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The
following home fire sprinkler facts republished with permission
from homefiresprinkler.org
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Fire
sprinklers save lives, reduce property loss and can even
help cut homeowner insurance premiums.
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Home
fire sprinklers can contain and may even extinguish a fire
in less time than it would take the fire department to
arrive on the scene.
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Installing
both smoke alarms and a fire sprinkler system reduces the
risk of death in a home by fire by 82%, relative to having
neither.
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Only
the sprinkler closest to the fire will activate spraying
water directly on the fire. Ninety percent of fires are
contained by the operation of just one sprinkler.
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Nationally,
on average, home fire sprinkler systems add 1% to 1.5% of
the total building cost in new construction.
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 Home
fire sprinklers use only a fraction of the water used by
fire department hoses.
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The
odds of accidental sprinkler discharge due to manufacturing
defect are 1 in 16 million.
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Modern
residential sprinklers are inconspicuous and can be mounted
flush with walls or ceilings.
For
additional information on home fire sprinklers, call
1-888-635-7222 or go
to the Home Fire Sprinkler web site at www.homefiresprinkler.org.
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