"tony sayer" wrote in message
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Isn't it the smoke that kills in the majority of cases? Would a
sprinkler operate before levels of toxic fumes get to great?




Yes, any competent fireman will tell you that..

Not exactly a useful answer..

Would a sprinkler always operate before the toxic smoke killed?
The answer is no.

So the real question is how many lives would be saved by fitting better
detection and alarms v fitting sprinklers v doing nothing.
Would it be better to spend the cash on something else and save more lives?

Its like the dubious railway spending.. millions to fit automatic braking v
repairing the fences.
the one may have saved 20 lives in the last 20 years, the other more than
that.