
To inform people who plan to build new
homes about the life-saving benefits of home fire sprinklers,
this
ad appeared in national
magazines including Better Homes & Gardens Home Planning
Ideas, various House Beautiful magazines, Fine Homebuilding
and Smart Homeowner. HFSC 30-second TV spots with spokesperson
Ron Hazelton appeared on HGTV in May. |
As with the first phase,
the goal of “Living with Sprinklers” is to reduce
residential fire deaths and injuries by generating interest
in home fire sprinkler systems and an increase in their installation.
Because adults age 50 and over have a higher than average fire
risk, and a risk that increases with age, they are an important
target audience of HFSC’s. Among the second phase activities
is HFSC’s role as an Elite Sponsor of the National Association
of Home Builders (NAHB) Senior Housing Council, which provides
a valuable resource for reaching this very important older-adult
audience with home sprinkler facts.
“
HFSC is grateful to have the generous financial support provided
through the Department of Homeland Security grants,” Keith
said. “The ‘Built for Life’ program has demonstrated
its ability to sustain a national strategy to reach the home
building community with the facts they need to make sensible
decisions about installing sprinklers in the homes they build. ‘Living
with Sprinklers’ is the next logical step in our efforts
to increase the number of sprinklered homes and ultimately
lower the national fire death and injury rates.” |