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- Category: About Fire Systems
- Published: Monday, 11 June 2018 08:05
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The idea of having water at the ready can be a concern to some due to the prospect of water damage. It is increasingly recognized that less water is needed to suppress small fires than large fires, and that a fire sprinkler system typically uses less than one-tenth the water to control a fire than the fire department would use in a building without fire sprinklers.
Typical reasons for accidental leakage from the automatic fire sprinkler system include inadvertent overheating, freezing, mechanical damage, corrosion, manufacturing defect, installation defect or deliberate sabotage.
But what happens if there is accidental leakage from the automatic fire sprinkler system?