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<blockquote data-quote="SMS" data-source="post: 2371025" data-attributes="member: 42"><p>Like you said Sooner, I'd like to read/learn more. My uneducated perspective is that it is not cost effective.. Seems that current fire code and material construction standards have seriously impacted structure fires. I have a couple of close friends who work for the Stillwater FD and they tell me that they hardly have any residential structure fires to respond to anymore because standards have improved so much that houses (new) rarely don't burn anymore.</p><p></p><p>Comparing the damage for new construction homes with sprinklers to the damage in older homes without sprinklers doesn't tell the whole story either...the reduced damage might not exclusively be due to the sprinklers. How much did new construction materials and codes impact/lessen the severity of the fire? What is the comparison between new construction/code homes without sprinklers compared to old construction homes without them? How about new w/sprinklers compared to new w/o? </p><p></p><p>Seems that <em>most</em> fires (again, uneducated impression here) are caused by people willingly/knowingly violating code and creating a hazardous situation, many times in older homes. Will those types of folks keep up the maintenance that I'm sure is required for a sprinkler system?</p><p></p><p>As for the personal tragedies...they do pull at the heart strings. I educate my kids, even the 7 year old, and we have fire drills....including crazy dad advancing down the hallway shaking an unfurled bed sheet saying "I am a fire. What do you do?". Warms the heart to watch all three of them team up, open a bedroom, window, help each other out, and head to the mailbox.</p><p></p><p>I'd like to learn more...I'm not completely opposed to the idea. I just don't want another mandate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SMS, post: 2371025, member: 42"] Like you said Sooner, I'd like to read/learn more. My uneducated perspective is that it is not cost effective.. Seems that current fire code and material construction standards have seriously impacted structure fires. I have a couple of close friends who work for the Stillwater FD and they tell me that they hardly have any residential structure fires to respond to anymore because standards have improved so much that houses (new) rarely don't burn anymore. Comparing the damage for new construction homes with sprinklers to the damage in older homes without sprinklers doesn't tell the whole story either...the reduced damage might not exclusively be due to the sprinklers. How much did new construction materials and codes impact/lessen the severity of the fire? What is the comparison between new construction/code homes without sprinklers compared to old construction homes without them? How about new w/sprinklers compared to new w/o? Seems that [I]most[/I] fires (again, uneducated impression here) are caused by people willingly/knowingly violating code and creating a hazardous situation, many times in older homes. Will those types of folks keep up the maintenance that I'm sure is required for a sprinkler system? As for the personal tragedies...they do pull at the heart strings. I educate my kids, even the 7 year old, and we have fire drills....including crazy dad advancing down the hallway shaking an unfurled bed sheet saying "I am a fire. What do you do?". Warms the heart to watch all three of them team up, open a bedroom, window, help each other out, and head to the mailbox. I'd like to learn more...I'm not completely opposed to the idea. I just don't want another mandate. [/QUOTE]
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