An Introduction to Automatic Fire Sprinklers

Installation

• The cost of adding sprinklers to new sites being constructed is as low as 1 percent of the total cost of the building. Sprinklers are able to be installed flush against the surface where it is being attached.

Effectiveness

• The National Fire Protection Association states about sprinklers, "They reduce the risk of death or injury from a fire because they dramatically reduce the heat, flames, and smoke produced, allowing people the time to evacuate the home."

Property Loss

• Sprinklers in a home that has a fire can cut the property loss by a half to two-thirds the amount a victim loses in a house without sprinklers. Only the sprinkler closest to the fire will spray to prevent water damage in areas of the home where no fire exists.