The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) has reached out to fire departments encouraging them to use the free educational materials that will help them educate the community on the importance of home fire sprinklers.
An impact video was e-blasted to 80,000 members of the fire service through FireHouse.com and provides information on how to obtain the free educational materials and other tips for reaching out to the policy makers in the community. The first 100 responders to a short survey included in the e-blast will receive a free HFSC thermos.
The fire service plays an extremely important role influencing the policy makers and the community on the need for fire sprinklers in the home and the life safety benefit these systems provide. Watch the video and arm yourself with the tools you need to bring this vital message to your community.
The Resources You Need To Reach Critical Audiences—
At No Cost
Builders, consumers, local officials, water purveyors and many others are all critical to getting fire sprinklers in new home construction. The HFSC BUILT FOR LIFE™ Fire Department program provides free, turnkey educational tools that help educate all your key audiences. These noncommercial materials create awareness about fire safety and home fire sprinklers.
Departments that choose to become BUILT FOR LIFE™ Fire Departments receive free resources, educational support and national recognition. It’s easy to join the more than 1700 departments that are leading the way to safer communities.
Watch a Short Presentation
We’ve prepared this short presentation to introduce you to this valuable program and show you some of the free resources available to you. Click here to watch. You can also: read our newsletter, visit our blog and sign up to become a BUILT FOR LIFE™ Fire Department.
Share Your Views and Win an HFSC Thermos
The first 100 respondents who complete a short survey will receive a free HFSC Thermos.
The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition is the leading resource for independent, noncommercial information about residential fire sprinklers.
I have studied this issue and read many reports. Like Habitat for Humanity, I think that mandating fire sprinklers is unjustied. It will make new homes more expensive and less affordable.
The fact is that you are 18 times more likely to die from a fall or poison. If you add a simple smoke alarm, these odds double in your favor. Only 1,000 people die each year in homes with working smoke alarms. If you don't smoke in bed or misuse portable space heaters, the numbers are in the hundreds.
Actually, you are more likely to die trying to cross a street.
Most residental fire deaths are the result of poverty, gross negligence or neglect. Fire sprinklers in new homes will not address that problem. If you would like more information on my studies, a sources, please e-mail me at rhrvah@aol.com
Posted by: Bob Ruffatto | 09/25/2010 at 06:15 PM
Mr. Ruffato:
The fact is that there is no other technology that will work with smoke alarms to save those who are unable to save themselves. "Only 1,000 people die each year in homes with working smoke alarms"??? That statement of yours shows total disregard for those 1,000 human lives and their surviving families. I am willing to bet that if one of those people were someone you love you would not be apt to making such a statement.
One thing you forget to mention is the other 10,000 a year, on average, who survive fire in the home; some of them with devastating burns that require life long care.
Social economic factors do increase the risk of dying in a fire. It is the reason why many Habitat for Humanity chapters team up with the local fire service and fire sprinkler contractors to make sure that their homes are equipped with home fire sprinklers. Contrary to your statement Habitat for Humanity has not expressed opposition to home fire sprinklers in all markets; once they are properly informed and when they know that the home fire sprinkler industry is willing to provide free (or extremely reduced) fire sprinkler systems in their new homes.
You are leaving out many other factors that also contribute to home fire death and injury; such as age and disability (temporary or permanent).
There is plenty of objective data available to justify the need to eradicate the fire death and injury probllem in the home. NFPA has performed extensive research on such issues and our reports are available at our website for anyone to view.
We do care about those other 1,000 people whose death you so callously dismiss. Fire sprinklers save lives!
Maria Figueroa
Regional Manager, NFPA
Fire Prevention Field Office
Posted by: Maria Figueroa | 10/01/2010 at 10:57 AM
Good step taken by the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) to offer free educational materials to educate people about the importance of home fire sprinkler system. Installation of Fire Sprinkler System in residential areas helps in saving own and beloved valuable lives and valuable assets due to fire outbreak. Best fire sprinkler contractorshould be consulted to get the system installed in a house.
Posted by: Americanfire | 05/26/2011 at 02:26 AM