Automatic Sprinklers – Their Working Principle

No matter how deadly and fierce fire seems, with technological advancement firefighting has come a long way. Sprinkler systems are among the most useful tools in the firefighting arsenal standing in the frontline in fire detection system. Facts show a flat depletion of more than 65% in the number of recorded deaths and property loss in the recent past. This makes fire sprinklers a must installation for residential or commercial property. It becomes even more important to understand their working principle. To understand the same, here are the helpful points for you:

Step 1: Heat Detection

An unusual and sudden temperature rise is first detected. With the fire breaking out, the air above gets heated up rapidly. The hot air being lighter rises and spreads along with the ceiling. When the air is hot enough and reaches a sprinkler head, it triggers a chain reaction. It is important to clarify a myth here about smoke- ‘Smoke doesn’t trigger sprinklers, heat does that’.

Step 2: Water sprinkles

Each sprinkler head is connected to a reliable water source outside the building through pipes. The valve opens when heat activates a sprinkler head, allowing pressurized water from the pipe system to flow out. Pressurized water is sprinkled outwards in an arc to more thoroughly douse the fire and prevent it from reigniting.

Step 3: Controlled sprinkling

Sprinkler heads function individually which means, only that sprinkler will operate which detects fire and not all of them together. So they function in a controlled manner with as many sprinkler heads operating as needed. Imagine if all operate together without even needed, the place will fill with water and that would be rather damaging forget about the damage control.

This is the complete working process of the sprinkler system proving it to be an essential installation.

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