A television interview that aired yesterday has sparked a direct response from the National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA) to the Lee Building Industry Association Executive Vice President in Ft. Myers, Florida.
“As President of the NFSA, I was shocked to hear the descriptive false testimony against our industry,” explains Shane Ray, NFSA President. “When I watched the television interview, I knew we had to reach out in response to the direct quote about ‘stupid sprinklers’, this puts one industry against another within the same field and is very unfortunate.”
The NFSA represents an industry with the most effective life and property saving record from fire and our mission of promoting professionalism and higher standards isn’t much different from the Building Industry.
The NFSA members in Florida also responded to the inaccurate pricing of fire sprinkler installations in Estero, Florida. Our members are ready to work with Lee Building Industry Association members to assist with fire sprinkler installations at an average of $1.60/sq. ft.
“As a Florida business owner in the life safety business I want the homebuilders to know we are ready and willing to help them build the highest quality and safest home possible,” adds Clark Gey, President of Wayne Automatic Fire Sprinklers and an NFSA Board member. “We know that we can save lives with the installation of fire sprinklers and we also know it can be done affordably and we have examples where homebuilders are partnering with us to build the safest homes.”
Modern building and fire codes require fire sprinklers for a reason. It is the minimal protection for fire and life safety because of the number of lives impacted and the amount of property that would be lost, as we have a vast amount of data proving such.
“Estero Fire Department has spent years investing in education on the life-saving benefits of fire sprinklers,” explains Lorrell Bush, NFSA Florida Regional Manager. “Lives will be saved and quality of life for Village residents improved with this built-in life safety feature for homes. It just makes common sense.”
教育是关键，因为社区领导者为社区制定计划，其中包括增强防火保护。主要利益相关者可以确定社区的脆弱性，并
can identify unique solutions that promote life safety and quality of life. The fire officials are leading this community effort, which also includes the public policy maker, building official, fire marshal, and water purveyor. The NFSA hopes to work with community stakeholders, including local media to educate regarding fire sprinklers and how they work in upcoming months.
“We believe we should all be able to partner together for more positive outcomes with fire sprinklers part of the community fire protection solution,” adds Vickie Pritchett, NFSA’s Director of Public Fire Protection & Outreach. “Working together we can build safer communities and we are here to support Estero Fire Department and work with the Lee Building Industry Association for the improvement of fire safety.”
消防洒水器的救生技术已在商业建筑中有效100多年，可用于30多个住宅占领。有关消防洒水器的资源可在www.nfsa.org上获得 - 我们鼓励每个人都有兴趣了解火喷头如何保护。公民和消防员拜访我们并了解更多。
