FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
  • Each sprinkler discharges individually, all sprinklers do not diffuse at once.
  • One sprinkler controls most residential fires.
  • Sprinkler heads are heat-activated. Smoke does not activate the sprinkler head.
  • During a fire, the average sprinkler discharges 11 gallons per minute in the room of fire origin, compared with the average fire department pumper flowing 125 to 750 gallons per minute through any opening in the house.
  • One in 16 million sprinklers discharges due to manufacturing defect.
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  • Fire sprinklers are the most reliable fire protection system known. They report a 99.76% success rate in communities where all fires are reported.
  • Residential systems are installed with flow switches that sound the alarm when the system is flowing, signaling others to call the fire department.
  • Residential systems are designed to save lives but they also reduce the incidence of property loss by 85%. Home fires claim about 80% of the total fire deaths in the United States.
  • Many insurance companies offer discounts for automatic sprinklers.
  • The very young, the elderly and the disabled are most common fatalities in a fire.
  • Residential fire sprinklers come in various designs that can blend with any décor.
  • The United States has a high incidence of fire death, and the worst per capita record in the industrialized world. Our fire departments are the best in the world at extinguishing fires, but to save lives, five minutes is the crucial time period. Most alarms are received too late for the  firefighters to have a chance for saving the lives of the occupants.
  • Sprinklers can never replace the courageous fire fighter, but they can enhance their arsenal of defense.