City of Blaine

Residential Fire Sprinklers

Your Personal Fire Fighter

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The Problem –Residential Fires

Nationwide (2003) 77% of all structure fires occurred in residential

properties. There is a residential fire every 79 seconds.

Source: NFPA – Fire Loss in the US, 10/04

519,500

402,000

117500

0

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

Total

Residential

All Others

Structure Fires - Nationwide (2003)

The Problem –Residential Fires

Nationwide (2003) 80% of all civilian fire deaths occurred in the

home. There was a civilian fire death in the home every 134 minutes.

Source: NFPA – Fire Loss in the US, 10/04

3925

3145

780

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

Total In the Home Others

Civilian Fire Deaths - Nationwide (2003)

The Problem –Residential Fires

Nationwide (2003) 77.3% of all fire

property loss occurred in residential properties.

Source: NFPA – Fire Loss in the US, 10/04

$8,678,000,000

$6,074,000,000

$2,604,000,000

$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

Total Residential Others

Property Damage - Nationwide (2003)

The Problem –Residential Fires

Minnesota (2003) 4,858 fires or 70% of

all structure fires occurred in residential properties.

6951

4858

2093

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

Total Residential All Others

Structure Fires - Minnesota (2003)

Source: MN Dept. of Public Safety - 2003 Fire in Minnesota

The Problem –Residential Fires

Minnesota (2003) 46 or 76% of all civilian

fire deaths occurred in the home.

Civilian Fire Deaths - Minnesota (2003)

35

11

In the Home Other Locations

Source: MN Dept. of Public Safety - 2003 Fire in Minnesota

The Problem –Residential Fires

Minnesota (2003) $92.8 million or 60% of

all fire property loss occurred in residential properties.

154

92.8

61.2

0 100 200

In Millions

Property Damage - Minnesota (2003)

Source: MN Dept. of Public Safety - 2003 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 dieing 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

VS.

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 $1.25 to $1.50 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.