Question 41
Do sprinklers protect firefighters?
NFPA puts the firefighter injury rate 48% lower in home fires where sprinklers were present, from 2017 through 2021. A fire that has been controlled or suppressed is a fire that nobody has to enter.
Sources
- U.S. Experience with Sprinklers, 2017–2021 data. Death, injury, property loss and containment rates., National Fire Protection Association