According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), eight out of 10 fire fatalities occur where Americans feel safest -- in their own homes. That's a pretty sobering statistic and most of those fatalities could have been prevented by installing both smoke alarms and a fire sprinkler system. Using both smoke alarms and a fire sprinkler system reduces the risk of death in a home fire by 82%, relative to having neither.

Today, residential fire sprinkler systems need to be considered in any new home or remodel construction project.

In this section, we discuss the following topics relative to residential fire sprinkler systems: