It’s 3:30 a.m., and you have been dispatched to a report of a multifamily structure fire in your engine company’s first-due response area. Dispatch is reporting a fire has been called in on the fourth ...

Watering your lawn can help it stay lush and green throughout the summer. But lugging your hose around the yard and watering your grass manually can be a real drag. A water sprinkler system can keep ...

Inventors began experimenting with automatic sprinklers around 1860. These systems started out as pipes with holes drilled in them. When a fire occurred, the water was turned on to control the fire.

Different types of sprinklers have different flow rates of water. To determine your sprinkler’s flow rate, measure the output with a rain gauge or straight-sided can. Adele Wilcoxen More typical ...

WASHINGTON--The National Institute of Standards has released its "Benefit Cost Analysis of Residential Fire Sprinklers" and found that for new single-family home construction, the benefits of a home ...