Fire Safety Tips

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.