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Fire safety shouldn't have any gray areas. Make sure you have all the facts before deciding what fire suppression equipment is best for your home, office, or industrial setting. Here are some common misunderstandings about how sprinkler systems work for commercial fire suppression.
Fact: While there may be the chance of slight water damage caused by the release of water, today’s sprinkler systems are designed to respond to fires faster, and deactivate sooner, to minimize unnecessary water flowing through the system.
Fact: The event of a sprinkler system being activated accidentally has truly only happened under the rarest of circumstances, using faulty systems. The truth is that no heat from your stove, oven or burnt microwave popcorn is going to set off a sprinkler system. These systems are specifically designed to activate under extreme temperatures only achievable by an open flame.
Fact: Today’s sprinkler systems are specifically designed to activate only over the areas they sense heat from an open flame. For example, if a small fire has activated the sprinkler system on the 4th floor of an office building, it would not activate all other sprinkler heads in the building. The only aspect of the system that will always go off simultaneously is the alarm system, in order to best alert all occupants of a fire on the premises.
Fact: While inspections and maintenance of sprinkler systems are necessary, the responsibilities put on the property owner and staff and minimal to non-existent. Simply schedule routine maintenance and an annual fire sprinkler inspection in Illinois, and you should have a reliable system for years of continuous use.
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