Resources Presentation By: Wayne Waggoner, NFSA
Resources Residential Fire Sprinklers - Step By Step a Communities Approach Sprinklers for Dwellings Training Manual Built for Life HFSC Builders Kit Look up for Safety - CD WEB sites Fire Team USA Resource CD Living with Sprinklers DVD Orange County Fire Authority DVD Deco-Shield DVD
Resources.. There are 39 files on the Fire Team USA-CD 11 Power Point presentations 14 Word Documents 2 Sprinkler Animations 11 PDF Files 70 Pictures of Residential Fire Sprinklers
Resources.. Fire Team USA - CD: Folder with Residential Fire Sprinkler Pictures TIME vs. PRODUCTS of COMBUSTION Time Line Let education, not dollars, decide the sprinkler issue Protect What You Value Most (PowerPoint) HFSC Pleasant View Volunteer Fire Department Live Fire Sprinkler Demonstration House (PowerPoint) History of Residential Fire Sprinklers (PowerPoint) Scottsdale Report 10 years/15 Years Water Animation (HFSC) Streets of Fire Movie Residential Fire Sprinklers For Life Safety An Economic and Insurance Perspective (Article)
Time vs. Products of Combustion
Protect What You Value Most
Today s presentation will help you understand how home fire sprinklers can: Save lives Reduce injuries Save millions of dollars from property loss
Today s presentation will: Answer questions, concerns and dispel myths about home fire sprinklers.
U.S. Residential Fire Problem* A fire every 82 seconds 83% of fire deaths 80% of fire injuries 72% of structure fire property damage 36% of fireground firefighter deaths *2005 NFPA Fire Journal
Fire Death and Injuries in One- & Two-family Dwellings* (Percentage of Residential) Fire deaths: 83% Fire injuries: 74% Fire property damage: 83% Fireground firefighter deaths: 70% *2005 NFPA Fire Journal
Scottsdale Report: 10-year study 15-year study
Scottsdale Report: A 15-year study Scottsdale Sprinkler Ordinance implemented 1/1/86 and evaluated through 1/1/01 41,408 homes have sprinklers (more than 50%) 598 home fires, 49 fires in sprinklered homes No deaths in sprinklered homes 13 people died in homes without sprinklers 92% controlled with two heads or less
Scottsdale Report: A 15-year study Less water damage in sprinklered homes Sprinkler systems discharged an average of 341 gallons of water/fire This compares to an average of 2,935 gallons of water/fire that would have been released by firefighter hoses
Scottsdale Report: A 15-year study Less fire damage in sprinklered homes Average fire loss per single family sprinklered fire incident: $2,166 (15 yrs, 49 fires) Average fire loss per unsprinklered residential incident: $45,019 (1998-2001 86 fires)
NOW THAT YOU RE LIVING WITH SPRINKLERS HERE ARE SOME ANSWERS TO SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS
Wayne Waggoner Southern Regional Manager w.waggoner@comcast.net
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WEB Sites.. Fire Team USA http://www.fireteamusa.com/ Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition http://www.homefiresprinkler.org National Fire Sprinkler Association http://www.nfsa.org/index2.htm National Fire Protection Association http://www.nfpa.org/index.asp Residential Fire Safety Institute http://firesafehome.org American Fire Sprinkler Association http://sprinklernet.org
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