The most effective means of combating a fire in a residential occupancy is a properly designed, installed, and maintained fire sprinkler system. These systems use automatic fire sprinklers that ...

A sprinkler system employing automatic sprinklers attached to a piping system containing water and connected to a water supply so that water discharges immediately from sprinklers opened by heat from ...

The type of sprinkler system (except deluge) typically depends on the environmental conditions in which the system will be used and the nature of the space being protected. Wet-Pipe Sprinkler System ...

A fire sprinkler system is a simple, but key, active component of a domestic or commercial building’s fire protection system. Installed in ceilings or side walls, the system consists of a water supply ...

According to the British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association (BAFSA), fire sprinkler systems can reduce injuries by at least 80%, reduce property damage by 90% and substantially reduce damage to the ...

You have heard the benefits of residential sprinkler systems and this article is intended to give some brief facts about the installation of residential sprinkler ...

The New Zealand standard for automatic fire sprinklers, NZS 4541:2007, has undergone a limited technical review and has now been published by Standards New Zealand as NZS 4541:2013 Automatic fire ...

is your neighborhood reporter for North Beach, Downtown Corpus Christi and the Bay Area. NUECES COUNTY, Texas — During a routine inspection of the Nueces Courthouse, Corpus Christi Fire Department ...

On August 22, a fire broke out in a Bellevue apartment that completely destroyed 21 units and displaced residents from more than four dozen units in the complex. It took 88 medical, support and fire ...

A UNLV study concluded the Las Vegas City Council should mandate automatic fire sprinkler systems for all new single-family homes, a measure city officials have left on the table without a vote for ...

A deadly blaze that left five people dead on Mother's Day has prompted a debate over requiring automatic sprinklers in apartment buildings in Milwaukee. Highland Court Apartments, the site of the fire ...