Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition
The Cost to Communities
That Do NOT Protect Homes with Fire Sprinklers
HFSC has developed new Community Risk Reduction resources for AHJs, Local Officials, and Fire Officials. The Home Fire Sprinkler Community Impact Tool can calculate the cost of fire to communities when fire sprinklers are NOT protecting homes. Users can input local information and data including fatalities, injuries, property loss and displacement. This tool can be used to compare the costs between homes protected with fire sprinklers and homes that are not protected and automatically creates a PowerPoint presentation that you can use for local officials and other decision makers about fire codes.
A House Fire Can Become Deadly in Less Than Two Minutes
Fire is fast. A fire can become deadly in less than 2 minutes. Synthetic materials burn quickly and produce deadly, poisonous smoke. Step into a real home fire with this 360° video shot in real time during two identical home fires, one with sprinklers and one without. Find out more →
Learn About the Life-Saving Benefits of Home Sprinklers
Home fire sprinklers provide affordable, reliable and effective protection for your family.
Resources for the Fire Service
Home fire sprinklers protect everyone. This website provides the fire service with the tools and information you need to help your community understand the benefits of home fire sprinklers.
Developer Tradeups and Incentives Educational Resources
FREE information for fire service personnel, Authorities Having Jurisdiction, and developers.
Our Latest News
New Impact Tool Presents Facts on the Real Cost of Fire in Homes without Installed Fire Sprinklers
You know one- and two-family homes present the greatest fire risk to residents and responding firefighters. But do local officials in your community know? Lack of understanding contributes to the fire problem, putting the community at risk. Home fires can become deadly in as little as two minutes because of modern construction methods, synthetic materials and furnishings and emerging technology, such as the increasing use of lithium-ion batteries. Home fire