Facts about home fire sprinklers

• If you have a reported fire in your home, the risk of dying decreases by about 80 percent when sprinklers are present. 
• People in homes with sprinklers are protected against significant property loss—sprinklers reduce the average property loss by about 71 percent per fire.
• Property is protected from destruction—meaning that families who survive a fire will also have a place to live and enough resources to continue living their lives as they did before.
• Typically, only the sprinkler closest to the fire will activate, spraying water directly on the fire.
• The cost of installing home fire sprinklers averages $1.61 per square foot for new construction—similar to what is spent on carpet upgrades or a whirlpool bath.

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