A fire sprinkler system is an active fire protection method built from a pressurized water supply connected to a network of distribution piping and fire sprinklers, originally installed only in factories and large commercial buildings but now also fitted in homes and small buildings, with more than 40 million sprinkler heads fitted worldwide each year. The system is generally designed as a life-safety measure rather than specifically to protect the building itself, and in buildings that are fully covered by a fire sprinkler system, the sprinklers alone controlled the fire in 96 percent of cases where a fire actually started. The source consulted covers specific historical dates in a later section rather than in its lead, so no single origin date or inventor is recorded here.
Facts
SignificanceIn fully covered buildings where a fire started, sprinklers alone controlled it in 96 percent of cases. 1 FAQs
Who invented the sprinkler head that is still used today?
Frederick Grinnell invented the glass disc sprinkler in 1890.
Frederick Grinnell continued to improve the automatic sprinkler that bears his name, and in 1890 he invented the glass disc sprinkler, which is essentially the same as the sprinklers in use today.
Sources
1. Fire sprinkler system - Wikipedia
History
Ambrose Godfrey created the first successful automated sprinkler system in 1723.
Introduction
Of buildings completely protected by fire sprinkler systems, if a fire did initiate, it was controlled by the fire sprinklers alone in 96% of these cases.
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