THE fire service is raising awareness of the benefits of sprinklers in keeping people and buildings safe.
Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service is supporting the National Fire Chiefs Council’s (NFCC) National Sprinkler Week campaign. The campaign will run from Monday until May 24.
Fire sprinklers are widely recognised as the single most effective method for fighting the spread of fires in their early stages.
Research found that sprinkler systems operate on 94 per cent of occasions so are very reliable and when they do operate, they extinguish or contain the fire on 99 per cent of occasions.
The result is sprinklers reduce injuries by at least 80 per cent, reduce property damage by 90 per cent and substantially reduce damage to the environment from fire.
This also means that sprinkler systems help to protect the lives of firefighters and that is why they are fully supported by fire services. Despite this there is some disparity in building regulations and sprinkler systems across the UK. Sprinkler laws in Wales and Scotland are stricter meaning their communities have more fire protection than those of England and Northern Ireland.
To find out more about the campaign, follow #ThinkSprinkler on social media.
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