Fire System Sprinkler Heads

Standard for the inspection testing and maintenance of water based fire protection systems.

Fire system sprinkler heads.

Pool0 free shipping on orders over 99. A fire sprinkler system is a simple but key active component of a domestic or commercial building s fire protection system. There are four main types of sprinkler heads. These are just two of the many misconceptions about fire sprinkler systems.

Although historically only used in factories and large commercial buildings systems for homes and small buildings are now available at a cost effective price. Wet pipe fire sprinklers constantly have water in them. A fire sprinkler system is an active fire protection method consisting of a water supply system providing adequate pressure and flowrate to a water distribution piping system onto which fire sprinklers are connected. Home fire sprinklers can dramatically reduce the heat flames and smoke produced in a fire.

A type of building that uses the wet pipe system is a high rise or office building with a few floors. Properly installed and maintained fire sprinklers help save lives. In fact statistics show that sprinklers are 95 effective at controlling fires because they attack the seat of the fire directly. Fire sprinklers have been around for more than a century protecting commercial and industrial properties and public buildings.

Fire sprinkler systems are actually heat activated one sprinkler head at a time and most fires usually require only one or two sprinklers to be extinguished. The national fire protection association nfpa issues standards governing the replacement of fire sprinkler heads and the primary resource for commercial systems is nfpa 25. Fire sprinkler heads have been around for decades and have constantly proved their effectiveness at protecting life and property. Installed in ceilings or side walls the system consists of a water supply a water distribution piping system and sprinkler heads.