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Help educate decision-makers about the need for home fire sprinklers in all new one- and two-family homes.

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With funding from the U.S. Fire Administration, NFPA's "Faces of Fire" campaign features real people telling personal stories that demonstrate the need for home fire sprinklers.

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NFPA issues a free monthly newsletter on its nationwide effort to increase the use of home fire sprinklers through the adoption of sprinkler requirements. Read the latest issue and subscribe today!

  • advocate: tools to help you convince your local government to require fire sprinklers in all new one- and two-family homes
  • fact sheets: learn more about the life-saving potential of home fire sprinklers
  • information for homebuilders: when you build with fire sprinkers, you build for life
  • videos: dramatic footage showcasing the life-saving impact of sprinklers
  • external links: additional resources to help you learn more about sprinklers

 



  


 

 

About home structure fires

U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average 373,900 home structure fires per year during 2005-2009.

These fires caused:

2,650 civilian fire deaths

12,890 civilian fire injuries

$7.1 billion in direct damage

Ninety-two percent of all structure fire deaths resulted from home fires. Nationwide, on average, seven people died in home fires every day.

Sources:

Fire Loss in the United States During 2010, Michael J. Karter, Jr., NFPA, Quincy, MA

Home Structure Fires (PDF, 662 KB), Marty Ahrens, NFPA, Quincy, MA