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
As advocates work to achieve broader embrace of residential fire sprinklers, it is worthwhile to share the origins of NFPA 13D, the Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One- and Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes. As more local
Having and maintaining working smoke alarms and CO detectors are key messages that fire departments disseminate to homeowners throughout the year and during Fire Prevention Week each October. With more homes being built with home fire sprinklers, HFSC Canada is
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
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
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
By Sean Tracey, Deputy Chief (retired)Chair HFSC CanadaFire safety is an essential component of community safety. But years of experience has taught me that the vast majority of the public take fire safety for granted. As a framework for public
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
In previous blogs we’ve discussed the obvious life-safety and property-saving benefits of home fire sprinklers. Fires have evolved in the past two decades. They are faster and more toxic due to the synthetic content in homes and emerging technology such
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