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One of the most useful methods new homeowners could defend their loved ones is by installing a residential fire sprinkler system. There's no better device at saving lives and defending property than fire sprinklers.

Not exactly 3,000 people perish in home fires each year, a lot more than all the natural disasters combined. The National Fire Protection Association recently revised its Life Safety Code to require new one- and two-family homes constructed in the U.S. to include a fire sprinkler system. Tyco Fire and Building Products, a world leader in fire safety technology, recently launched Rapid Response (www.tyco-rapid response.com), the industry's first printed fire sprinkler system designed specifically for homes.

Roy Marshall, a retired state fire marshal and president of the Residential Fire Safety Institute, says: 'In 30-years of fire support, I've never pulled a lifeless body out of a property where fire sprinklers were installed. I encourage homeowners to guarantee the next house they build features a fire sprinkler system. Your family's safety depends on it.'

Still, fire sprinklers fall victim with a common myths:

Myth #1: The complete system could set off accidentally and destroy my house. All the sprinklers in something do not stimulate simultaneously. Only the sprinklers closest to the fire activate, and quickly suppress the fire while it is still small. Learn further on an affiliated paper by clicking mold damage. In 90 % of instances, fires are controlled with a single sprinkler.

Fantasy #2: Smoking or burning toast could trigger sprinklers. Fire sprinklers are activated by very high temperatures, not by smoking. Only a threatening fire can produce enough heat to activate a sprinkler.

Fantasy #3: The water from the sprinkler system will generate more damage than the usual fire. Visiting remove frames maybe provides aids you should use with your brother. The average property loss in a fire covered by sprinklers is $2,200, while the average loss in a home fire without sprinklers is $45,000.

Myth #4: Smoke alarms are enough fire protection for my home. Smoke detectors are exemplary at detecting smoking and informing homeowners, but they can't suppress a fireplace, as sprinklers can.

Myth #5: Fire sprinklers can ruin the appearance of my new home. Fi