QUINCY, MA April 26, 2022 – In every community, home fires are a severe threat to residents as well as responding firefighters. While homes have been the central fire challenge for decades, today this ...

QUINCY, Mass.--The National Fire Protection Association announced in February that it has launched “The Fire Sprinkler Initiative: Bringing Safety Home,” a program that provides materials and ...

QUINCY, MA (May 13, 2021) – Fire departments and public safety advocates across North America will unite May 16-22 to participate in a digital campaign and conduct community outreach activities to ...

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) are accepting nominations for their Bringing Safety Home Award, which recognizes outstanding efforts by a ...

April 20, 2020 – The National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) Fire Sprinkler Initiative and the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) awarded Chase Browning from the Medford (Ore.) Fire Department ...

March 23, 2015 — To further the life-saving impact of home fire sprinklers, the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) Fire Sprinkler Initiative today announced the launch of a new grant ...

In January 2015, a massive fire in Edgewater, N.J., demonstrated that buildings with sprinkler systems are not always protected against fire. The blaze destroyed 240 residential apartments and ...

Some misconceptions are merely inconvenient. And some - like the many myths that surround the use of fire sprinklers in homes - can be deadly. The federal government and more than 400 local ...

Contrary to what you may see in television sitcoms, a home sprinkler system will not activate and spray water throughout the house if someone lights a cigar. Burned toast won't do it either.

The system, which meets NFPA requirements, comprises of FIREPEX tees and elbows, RAUPEX white UV shield crosslinked PEXa pipes and EVERLOC+ fittings. REHAU, an international manufacturer of ...