City of Blaine
Residential Fire Sprinklers
Your Personal Fire Fighter
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The Problem –Residential Fires
Nationwide (2006) 79% of all structure fires occurred in residential
properties. There is a residential fire every 76 seconds.
Source: NFPA – Fire Loss in the US, 9/07
524,000
412,500
111500
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
TotalResidential
All Others
Structure Fires - Nationwide (2006)
The Problem –Residential Fires
Nationwide (2006) 80% of all civilian fire deaths occurred in the home.
There was a civilian fire death in the home every 162 minutes.
Source: NFPA – Fire Loss in the US, 9/07
3245
2580
665
0500
100015002000250030003500
Total In the Home Others
Civilian Fire Deaths - Nationwide (2006)
The Problem –Residential Fires
Nationwide (2006) 72.5% of all fire
property loss occurred in residential properties.
Source: NFPA – Fire Loss in the US, 9/07
$9,636,000,000
$6,990,000,000
$2,646,000,000
$0$1,000,000,000$2,000,000,000$3,000,000,000$4,000,000,000$5,000,000,000$6,000,000,000$7,000,000,000$8,000,000,000$9,000,000,000
$10,000,000,000
Total Residential Others
Property Damage - Nationwide (2006)
The Problem –Residential Fires
Minnesota (2006) 4,997 fires or 72% of
all structure fires occurred in residential properties.
6953
4997
1956
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
Total Residential All Others
Structure Fires - Minnesota (2006)
Source: MN Dept. of Public Safety - 2006 Fire in Minnesota
The Problem –Residential Fires
Minnesota (2006) 33 or 72% of all civilian
fire deaths occurred in the home.
Civilian Fire Deaths - Minnesota (2006)
33
13
In the Home Other Locations
Source: MN Dept. of Public Safety - 2006 Fire in Minnesota
The Problem –Residential Fires
Minnesota (2006) $102.3 million or 56%
of all fire property loss occurred in residential properties.
182
102.3
79.7
0 100 200
In Millions
TotalRes
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Oth
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Property Damage - Minnesota (2006)
Source: MN Dept. of Public Safety - 2006 Fire in Minnesota
The Problem –Residential Fires
The Facts: Fires occur more in
residential properties than in any other type of structure.
Residential structure fires kill more people than any other type of fire.
Residential structure fires cause more property damage than any other type of fire.
The Problem –Residential Fires
Who is most at Risk? Statistics show that
seniors citizens age 65 and over and children under the age of 5 have the greatest risk of dying in a fire.
Source: U.S. Fire Administration
What is the solution to this problem?
Residential Fire Sprinklers!
The Solution – Residential Fire Sprinklers
Residential fire sprinklers are like having a Firefighter in your home 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
The Solution – Residential Fire Sprinklers
Residential fire sprinklers often contain and may even extinguish the fire before the fire department even gets the call to respond.
Source: U.S. Fire Administration
The Solution – Residential Fire Sprinklers
Residential fire sprinklers save lives by reducing the amount of heat and toxic gases that are produced by an uncontrolled fire.
Source: U.S. Fire Administration
The Solution – Residential Fire Sprinklers
Fire damage is greatly reduced because the fire is controlled or extinguished when it is small with very little water.
Source: Fire Marshal’s Association of Minnesota
Myths
Myth: All the sprinklers go off
at once like in the movies.
Fact: Only the sprinklers
closest to the fire go off.
90% of fires are contained by the operation of just one sprinkler.
Source: U.S. Fire Administration
Myths
Myth: Sprinklers cause a large
amount of water damage.
Fact: Residential Sprinklers
discharge 8 to 14 gallons of water per minute and quickly control the fire limiting both water and fire damage.
A firefighter’s hose will discharge 150 to 200 gallons of water per minute.
Source: U.S. Fire Administration
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Myths
Myth: Sprinklers could
accidentally go off or leak.
Fact: The odds of a sprinkler
accidentally going off are 1 in 16 million.
The chances of a sprinkler system leaking are the same as the regular plumbing system in your home leaking .
Source: U.S. Fire Administration
Myths
Myth: Residential fire
sprinklers are ugly.
Fact: Sprinklers are now
being designed to fit in with most décor.
Myths
Can you find the sprinklers in this photo?
Myths
Myth: Residential sprinkler
systems are expensive.
Fact: For about the same
amount that it would cost to install new carpet in your home you could have a sprinkler system installed.
In new construction the average cost is $1.50 to $1.75 per square foot.
Myths
Myth: Your insurance company
will charge you more due to fear of possible water damage from the residential sprinkler system.
Fact: Many insurance
companies will give homeowners a discount of 5 to 10 % on their homeowners insurance policy if the home is protected with residential fire sprinklers.
0% Interest Loan Program
The Spring Lake Park – Blaine – Mounds View Fire Department offers a zero interest loan to residents of our communities to equip their new homes or retrofit their existing homes with residential sprinkler systems.
0% Interest Loan Program
The program provides up to $4,000.00 per single family resident with payment to be remade over 24 months.
The Choice is yours!
Without Fire SprinklersWith Fire Sprinklers
For More Information
For more information regarding residential sprinklers systems visit the following web sites:
U.S. Fire Administrationhttp://www.usfa.fema.gov/
Home Fire Sprinkler Coalitionhttp://www.homefiresprinkler.org/
National Fire Sprinkler Associationhttp://www.nfsa.org/
Minnesota State Fire Marshals Officehttp://www.dps.state.mn.us/fmarshal/fmarshal.html
Fire Marshal’s Association of Minnesotahttp://www.fmam.org/
For More Information
For more information regarding the Loan Program or Installation requirements contact:
City of Blaine - Fire Inspection Division at (763) 785-6187.
Spring Lake Park – Blaine – Mounds View Fire Department at (763) 786-4436.
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