Fire sprinklers are important safety features as the fatality rate in structures are more than 80% lower than those that do not have them. They also work reliably and protect your property from extensive structural damage. It’s an effective component, and you will likely need less water and fire damage restoration if you have a fire sprinkler system installed in your home or business.

What Is A Fire Sprinkler System?

Sprinkler systems help firefighters fight fires and reduce the likelihood of fatalities and property losses. They are so effective that it is a feature you will want to have in both your commercial and residential properties. To understand their value, it’s important to discuss how a fire sprinkler system works before we discuss how it reduces the need for water and fire damage restoration services.

1. Advantage 1: Sprinkler Systems Find Unusual Hot Spots

Unfortunately, most property owners use fire alarms to alert occupants of a fire, but what happens when you are not at home? The NFPA says that most fires occur between five and eight in the evening. Statistics also show that of the reported fires, 69% of them took place in a one-story, two-story, or manufactured homes. Fire departments also reported to the NFPA that of the more than 350,000 structural fires, they resulted in 2,600 fatalities, 11,200 injuries, and $6.9 billion in property losses. Many of these outcomes could have been prevented with a sprinkler system.

Here’s the good news. Fire sprinklers work before a fire even starts as they detect high-grade hot spots. Here’s the bad news.  Sprinkler systems detect smoke since heat rises toward the ceiling

So, you could set the sprinklers off with a small unfortunate mishap in the kitchen. When a fire starts, the air quality changes from the heat source, so it also rises upward and triggers the sprinkler system when it reaches a set temperature of between 135^F (57.22^C) and 165^F (73.88^C) degrees.  When the sensor responds, the glass-bulb activates the glycerin-like fluid inside it.

2. Advantage 2: Puts Out Flames Early On

Unlike when a fire department responds to an emergency, sprinkler systems actively work to stop fires rather than reacting to heat, smoke, and fire after it ignites a building. This is a critical advantage as the sprinklers are your first line of defense against loss of occupant or property as the sprinkler valve releases a pressurized liquid from the installed pipe system. Having an early option for putting out a fire ensures you will endure only minimal losses if any at all since the sprinkler system puts out the flames early on unlike with a city’s fire department response time.

3. Advantage 3: Reduces Water Damage

Sprinkler systems significantly reduce water damage in a structure because they only activate in the places where heat sensors find hot spots. In comparison, a fire department uses about 100 gallons per minute (GPM) for a small fire, 200 GPM for a mid-size structure, and 400 GPM for a home or business that is fully enflamed. Sprinkler heads operate between 15 and 40 GPM. Fire sprinklers will reduce water and fire damage restoration needs because they douse the flames much faster and use sixth fewer liquids than when a fire department must respond and prepare.

ABH Services offers emergency water and fire damage restoration service to help property owners minimize the level of damage structures experiences. The faster the response time, the easier it will be to clean up the water before it has time to penetrate the foundation. To get more information, call (781) 941-2422 or send a direct message on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/abhservices/.