Life Safety

• Reduces risk of death in a home fire by roughly 80–82% when combined with smoke alarms
   
• Families with sprinklers and alarms can reduce fire-death risk by over 80%
   
• Provides crucial extra escape time by controlling fire growth early
   

Property Protection

• Can reduce property damage by about 70% per fire
   
• Typical loss in sprinklered homes can be dramatically lower than in unsprinklered homes
   
• Most fires are confined to the room of origin
   

Rapid Fire Control

• Usually only one sprinkler head activates to control the fire
   
• Sprinklers operate in over 90% of fires large enough to trigger them
   
• Systems control or extinguish fires before firefighters arrive
   

Cost & Insurance Benefits

• Installation in new construction averages about $1.35 per sq. ft.
   
• Potential insurance discounts of 5–15%
   
• Often comparable to minor finish upgrades in total project cost
   

Water & Environmental Benefits

• Uses far less water than firefighting hoses
   
• Limits smoke, heat, and toxic emissions
   

Reliability & Safety

• Activated by heat — not smoke or cooking steam
   
• Heads operate independently, minimizing water damage