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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
NFPA 13D SPRINKLER INSTALLATION: Providing Life Safety and a Housing Affordability Strategy
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
Home Fire Sprinkler Week Needs to be a Key Element of Your Community Outreach
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
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
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
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