Despite growing interest in home fire sprinkler systems across the U.S. and Canada, unrealistic myths and other inaccurate information about sprinkler technology persist. When questions arise, the local fire service is typically the first point of contact for consumers, homebuilders, public works employees and local officials. If you’re in the line of fire, there’s a [...]
Greer Homes Announces Safety Bundle Including Home Fire Sprinklers
From Lethbridge News, Posted by Kim Siever Greer Home Builders announced this week that 2012 models of their homes, including “Love Shacks” and “Urban Cottages”, will include their “Be Prepared” bundle, which includes emergency food and water storage, audible smoke detectors, and fire sprinklers. “Our goal is to raise awareness of the importance of these [...]
New Report Details Home Fire Sprinkler Use in Bucks County, PA and Compares Fire Experience to Non-Sprinklered Homes
A report that sheds new light on the lifesaving value of installing home fire sprinkler systems has been prepared for the nonprofit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) by Fire Planning Associates, Inc., a comprehensive preplanning organization in Washington Crossing, PA in collaboration with the Bucks County Fire Marshals Association. The group studied life safety and [...]
More than 750 attend Brentwood TN Safety Day
Brentwood (TN) Fire Department conducted a fire and sprinkler demonstration at their “Public Safety Day” this weekend.
Call for Award Nominations: “Bringing Safety Home” Two Residential Fire Sprinkler Advocacy Groups Partner with IAFC to Recognize Local Efforts
The nonprofit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) and NFPA’s Fire Sprinkler Initiative have teamed up with the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) to recognize a fire chief for their outstanding local efforts to increase the installation of residential fire sprinkler systems. The “Bringing Safety Home” award will recognize a fire chief who uses HFSC’s [...]
NAHB Accredits Home Fire Sprinkler Online Course
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) now offers credit for completion of an online course on fire sprinkler installations in one- and two-family dwellings. Developed by the nonprofit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC), the course is delivered through AEC Daily, the largest provider of free, online continuing education to construction professionals. HFSC’s course is [...]
CANONSBURG CHIEF TIMOTHY SOLOBAY RECEIVES NATIONAL BRINGING SAFETY HOME AWARD AT FIRE RESCUE INTERNATIONAL 2010
Chief Timothy Solobay of the Cannonsburg (Pa.) Volunteer Fire Department was the first recipient of the Bringing Safety Home Award. The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) and the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) Fire Sprinkler Initiative have joined forces to recognize the efforts of fire chiefs who use HFSC’s educational materials and the resources of [...]
New Study Concludes Lifesaving Fire Sprinklers Are Also Good for the Environment
The nonprofit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) partnered with FM Global to undertake a landmark research project to identify, analyze and evaluate the environmental impact of fire. Findings of the comprehensive study were published today in a technical report showing that sprinklers reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a fire by 98 percent.
Welcome to The Solution Fire Service Blog
We’re starting an exciting new chapter in home fire sprinkler education and it’s all about you, The Solution Fire Service Blog. It will help us get information to the fire service community faster and allow members to share their stories. We hope that you will post comments frequently and share what has worked, what has not and what you think.
Q & A with HFSC Board Member Amy Acton
We sat down with HFSC Board Member Amy Acton, RN, BSN. Amy is Executive Director of the nonprofit Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors and is herself a burn survivor. She joined HFSC’s Board in 2009. When did you retrofit your own home with sprinklers? Once I started learning about fire sprinklers a few years ago and [...]
