Safety reminders for Home Fire Sprinkler Week

To The Haldimand Press

HALDIMAND—Home Fire Sprinkler Week ran from May 17-23 in Ontario this year, and Haldimand County Fire Department has a issued a few important safety reminders for residents.

While there are no questions about the importance of early detection provided by smoke and carbon monoxide alarms (which are required in all households under the Fire Protection & Prevention Act), automatic sprinkler systems can provide even further protection against fires.

Home fire sprinklers will activate, contain, and likely extinguish a fire in less time than it would take the fire department to arrive on the scene. Only the sprinkler closest to the fire will activate, spraying water directly on the fire. Ninety per cent of fires are contained by the operation of just one sprinkler head.