The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition is a leading resource for accurate, non-commercial information and materials about home fire sprinklers for consumers, the fire service, builders, and other professionals. As a founding member of the HFSC Board, NFPA shares the coalition’s mission of raising awareness of the life-saving technology of home ...

2018年4月1日 · As residential fire sprinkler adoption is debated in many states, there is a noteworthy amount of misrepresentation about the economic impact of home fire sprinklers. Among the claims by critics of home fire sprinklers is that requiring sprinklers may impact home affordability, housing starts, consumer choice, and owner rights.

2025年1月14日 · The occupancy classifications found in NFPA 13 are used to support the selection of the appropriate design criteria for the sprinkler system. Instead of specifically calling out occupancy types from the building code, the engineer/designer is tasked with identifying how a particular space is used to classify the potential fire severity and ...

2024年4月4日 · The water supply requirements for an NFPA 13D system are less stringent than the requirements of an NFPA 13 system. This is because the only goal of the system is to provide the occupants with enough time to escape the home in the event of a fire. For that reason, NFPA 13D only requires that the water duration be 10 minutes.

2024年8月26日 · This is a reason why the inspection, testing, and maintenance (ITM) of a fire sprinkler system is so crucial. In this blog, I am going to outline the standard that provides requirements for sprinkler system ITM, as well as dive into some of the inspection and testing frequencies for both sprinkler systems and fire pumps. NFPA 25

Download the fact sheet on Antifreeze Requirements for Sprinkler Systems, concerns over the combustibility of antifreeze solutions used in sprinkler systems.

2023年11月13日 · Understanding the difference between tree, looped, and gridded arrangements for fire sprinkler systems

2021年1月29日 · One of the most cited deficiencies in sprinkler system inspections relate to the requirement to have an appropriate stock of spare sprinklers available. When a sprinkler operates or is damaged it must be replaced in order to place …

2022年7月22日 · Dry sprinklers may be an effective way of achieving this for ancillary spaces included in a wet pipe system. For more information on the different types of sprinklers, sprinkler systems and other methods for protecting your sprinkler system from freezing check out the following blogs: Options for Installing Sprinklers in Areas Subject to Freezing

2021年6月25日 · How do fire alarm systems "supervise," or monitor, other fire protection systems in a building?