![]() Working residential fire sprinklers control fires 96% of the time, according to NFPA. Watch this video from UL (formerly Underwriters Laboratories) to understand how much faster modern home materials burn: While the overall number of residential fires has dropped dramatically in the past 40 years, the death rate per 1,000 home fires was higher in 2016 than in 1980. The widespread use of lightweight, synthetic materials in modern homes has fires burning hotter and faster, leaving people as little as two minutes to escape. When home fires occur, they are more dangerous than ever. But concerns about the expense stop many states and communities from implementing the requirement. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) model codes and the International Residential Code (IRC) mandate fire sprinklers in all new one- and two-family homes. It’s an indisputable fact: residential fire sprinklers save lives and property. Adding a fire sprinkler system to a house isn’t an expensive proposition-and there are ways developers and AHJs can make it easier ![]()
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