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Originally Posted by Battle Rat
Dark, I have heard that even in a large industrial fire it is rare that more than two sprinklers deploy and the fire is usually controlled before the fire department arrives.
Is that a correct statement?
Thanks,
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You are correct.
The statistics used to be 90% of fires are extinguished with one sprinkler 99% extinguished with 2 sprinklers.
This does not apply to high hazard buildings such as warehouse.
We recently had a fire in a group home. A tenant stood his mattress against a wall a lit it on fire.
This small home had a small tank and pump, the fire was extinguished completely by one sprinkler head. The tenants did not have to leave the home they just had to mop up some water. Prior to this fire they had another fire that was extinguished by the local fire department, the house had to be completely gutted and the tenants had to find other accommodations for 6 months