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FEATURE
HOMEBUILDERS AND HOME FIRE SPRINKLERS

2,166

$

Average amount of
fire loss in a home
with sprinklers

45,019

$

versus the nearly 19 minutes it took
for the unprotected "legacy" materials
to collapse. Adding a half-inch-thick
generic gypsum board covering to the
legacy materials lengthened its time
to collapse to 44 minutes; the same
protection applied to the lightweight
assembly improved its time to collapse
to 27 minutes.
The National Research Council
Canada (NRC) also examined how
fire impacts unprotected floor assemblies. In its research, NRC concluded
that lightweight assemblies reached
structural failure 35 to 60 percent
faster than solid wood assemblies. A
2012 report from the Fire Protection
Research Foundation also underscored
the danger of unprotected engineered
lumber during a fire, labeling its rapid
structural failure under fire conditions
a "high" level of concern.
"Like most things in the modern era,
construction materials are becoming

Average amount of
fire loss in a home
without sprinklers

more streamlined, efficient, and
lightweight," says Robert Solomon,
division manager for building fire
protection at NFPA. "The unintended
consequence is that these new techniques and materials bring new fire
safety challenges."
Construction materials aren't the
only things in homes that are burning
quicker than their older counterparts.
Modern furnishings in many households are constructed with synthetic
materials-upholstery made with
combustible polyurethane foam, for
example-that burns quicker than
legacy furnishings made of leather,
wool, and cotton. UL studies have
confirmed that rooms filled with
synthetic furniture that are set on
fire reach dangerous temperatures
quicker than similar rooms filled with
legacy furnishings.
A proven method for reducing fire's impact at home is home

fire sprinklers. In 2012, NRC issued
another report, "Fire Performance of
Protected Floor/Ceiling Assemblies
and Impact on Tenability," which evaluated how home fire sprinklers impact
fire spread. In all tests, sprinklers kept
conditions tenable and helped prevent
the structural failure and collapse
witnessed during its previous study.
Since home fire sprinklers can douse
a fire or control it until the fire department arrives, all U.S. model building
codes have required sprinkler installation in new one- and two-family
homes. Mounting research confirms
that sprinklers save property, protect
lives, and benefit the environment.
"Fire sprinklers are doable in oneand two-family dwellings," says Tim
Travers, a regional sprinkler specialist
for NFPA. "They do not delay construction, they are not high cost, they can
be done easily and simply-and they
save lives."

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