Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems

Virtually all fires start small but grow very rapidly. If a fire can be detected soon enough, and fought immediately, it will take surprisingly little water to put it out.

However, if it is allowed to grow unhindered, it will make a room untenable within 2 minutes.

Current fire safety is based on...

• public education
• providing early warning of fire
• keeping the fire in the room of origin for as long as possible

These are the principles that make up the Building Regulation and especially Approved Document "B", which describes fire safety.

Unfortunately neither of these documents make any provision for the "disadvantaged" who would have difficulty escaping from a fire or may not understand the danger.

Statistics for 1996 (latest official figures available) show there were 114,000 building fires which resulted in over 800 deaths and 18,200 injuries during that year.

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How do sprinklers operate?

Why are sprinklers so effective?

How reliable are sprinklers?

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