Top Five Reasons Fire Suppression Systems Fail

8/4/2021 (Permalink)

Fire damage caused by inactive fire suppression system.

Fire sprinkler suppression systems are common in commercial and becoming more common in residential. Top five failures for fire suppressions systems:

1. Improper maintenance – most common: faulty pumps, failing suppression material supply.
2. Typically, in hotels or apartments tenants hang a coat hanger on the sprinkler head.
3. Influx in pressure to fire sprinkler system.
4. Crack or break in the plumbing lines.
5. System shut-off. This is the cause for nearly 2/3 of fire suppression system failures.

It is important to regularly get your Fire Suppression System checked. Four times annually is the recommended amount that it should be inspected.

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