Sprinkler head test
"A smoke detector is enough protection." - ANS-falseSmoke detectors can save lives by
providing a warning system but can't extinguish a fire or protect those physically unable to
escape on their own, such as the elderly or small children.
Though nearly 90 percent of U.S. homes have at least one smoke detector, only 60 percent
have working detectors, often because of dead or missing batteries.
\"Water damage from a sprinkler system will be more extensive than fire damage." -
ANS-false,
Water damage from a fire sprinkler system is generally much less severe than the damage
caused by water from fire-fighting hose lines or smoke and fire damage if the fire goes
unabated.
In residences with fire sprinklers, property losses are 85 percent less when compared to
those without sprinklers.
Quick response sprinklers release 13-24 gallons of water per minute compared to 100-250
gallons per minute released by a fire hose.
\"When a fire occurs, every sprinkler goes off." - ANS-false:Sprinklers are individually
activated by heat.
Residential fires are usually controlled with one operating sprinkler.
Ninety percent of all commercial fires are controlled with six or fewer sprinklers.
\Residential fires are usually controlled with how many operating sprinkler heads? -
ANS-one, Usually, a single sprinkler is enough to put out a fire before it gets out of control.
\What causes a fire sprinkler to activate? - ANS-Heat from a fire expands the liquid in a glass
bulb and breaks it, which opens the sprinkler orifice and allows water to flow.
\
"A smoke detector is enough protection." - ANS-falseSmoke detectors can save lives by
providing a warning system but can't extinguish a fire or protect those physically unable to
escape on their own, such as the elderly or small children.
Though nearly 90 percent of U.S. homes have at least one smoke detector, only 60 percent
have working detectors, often because of dead or missing batteries.
\"Water damage from a sprinkler system will be more extensive than fire damage." -
ANS-false,
Water damage from a fire sprinkler system is generally much less severe than the damage
caused by water from fire-fighting hose lines or smoke and fire damage if the fire goes
unabated.
In residences with fire sprinklers, property losses are 85 percent less when compared to
those without sprinklers.
Quick response sprinklers release 13-24 gallons of water per minute compared to 100-250
gallons per minute released by a fire hose.
\"When a fire occurs, every sprinkler goes off." - ANS-false:Sprinklers are individually
activated by heat.
Residential fires are usually controlled with one operating sprinkler.
Ninety percent of all commercial fires are controlled with six or fewer sprinklers.
\Residential fires are usually controlled with how many operating sprinkler heads? -
ANS-one, Usually, a single sprinkler is enough to put out a fire before it gets out of control.
\What causes a fire sprinkler to activate? - ANS-Heat from a fire expands the liquid in a glass
bulb and breaks it, which opens the sprinkler orifice and allows water to flow.
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