2010 Fire and Life Safety Awareness Campaign

Automatic Home Sprinkler Systems

The Allen Fire Rescue Public Education Division is a member of the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) and in 2010, in addition to its year-long fire and life safety monthly campaigns, is dedicated to educating Allen residents on the benefits from properly installed home fire sprinkler systems.

From federal agencies to national safety organizations, such as NFPA, sprinklers are recommended as the most effective means to substantially reduce the home fire problem.  Home fire sprinklers can contain and may even extinguish a fire in less time than it would take the fire department to arrive on the scene. Ninety percent of fires are contained by the operation of just one sprinkler. Using only a small fraction of the water used by fire department hoses, and by limiting the pollutants generated by a fire, they also better serve the environment.

Fire sprinkler systems can also reduce the overall property damage created from a home fire. An uncontrolled fire requires ten times the water per minute from high pressure fire rescue hoses and causes greater fire destruction and smoke damage. The property loss in a sprinkled home fire is typically only a fraction of the loss in an unsprinkled home fire.

See links for more information:

• Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition 
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
  • Home Fire Sprinklers
• Home Safety Council
  • Home Fire Sprinklers: Nothing Protects Better

Related Information:

• Installing and Using CO Alarms
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Precautions
• Tips on Saving Energy
• Energy and Fire Safety Tips for the Heating Season (brochure)

Be sure to check the Public Education Safety web page for information on a variety of fire and life safety issues. The Home Safety Council also provides a wealth of safety information, family and children's activities on related issues through out the year. A new feature on the Home Safety Council's website includes a virtual home safety tour. This is a great way to safeguard all aspects of your home. Children will enjoy the interactive tour while learning important information.