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HFSC Offers New Virtual Reality Resource The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) is taking home fire safety education to the next level with a new virtual reality kit, including a 360-degree house fire flashover and sprinkler comparison video created with actual fire footage. Thanks to state-of-the-art cinematic technology, viewers can …

Digital Campaign Educates Public About Residential Sprinklers Fire departments and public safety advocates across North America united May 16-22, 2021, to participate in a digital campaign and conduct community outreach activities to increase awareness about how dangerous home fires can be and the benefits of home fire sprinklers. Home Fire …

Texas Development is a Model Using Incentives to Achieve Community Risk Reduction On average, seven people die in home fires in the U.S. every day (NFPA). Of all structures, homes are where we are most vulnerable, accounting for four of every five fire deaths and three of every four fire …

Focus is on Home Fire Sprinklers Installed in New-Home Developments Each year, hundreds of thousands of single-family homes are built in the U.S., yet only five percent are protected by fire sprinklers. “That means that fire departments across the country are faced with both a fire-safety challenge and a public-safety …

Coalition Reaches More Consumers and Fire Service In 2016, the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) completely renovated its website, HomeFireSprinkler.org, better optimizing it for today’s digital age and making it easier for target audiences to find the free home fire sprinkler education resources they need. Now, HFSC is taking the …

Educating the Public About Home Fire Sprinklers In the mid-1990s, fire data from the past few decades had proved that people were dying at the highest rate in the place where they felt safest, in their own homes. Home fire sprinkler education materials from the national fire service were limited …

Free Resources Available to Fire Service The National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) Fire Sprinkler Initiative and the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) awarded the Maryland State Firemen’s Association with the 2016 Bringing Safety Home Award, presented at the Fire Sprinkler Coalition Chair Summit and HFSC May Board Meeting at NFPA Headquarters in Quincy, Massachusetts. …

Home Sprinklers Featured at International Builders’ Show Since the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) first staffed a booth at the International Builders’ Show (IBS) in the late 1990s, the organization transitioned from a small booth in the back of the hall with little traffic, to a large booth in the …