Home Fire Sprinkler Systems: Nothing Protects Better

PUBLIC EDUCATION RESOURCES

The Home Safety Council is an outspoken advocate for the wider installation and use of home fire sprinkler systems. HSC recommends you utilize the valuable resources on this page to enhance your community fire sprinkler education outreach.

HSC’s innovative new MySafeHome.org is a virtual home when you can demonstrate the most common dangers room-by-room, as well as the ways people can prevent home injury. Home fire sprinklers are featured in MySafeHome.org.

Also visit HSC’s home fire sprinkler resources for consumers.

HSC Offers Free Community Sprinkler Education Materials

The Home Safety Council is a member of the board of the nonprofit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC). HFSC offers fire departments a wide range of free teaching tools. Order the new Educator’s kit online at www.homefiresprinkler.org. To introduce children in grades K-5 to home fire sprinklers, visit the new Sprinkler Smarts Web site at www.sprinklersmarts.org.

United States Fire Administration Supports Residential Sprinklers

Gregory B. Cade, administrator of the United States Fire Administration (USFA) has announced an official USFA position advocating residential fire sprinkler systems. Noted Administrator Cade in the announcement, “All homes should be equipped with smoke alarms and automatic fire sprinklers, and families should prepare and practice emergency escape plans.”

Fire Team USA

View a real-time fire demonstration and watch sprinklers extinguish the blaze in seconds.

Fire Team USA offers 1.5-day training conferences to help facilitate partnerships in fire protection among stakeholders, and to increase awareness of the importance of residential fire sprinkler protection in communities. Learn more and register to attend a conference near you.

Common Voices

The Common Voices Coalition, sponsored by the National Fire Sprinkler Association, is a group of advocates who have been personally affected by fire tragedy and are working to spare others from similar experiences.

Fire Sprinklers vs. Flashover

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides online still photos and video clips depicting a fire with and without fire sprinklers present. Watch flashover occur in the non-sprinklered demonstration. For additional fire safety information from NIST, visit NIST’s Fire on the Web page.

With and Without Sprinklers – a Visual Comparison

Among the sprinkler education resources available on the Tualatin Valley Fire Department (Ore.) Web site is a photographic comparison of two home fires; with and without a fire sprinkler system.

HOME FIRE SPRINKLER LEGISLATION

National Residential Fire Sprinkler Legislation

The Home Safety Council supports the Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act of 2007 which would amend the tax code to reduce the economic burden of retrofitting buildings with fire sprinkler systems.

Local Residential Fire Sprinkler Legislation

The International Residential Code Fire Sprinkler Coalition supports residential sprinkler legislation. Learn how you can get involved.

Voting Governmental Members of the International Code Council (ICC) will have the opportunity to vote on a requirement to install fire sprinkler systems in new homes during the ICC’s Final Action Hearing, which will take place in Minneapolis September 14-23, 2008. Members must be registered to vote.

The American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) has compiled a resource to assist safety advocates in local fire sprinkler ordinance passage and sprinkler education outreach. There is no charge to download the Residential Fire Sprinkler Information Kit.

Guide for Local Adoption of Residential Fire Sprinkler Ordinance

The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and the National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA) have teamed up to make available “Residential Fire Sprinklers: A Step-by-Step Approach for Communities" online. The free guide covers four steps necessary to obtain a successful fire sprinkler ordinance in communities.