- Title:
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Cost-effective Domestic Fire Sprinkler Systems
- Date:
- August 2000
- Organisations
- NZFS
- Authors:
C.R.Duncan, C.A.Wade & N.M.Saunders
- Location:
- New Zealand, New Zealand
Overview
The report Cost-effective Domestic Fire Sprinkler Systems proposes an inexpensive domestic fire sprinkler system design, with supporting information about its effectiveness in reducing loss of life, injury and property damage due to fires in houses.
This report outlines a low-cost, multi-purpose sprinkler system that fulfils these objectives in a more cost-effective manner than the systems presently available. The proposed sprinkler system varies from the requirements of the current New Zealand Standard, NZS 4515:1995 Fire Sprinkler Systems for Residential Occupancies (including Private Dwellings) in that it is not a stand-alone system; rather it is integrated with the domestic plumbing.
The total cost of installing this system into a simple, single-level three-bedroom new house was found to be approximately $1000.
