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Fires in unsprinklered homes can grow with remarkable speed and ferocity, experts say,
like the blaze in this Connecticut home that killed three children and two adults in 2011.
numerous sprinkler myths, including
claims of inflated installation costs
that it argues will price people out of
homes. According to a recent article
by ProPublica (propublica.org), an
independent investigative journalism organization, homebuilders have
spent more than $517 million in the
last decade on state politics that have
been influential in thwarting sprinkler requirements in at least 25 states.
Sprinkler opponents are also influencing state legislators and affecting
code-making decisions. Moreover,
other groups with a potential stake
in fire sprinklers-those overseeing
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community water resources, for
instance-believe these myths or
are swayed by their own sprinkler
misperceptions, which can negatively
impact installations.
These setbacks have only energized safety advocates, who are on
a coordinated mission to promote
the truth about home fire sprinklers.
Building on momentum initiated by
NFPA and others in the 1970s, legions
of advocates have been joining forces,
creating an effective grassroots
movement localizing fire sprinkler
education and advocacy. The efforts
of the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition
(HFSC), a nonprofit sprinkler education group founded 20 years ago,
have led to a more informed public
on the need for sprinklers and their
affordability and operation. Sprinkler
advocacy coalitions have been formed
in more than half of all U.S. states.
Hundreds of communities and two
states have adopted sprinkler requirements with support from NFPA's Fire
Sprinkler Initiative, a campaign aimed
at increasing sprinkler requirements
for new homes.
"Home fire sprinklers are the final
frontier in the effort to reduce the
fire problem," says Lorraine Carli,
Photograph: AP/Wide World
http://www.propublica.org
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