Home fire sprinklers

Nationwide, less than 3 percent of homes have sprinklers.

Installing both smoke alarms and a fire-sprinkler system reduces the risk of death by fire in a home by 82 percent.

In a fire, only the closest sprinkler head activates, spraying water directly on the fire. Ninety percent of fires are contained by the operation of one sprinkler.

The odds of accidental sprinkler discharge due to manufacturing defect are 1 in 16 million.

Source: Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition