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FEMA’s May Fire Prevention Message: Home Fire Sprinkler Awareness
It’s important to help the public understand that home fire sprinklers can prevent fire casualties and devastating home damage by putting out flames quickly. Sprinklers can limit the damage caused by smoke and fire and are less damaging than water damage caused by firefighting hose lines.
- Fire sprinklers and smoke alarms reduce the risk of dying in a fire by 82%.
- The risk to firefighters is much less. Sprinklers reduce the heat, flame, and smoke from a fire.
- Home fire sprinklers are more sensitive to heat than those found in businesses or industrial buildings. This means the fire will be detected much sooner.
- You can buy home fire sprinklers in different colors. Some can be installed flush with the ceiling, so you will hardly notice they are there.
- Home fire sprinklers only spray when the temperature in the room rises quickly. The sprinkler above the fire is the only one that sprays.
- Home fire sprinklers can be connected to the home water supply. They require less water than business and industrial systems.
- A sprinkler costs about $1.35 per square foot in a new home. This cost is about the same as upgraded cabinets or carpet.
- Installing a sprinkler system has the potential to lower insurance rates by 5-15% by meeting code requirements.
For more information, please visit the U.S. Fire Administration’s website for Fire Prevention and Community Risk Reduction.
2024 Thomas Yatabe Award
Chief Oscar Rodriguez, SERC Training Task Force Representative, Receives 2024 Thomas Yatabe Award From Kevin Guthrie, Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management
Chief Kenneth Yost (Left), Chief Doug LeValley (Right) Receive 2024 Thomas Yatabe Certificate of Appreciation
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