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Can’t an accidental discharge from a fire sprinkler head cause more damage than a fire? |
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An accidental discharge from a fire sprinkler is rare. Current industry standard is that 1 in 16,000,000 sprinkler heads manufactured fail and cause an accidental discharge. Even when the sprinkler activation is caused by fire, water damage is minimal. Normally only one to two sprinkler heads activate because fire sprinkler systems are designed to activate when fires are small in nature. They extinguish the fire or hold it in check until the fire department arrives. So what causes more water damage? Two fire sprinkler heads discharging 8 to 12 gallons of water per minute to stop a small fire or two fire hose lines each discharging 150 gallons of water a minute on a room and contents fire?
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