more than 80%.
- For homes with residents at high risk of fire injury and death (children, older adults, people with disabilities), sprinklers offer an important added measure of protection.
- Home fire sprinklers automatically contain a fire and prevent it from spreading, reducing damage to the home.
- Only the sprinklers in the fire area are activated.
- Sprinklers add only about 1% to the cost of building a home.