It’s been proven—home fire sprinklers save lives and property.
NFPA’s Fire Sprinkler Initiative highlights key research underscoring how fire sprinklers can reduce the risk of death or injury from fire. According to NFPA's "U.S. Experience with Sprinklers" report:
the civilian death rate was 81 percent lower in homes with fire sprinklers than in homes without them
the average firefighter injury rate was nearly 80 percent lower when fire sprinklers were present during fires
when sprinklers were present, fires were kept to the room of origin 97 percent of the time
the home fire death rate was 90 percent lower when fire sprinklers and hardwired smoke alarms were present. By comparison, this death rate is only 18 percent lower when battery-powered smoke alarms are present but automatic extinguishing systems weren't