马萨诸塞州昆西，2022年4月26日- 在每个社区中，家庭大火对居民以及反应消防员都是严重威胁。尽管房屋一直是几十年来的中央火灾挑战，但今天，由于未受保护的房屋大火在短短两分钟或更短的时间内变得致命，这一事实加剧了这个问题。为了面对这一顽固的公共安全负担，北美的消防部门和安全倡导者将于5月15日至21日合作，参加家庭消防洒水周。
In its fifth year, the Week is co-hosted by the火喷水灭火行动project of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC）。该活动的重点是家庭火灾问题，并需要更好地理解安装的家庭消防洒水器的生命安全利益。免费的在线数字消息传递和本地外展活动将通过本地教育和宣传来帮助任何规模的部门实现其社区风险降低目标。
According to NFPA, more than three-quarters of all civilian fire deaths occur in home fires. The vast majority of these fatal fires are preventable and their causes are largely the same as they have been for many years. Fire safety advocates work hard to educate about home fire dangers, but every fire cannot be prevented.
“When things go wrong and a fire starts, home fire sprinklers work automatically and very effectively,” says Lorraine Carli, NFPA vice president of Outreach and Advocacy and president of the HFSC. “Mistakes happen, but the real transgression is that approximately one million new homes will be built this year and only a fraction of them will be protected with the proven technology that would prevent injuries, save lives and protect property.”
Contributing to this is the common fallacy that new homes don’t burn. “They certainly do,” Carli says. Today, new homes are most commonly built with unprotected lightweight wood construction, and designed with large, open spaces. Homes are filled with synthetic furnishings that burn hotter and faster than natural materials producing toxic smoke. Regardless of age, home fires now burn faster than ever and become deadly so quickly.
“The simple answer is to install fire sprinklers in new home construction,” Carli explains. “What thwarts progress are lacking public awareness, rampant myths and the influence of special interests.” This year’s Home Fire Sprinkler Week responds with a range of powerful educational tools to address those, including an exciting new virtual reality resource that helps stakeholders, homebuilders, and consumers see and believe how important fire sprinkler protection is.
HFSC的虚拟现实（VR）视频是由实际的家庭火灾闪存和消防洒水激活镜头创建的。与动画VR电影不同，镜头是在大火燃烧时现场拍摄的。结果令人难忘。凭借用户控制的360度，整个房间的景观，观众会像实际上在房间里一样经历着火灾，从任何角度看到火灾和洒水器激活。可以使用3D眼镜或耳机观看VR视频，以获得沉浸式体验以及HFSC的2D。website.
A dedicated家Fire Sprinkler Week Website还包括与每日主题相对应的其他视频，动画，图形艺术和消息传递。所有资源都是免费的，可以随意选择并定制。有几下的点击，交钥匙的资源可以在社交媒体和网站上传播，帮助任何消防部门教育家庭火灾危险以及对已安装的家庭消防洒水器的无与伦比的保护。
Fire safety advocates know, and every year national fire data reinforces, installed fire sprinklers reduce home fire injuries, deaths and property loss. “That’s why all national building codes require sprinklers in new construction,” Carli says. “As a result, every new home built without fire sprinklers is by definition substandard. Today’s homebuyers are savvy about safety and when they learn about fire sprinklers, they want them. The virtual reality, digital and other Home Fire Sprinkler Week resources underscore not just that we can do better; they underscore exactly how to do better.”
有关免费资源和媒体信息，请访问家Fire Sprinkler Week Media Resources
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关于the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC)
HFSCwas formed in 1996 to inform the public about the life-saving value of sprinkler protection in one- and two-family homes. HFSC is a purely educational, nonprofit organization and the leading resource for independent, noncommercial information about home fire sprinklers. For more information about HFSC and home fire sprinklers, visitwww.homefiresprinkler.org.
接触Peg Paul：815-592-9278
NFPA®: 125 Years of Protecting People and Property
国家消防协会®（NFPA®）是一个全球自筹资金组织，致力于消除由于火灾，电气和相关危害而导致的死亡，伤害，财产和经济损失。该协会于1896年开始工作以解决一个年轻的工业化国家中的火灾问题，并在全球范围内被公认为倡导安全的领导者。NFPA通过325多个共识代码和标准，研究，培训，教育，外展和倡导提供信息和知识；并与其他对进一步发展NFPA任务的兴趣的人合作。为了庆祝其成立125周年，NFPA将举办会议系列and other initiatives that reflect the steadfast commitment to advancing fire and life safety by the association for the next 125 years and beyond. For more information or to view NFPA codes and standards for free, visitwww.nfpa.org.
接触:洛林·卡利（Lorraine Carli）, Public Affairs Office: +1 617-984-7275
