Built for Life Fire Department Stipend Program

By Sean TraceyIn 2025 HFSC Canada awarded 16 $750 stipends to eligible fire departments to support home fire sprinkler public education activities. These generous stipends support activities that educate about the benefits of home fire sprinklers such as side-by-side fire

Fire sprinklers in multi-storey residential buildings

  We at HFSC Canada spend a great deal of time and effort educating members of the fire-service, municipal officials, builders, developers and consumers about the benefits of fire sprinklers in new home builds. But we must not forget that

NRC research proves the benefits of home fire sprinklers

In 2008 the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) performed extensive testing on the fire performance of Canadian housing. This report was entitled Fire Performance of Houses. Phase I. Study of unprotected floor assemblies in basement fire scenarios. It was

FIRE SPRINKLERS AS ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS IN THE NBC

By Sean Tracey, FIFireEIn our continuing efforts to educate the fire service, municipal officials, and the public about the benefits of residential fire sprinklers, we are sometimes required to clear up misunderstandings about sprinklers and their role in the National

Sprinklers are a key component in creating sustainable communities

By Sean Tracey, Deputy Chief (retired)Chair HFSC Canada In order to advance its 17 Sustainable Development goals, the Government of Canada notes that their achievement “requires a whole-of-government and whole-of-society effort to build stronger, safer, and more inclusive communities

Sprinklers: More Than Just Life Safety

When the Canadian fire service proposed changes to the 2010 edition of the National Building Code of Canada to mandate sprinklers in all new homes, opponents claimed the installation costs were not warranted, based on an over-simplified analysis – cost