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[Clip-Clop]

Kind of a reasonable idea in tightly packed fire rich areas.

That said, they only work for fires that are started inside the home, while most areas that could possibly benefit from the tech the fires are started outside the home.

Also the catastrophic failure and costs associated with just one sprinkler head failing in one home when no one is inside the house is remarkable.

This happened to one of my clients (forward thinking and installed even though he wasn't required to) and the lower level of the home was completely flooded and the cost to repair was around 300K. Fine for me since it destroyed my system and I got to replace it but a disaster otherwise.

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Danzig, this is exactly the government folks in those cities and states have elected: very conservative, little to no government regulation.

That's what these folks WANT - no government rules and regs ordering them to do things to protect their homes and lives.

You can't have the government forcing people to purchase sprinkler systems or insurance.

Of course, that endangers the lives of firefighters when their homes catch fire, but those firefighter guys are just union thugs, living off the government teat, undeserving of salary, pension or benefits. Those firefighter guys need to be fired from the government and privatized anyways.

Again, this is exactly the scenario the voting public has chosen for themselves in those cities and states. Why you are blaming "pols and lobbyists" is beyond me. Pols and lobbyists don't arise out of nothing to gain power. Those are the "pol's and lobbyists" the citizens chose to run things.

The deaths of firefighters and fellow citizens ... well, Atlas Shrugged And Didn't Care - Every Man For Himself

Firefighters reported more than 1,300 incidents from 2006 to 2010 in which lightweight construction hurt their ability to suppress fires in single-family or multifamily homes, according to a Reuters analysis of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Fire Incident Reporting System, the nation's largest fire database. At least 90 percent of those homes did not have sprinklers installed. Twenty civilians were killed and at least 260 firefighters and civilians were injured in those fires.

An additional Reuters review of federal and local firefighter fatality investigations found at least nine firefighters killed since 2000 while battling residential lightweight construction fires.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

Kind of a reasonable idea in tightly packed fire rich areas.

That said, they only work for fires that are started inside the home, while most areas that could possibly benefit from the tech the fires are started outside the home.

Also the catastrophic failure and costs associated with just one sprinkler head failing in one home when no one is inside the house is remarkable.

This happened to one of my clients (forward thinking and installed even though he wasn't required to) and the lower level of the home was completely flooded and the cost to repair was around 300K. Fine for me since it destroyed my system and I got to replace it but a disaster otherwise.

yeah, but i'd have to think sprinkler failure would be on par with a broken water line to the ice maker in the fridge, or back up of sewer (oh,and DT'ers, back up of sewer and drain is not typically standard on a homeowners policy, call your agent). not nearly as common as a fire, and probably not as destructive.