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FONTANA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT |
Home Fire Sprinkler Systems
Fire sprinkler systems are installed in a home to attack a fire in its early stages by spraying enough water to put out the fire or keep it from spreading, allowing occupants more time to escape. Before residential type systems were introduced, fire sprinklers have been used for years in commercial and industrial buildings with excellent success.
Currently, more than 3,000 people die in fires in the United States each year, and 84 percent of these deaths occur in residential homes. The facts are, not only does the risk of dying in a fire decrease by about 80 percent when sprinklers are present, sprinklers provide significant property protection, reducing the average loss by 71% per fire.*
Modern home fire sprinkler systems are made with lightweight, inexpensive piping materials, and they utilize the household water supply. They can be built into new housing or retrofitted into existing buildings. Sprinklers heads are closed until heat activates them, and only sprinkler heads near the fire open.
Home fire sprinkler systems are practical. They are attractively designed so as to blend into modern décor, and yet so effective that most of the time, fires are contained by the operation of just one sprinkler. They have been proven to save property and the lives of you and your loved ones.
*source: National Fire Protection Association, www.nfpa.org
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