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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
I honestly think in buildings built under current code, there could be a fully involved fire in one suite, and people on a different floor might not even realize anything was happening through extinguishment other then the alarms going off. And Sprinklers would almost certainly take care of a fire before it could fully involve a suite.
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Sprinklers are of huge importance. We've been pushing them in the industry for decades, and will continue to make them more commonplace. What you said is correct, almost every fire is handled by 1 sprinkler as the fire begins. They are incredibly reliable and effective. The hardest part is getting people to look passed all the Hollywood sprinkler scenes and accept that a bit of water damage is nothing compared to a fully involved fire (and that only one sprinkler head opens at a time).