Fire Sprinkler Systems

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Fire Sprinkler Systems A fire sprinkler system is an active protection measure, consisting of a water supply system, providing adequate pressure and flowrate to a water distribution piping system, onto which fire sprinklers are connected and are intended to control the fire or to suppress the fire.(4) Fire sprinkler systems were once only used in factories and commercial buildings, but they are now being used in homes and small buildings. They are used worldwide and are very effective at controlling fires. Fire in the home poses one of the biggest threats to the people in our community. Fire departments respond to thousands of home structure fires per year. Extensive research has revealed that fire sprinklers save lives, protect property, and benefit the environment. Home fire sprinklers can also offset the increased dangers posed by homes built with light weight construction and create a safer fire environment for occupants and firefighters. In a home sprinkler system, there is a network of piping filled with water under pressure behind the walls and ceilings and individual sprinklers are place along the piping to protect the areas beneath them. Because water is always in the piping, the fire sprinkler system is always ready to go. If a fire breaks out, the air temperature above the fire rises and the sprinkler activates when the air temperatures gets high enough. The sprinkler sprays water forcefully over the flames, extinguishing them completely in most cases, or at least controlling the heat and limited the development of toxic smoke until the fire department arrives. Only the sprinkler(s) nearest the fire activate, smoke will not activate sprinklers.(2) The wet-pipe fire sprinkler system reduced civilian fire deaths by 83% and reduced direct property damage per fire by 69%. (3) The first fire sprinkler system was installed in the Theatre Royal,

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