With FirePrevention Week 2010 well on it's way showing the importance of smoke detectors/alarms in the home there are also the fire safety lectures and fire demonstrations being conducted by many fire departments accross the country.
One of the mose interesting fire demonsrations that is being done is a real eye opener. The fire demonstration has two buildings with two similar rooms, complete with furniture, side by side setup for the fire demonstration. One building has installed sprinklers and the other building will have none.
After the firefighters light the two buildings on fire, spectators are able to compare the two, both in the amount of time it takes to put out the fire and the amount of damage produced by each.
The Spokane Fire Department was one of those fire departments that conducted and held a live fire demonstration as part of Fire Prevention week. The goal was to show the survival difference between a non sprinklered room and a room equipped with fire sprinklers. The demonstration illustrates the rapid spread of a typical home fire as well as the reduction in fire loss whenever sprinklers are part of the fire safety system. Over 80% of all fire deaths in the U.S. occur where we feel the safest, in our homes. Here's the Spokane Fire Department's YouTube fire demonstration:
This type of fire demonstration is being conducted by many fire departments accross the country. The demonstration shows how quickly and rapidly fire can develope in a room once started. All fire demonstrations show and have the same results.
What is being shown is what can happen when you have fire sprinklers and when you don't have them have them. The results of fire prevention demonstration shows that early detection and home fire sprinklers can reduce damage and can save lives in real time. The demonstration also shows firsthand experience how quickly a fire can become deadly as opposed to the effectiveness of a fire sprinkler system.
Smoke detectors/alarms, a fire extinguishers, a home escape plan (E.D.I.T.H) are most important in the home and all should have these basic of fire safety measures in place. All should know what to do in case of a fire at any given moment. By having a home sprinkler system the fire safety factor is greatly increased.
Of course we should all be practicing good daily fire prevention habits, both young & old, to keep a fire from starting in the first place.
Be Fire Safe, Be Fire Wise, ...
Learn Not Burn!
(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; this is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.)
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