The South Carolina Fire Sprinkler Coalition (SCFSC) was formed to bring the fire service and other stakeholders together for the purpose of increasing awareness of the power of fire and the home fire death problem, emphasizing the role that home fire sprinklers play in saving lives, and preventing injuries in South Carolina.

Coalition members

• Bridges from Augusta
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
• National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA)
• Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors
• South Carolina Fire and Life Safety Education Association (SC FALSE)
• South Carolina Fire Marshals Association
• South Carolina Office of the State Fire Marshal
• South Carolina State Firefighters Association
• South Carolina State Association of Fire Chiefs
• Southeastern Firefighters Burn Foundation 

Events

May 9 –  Fire Service Legislative Day, Columbia

June 3-9 – South Carolina Fire Rescue Annual Conference, Myrtle Beach. Preview of Coalition campaign and side-by-side burn.

Princella Lee Bridges of South Carolina was severely burned in a house fire. She has become a vocal advocate for the installation of home fire sprinklers.

 
Linda Chavis of Lexington, South Carolina, lost her firefighter son in a house fire in 2001.

 
Chief Brian Black of Anderson County (SC) Fire Department was on duty at the fire station when a call came in to inform him that his house was on fire.

Read other stories from NFPA's "Faces of Fire" campaign, which features people telling personal stories to demonstrate the need for sprinklers.

Watch a demonstration that shows the effects of a fire in two identical rooms, one with sprinklers and one without. If you are interested in conducting a side-by-side sprinkler demonstration in your South Carolina community, please contact Diane Woods, +1 803 370-1988.