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Fire Safety Tips: Home Fire Sprinklers

Posted by Fire Safety | Posted in Fire Safety Tips | Posted on 15-10-2008

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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.

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