On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:25:51 -0400, Tony
wrote:

HeyBub wrote:
"State and local officials are now wrestling over whether to adopt building
codes that would require sprinklers in every new home and townhome starting
in 2011 amid intense lobbying from both sides."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090918/...ome_sprinklers

The most important thing is that fire sprinklers are nothing like we see
on TV and movies.


1) If one sprinkler goes off it does not trigger other sprinklers.

2) The sprinklers emit more of a mist then a "sprinkle" and cause less
then 2% water damage than a fire hose in a similar situation.

Here is a short youtube video from the Fresno CA Fire Department.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqIE5lnsGrw