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For most comprehensive information on all aspects of fire safety, please visit the new zealand fire sevice website at the link below:

New Zealand Fire Service : fire safety tips & information

Fire Sprinklers:

Fire Sprinklers are economical, reliable and proven to be the best way to protect your family and home from the dangers of fire.

Home fire sprinklers can contain and may even extinquish a fire in less time than it would take the fire department to arrive on the scene.

Fire sprinklers save lives, reduce property loss and can even help cut homeowner insurance premiums.

Installing both smoke alarms and a fire sprinkler system reduces the risk of death in a home fire by 82%, relative to having neither.

Only the sprinkler closest to the fire will activate, spraying water directly on the fire. Ninety percent of fires are contained by the operation of just one sprinkler. Nationally, on average, home fire sprinkler systems add 1% to 1.5% of the total building cost in new construction.

Come join us on the 1st November 2008 at the Orewa Beach reserve, where you can learn all about fire safety, sprinklers in the home, what to do in the event of a fire, home evacuation plans and much much more.