Transcript Look Up for Safety

Fire Protection Intervention Tools
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Suppression – The enterprise of FF
Building Codes
Fire Codes
Other Laws and Ordinances
Home Inspection Programs
Fire Prevention Education
Fire Survival Education
Fire Protection Intervention Tools
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Fire Protection Devices
Federal Legislation
State Legislation
Smoke Alarms
• Fast Response Residential Fire
Sprinklers (Cure)
“Many times it seems that there is no logic or common
sense involved in the legislative process. No matter
how inherently good or how right your legislative bill
is, or how seemingly uncontroversial it is, votes are
often made because of factors that have nothing to do
with the issue at hand!”
Malinda Reddish Douglas, Injury Prevention Services, Oklahoma State
Department of Health
ETHICS
A set of principles of right conduct.
The rules or standards governing the
conduct of a person or the members
of a profession
ETHICS
• YOU, THE ADVOCATE
• THE ADVERSARY
The Process
• Problem
• Sponsor
1. Executive Branch
2. Legislative Branch
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Legislation (the Bill)
Introduction
Public Hearing
Work Sessions (compromise)
Passage
Regulations
ROADBLOCKS TO
RESIDENTIAL
SPRINKLERS
HOME
BUILDERS
Leading Causes of Fire
Residential Fire Load
Digging a Deeper Hole
Good News: Breaking
Ranks!
September 11, 2001
(3025 Deaths)
Fire Journal Sept/Oct
2001
(3445 home fire deaths
in 2000)
That’s 420 more!
Fire sprinklers are good
public policy!
Now two options???
• A codes adoption initiative
• An independent mandate
Also two education options?
• Try and educate the masses
• Educate Public Policy makers
Look Up
for Safety
Fire Sprinklers Save Lives and Money
Presented By:
Jim Dalton – Director of Public
Fire Protection - NFSA
Pertinent Questions
About Fires
1. How many people die annually from fires ?
2. Who are the victims ?
3. Where do they die ?
4. When do they die ?
5. How do they die ?
6. List one concern you have about fire sprinklers.
A Typical Residential Fire Scenario
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From the time a fire starts, smoke detectors
may operate within one minute.
 Room temperatures at the ceiling when
flashover occurs can reach 1,400 degrees.
 Flashover can occur within 4 minutes
from the time a fire starts.
 From the time a fire starts, you generally will
have less than five minutes to get out alive.
Your Fire Scenario
Ceiling
temperature
1,400 degrees
0
1
2
Flashover Occurs
3
A fire starts in your home
and you are awakened by
the smoke detector.
4
5
10
TIME LINE (minutes)
15
20
Fire is accessed and water is
now being applied to the fire
911 notifies fire dept.
and fire dept. responds
Count heads, notify neighbor,
wake them, call fire dept.
Alert family of fire
Flashover Occurs
0
1
2
3
A fire starts in your home
and you are awakened by
the smoke detector.
4
5
TIME LINE (minutes)
10
15
20
2004
U.S. Fire Statistics
Source NFPA Fire Journal Sept -Oct - 2005
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Over 1.55 Million Fires
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More Than 3,900 Civilian Deaths
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17,785 Thousand Civilian Injuries
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Over 8.3 Billion Dollars in Property Loss
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Total Cost of Fire Exceeds 88 Billion Dollars
Additional Fire Facts
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Every 82 seconds fire occurs in a U.S. residence.
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Every 31 minutes a civilian is injured by fire.
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Eight out of ten fire deaths occur in the home.
U.S. Residential
Fire Problem*
• A fire every 82 seconds
• 83% of fire deaths
• 80% of fire injuries
• 72% of structure fire property damage
• 36% of fire-ground firefighter deaths
*2004 NFPA
Fire Death and Injuries in
One- & Two-family Dwellings*
(Percentage of Residential)
• Fire deaths:
83%
• Fire injuries:
74%
• Fire property damage:
83%
• Fireground firefighter deaths: 70%
*2004 NFPA
More Fire Facts
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Young children, older adults, and physically and
mentally challenged people face the highest risk of
injury or death in residential fires.
Too often, people fail to respond appropriately to
the sound of a smoke detector, because they
assume it is a false alarm. Rather that exiting the
building, they search to confirm the existence of a
fire, wasting the few precious minutes they may
have to escape.
Fire Triangle
Fuel
Oxygen
Fire
Heat
Fire Safety
Fire Safety
a
Prevention
Fire Safety
a
Prevention
a
Early Warning
and
Exit Drills
Fire Safety
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a
Early Warning
Prevention
and
Exit Drills
a
Protection
What are Fire Sprinklers ?
Piping
Water Under Pressure
Fire Sprinkler
“Automatic Sprinklers are individually heat
activated devices that are attached to a
network of piping with water under pressure”
How Do They Work ?
15 ft.
15 ft.
Fire Sprinklers Do
Work!
Sprinkler Impact on Life Safety
7.5
8
7
6
4.2
5
With Sprinklers
Without Sprinklers
4
3
2.1
2.6
2
2.0
1.2
1
0
Health Care
Facilities
Hotels &
Motels
Manufacturing
Deaths Per Thousand Fires
Sprinkler Impact On
Property Damage
30000
27,800
25000
18,000
20000
15000
16,100
12,900
10,500
10000
10,200
6,200
4,500
5000
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Manufacturing
Stores &
Offices
Public
Assembly
Hotels &
Motels
Dollar Loss Per Fire (millions)
With Sprinklers
Without Sprinklers
Where are
Sprinklers
Found ?
What do Fire
Sprinklers Cost ?
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New Construction $.93 to $2.00 per sq. ft.
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Existing Buildings ( Increase by 50 % )
Who Installs Fire
Sprinklers ?
Special Qualifications are Required
JD's Sprinklers
The Sprinkler Professionals
What are Residential
Sprinklers ?
How are Residential
Sprinklers Different ?
 Respond
Approx. 5 Times Faster
 Less Water Needed
 Different Water Application
 Lower Cost to Install
 More Aesthetically Pleasing
How They Work!
Residential
Sprinklers Do Work !
YES !!
Sprinkler
Activations Per Fire
400
350
365
326
300
250
Total
1 Sprinkler
2 Sprinklers
More Than 2
200
150
100
50
0
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National Institute of
Standards and Technology
“Estimates that installing smoke detectors
and residential sprinklers in dwellings could
reduce fire fatalities by eighty two percent.”
Ceiling
temperature
165 degrees
0
1
2
3
4
5
10
15
TIME LINE (minutes)
A fire starts in your home
and you are awakened
by the smoke detector.
Residential Fire Sprinklers Operate
20
Pictures of sprinklers
What do Residential
Sprinklers Cost ?
Average cost of 1% - 1.5% of new construction
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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ONE DOLLAR
In the Future …
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live
work
or play
Because Fire Sprinklers Save
Lives and Money,
Protect what You Value Most.
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Most
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