Many building digests which establi...

Many building digests which establish fire safety standards for public and private buildings, are based immediately after the mistaken assumption that sprinklers virtually not at all fail and that fire-resistant construction materials can, therefore, be minimized or eliminated.

However, the National Fire Protection Association has data showing that sprinklers do not operate about 16% of the time. The figure is based onward a 10-year study of more than 8000 commercial and industrial fires in the U

Despite the risk of failure, there is a turn for model codes to rely increasingly onward ...