Automatic fire sprinkler systems

Automatic Fire Sprinkler systems have been used effectively for the protection of property such as mills, factories, warehouse and department stores for well over 130 years.

However, over recent years there has been a growing recognition of their effectiveness in improving levels of safety in other types of building.

Organisations such as hotel chains have recognised the benefits of comprehensive sprinkler protection, not only for their buildings but also their customers.

Sprinklers are now also being widely installed in schools, hospitals, social and sheltered housing as well as many dwellings and other residential occupancies.

The Chief Fire Officers' Association and Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service endorses and actively supports the correct installation and use of sprinklers in line with accepted standards as a means of securing life, property and firefighter safety in all new or refurbished properties.

Sprinklers provide a range of benefits including environmental ones and if more widely used could potentially save millions of pounds for our economy.

There are however many myths and misconceptions surrounding automatic fire sprinklers which often misleadingly discourage their use.

To this end the following web sites provide a great deal of information which reinforce the case for sprinklers to be installed in numerous types of buildings and remove the misconceptions surrounding their use. One such advantage could be the relaxation of some prescriptive building requirements into the building design making the overall building cost less or allowing innovative designs to be used.