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Fact Sheet

Fires kill more people in the United States every year than all natural disasters combined. read more>

Fire sprinklers can save money for developers, builders, home owners, and communities. read more>

Installing both smoke alarms and a fire sprinkler system reduces the risk of death in a home fire by 82%, relative to having neither. read more>

Only the sprinkler closest to the fire will activate, spraying water directly on the fire. read more>

Fire hoses, on average, use more than 8 1/2 times the water that sprinklers do to contain a fire. read more>

The likelihood that a sprinkler will accidently discharge because of a manufacturing defect is extremely rare.
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Modern fire sprinklers provide unobtrusive protection.
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Watch a video about the history of fire sprinklers.