Aug 10, 2021
When home fire sprinklers are present, residents are 80 percent
more likely to survive a fire, and yet they are installed in only a
fraction of new homes. For the past 25 years, a group called the
Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition has worked to increase sprinkler use
in North America, despite fierce opposition from various home
builders. On today’s podcast, we talk to the president of HFSC
about its successes, the ongoing challenges, and new strategies for
getting fire sprinklers installed in more new homes (1:38).
In the second segment, we talk to the director of the NFPA Fire &
Life Safety Policy Institute about a free new online tool that aims
to help communities assess their safety ecosystem, and correct
safety gaps before they lead to bigger problems (30:37).
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