Ask the Person Who Owns One

The effect of home fire sprinklers is shown dramatically by the slide show A Tale of Two Families on the HFSC Web site. Gary Keith has a very personal connection to one these families. “I was one of the fire fighters who responded to the fire in the McCabe home in West Bridgewater Massachusetts. While the family escaped with their lives, they lost their house, their possessions, and their pets. My family and I now live on the same block as the MaCabes, so everyday as I drive down the street, I am reminded of what fire did to a house that could just as easily been ours.”

It’s vitally important that more fire safety professionals install systems in their own homes. More than anyone, firefighters know how fast, dangerous, and devastating fire can be. When a consumer is thinking about installing a system, they can tell them about the tremendous advantages of sprinkler systems, but how will they answer when asked “If sprinkler systems are so good, why don’t you have one?” Having a system can also help fire safety professionals answer objections, such as the worry about accidental discharges, with even more authority.

There is one other excellent reason all fire safety professionals should install sprinkler systems—fires happen in their homes too.