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Parmalee, who patented the first automatic fire sprinkler head in 1874. Properly installed and maintained fire detection and alarm systems can help to increase the survivability of occupants and emergency responders while decreasing property losses figure 14. In most systems, individual sprinklers are activated by the heat of a fire and discharge water where they can effectively protect both the structure and its contents. These systems require that both a preceding fire detection event, typically the activation of a heat or smoke detector, and an automatic sprinkler operation take place prior to the action of water introduction into the systems. Automatic sprinklers are thermosensitive devices designed to react at predetermined temperatures by automatically releasing a stream of water and distributing it in specified patterns and quantities over designated areas. Essentials of firefighting and emergency response, second edition thomson delmar learning vice president, technology. Read fire sprinkler system books like daily tar heel for nov. By1914,automatic sprinklerprotection wasgrowingin popularity,andthe predictionatthe timewasthateven. May 01, 2019 up until the year 2000, as a result of lobbying by a combination of the national fire sprinkler network, the european fire sprinkler network and the british automatic fire sprinkler association, sprinklers started to become more commonly installed in newly constructed hospitals, schools, hotels and other public buildings.
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