Fire Sprinklers and How it Can Save Lives

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A fire sprinkler system is very critical when it comes to putting out fires.

It is so important that in New Jersey, legislators are mulling to require newly constructed single homes to install one according to a report from Media outfit New Jersey.news12.com. “New Jersey lawmakers hope a bill waiting to be signed will keep families safer in the event of fires. Under the new bill, newly built single-family homes would be required to have fire sprinkler systems installed. ‘This is a tool that firefighters use. It’s a tool that early alerts our residents of smoke and hazard, and it’s a tool that will contain fires for our members as they respond…’”

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The Marked Difference

In its website kcwy13.com showed a video comparison of a burning room without a fire sprinkler system, and another one, which has sprinkler systems installed.
“Fire officials say having a sprinkler system installed in your home is a priceless investment. Eric Gleason of National Fire Sprinkler Association says, ‘you can’t unburn your house. You can dry things out. Your pictures are there. Your dog is sopping wet, but alive.’ And fires spread faster nowadays because the materials used to build houses are more flammable than they were 40 years ago.”

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But Fire Sprinklers could also spell doom if it is activated even without a fire incident taking place.

GMAnews.com reported that in the Philippines, a part of the ceiling of a cinema collapsed when the fire sprinkler system all of a sudden released water. GMA quoted the mall’s management saying “’Based on initial findings, the sprinkler system released water that caused the acoustic boards to fall. We are further investigating the cause,’” it said in its statement, which was sent via text to GMA Cebu’s Nikko Sereno“

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Are you thinking of installing one on your home?