

Since 1993, Rapid Fire Protection has stamped our footprint in commercial, residential, and industrial fire suppression and detection. It takes the Best in each of us to bring out the Best in all of us – Saving Lives, one Life Safety System at a time. Mesa Fire Department Residential Sprinkler Packet Information (PDF 2.Rapid City, SD Fire Sprinkler Engineering Design Technician LINKS TO ADDITIONAL FIRE SPRINKLER INFORMATION

You will be able to view a demonstration of an actual fire as it starts, and how quickly one automatic fire sprinkler can control the fire. Watch for the Mesa Fire Department's Mobile Education Unit Fire Sprinkler trailer which makes appearances at the City of Mesa special events. 35 fatalities, 18 of which may have been prevented with a sprinkler system.173 fire injuries in the past three years, including firefighters and civilians.In addition, fire sprinklers may be an acceptable alternative or requirement where fire apparatus access road requirements cannot be accomplished (Section 503.1.1) or in other special circumstances such as where fire flows are not available from hydrants as required by appendix B & C of the Mesa Fire Code. There has never been a documented fire death in a home protected by fire sprinklers, according to the National Fire Protection Association. This is a small price to pay to know that your family will be protected from fire 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Because many insurance companies now offer discounts for these life saving systems, your monthly cost would most likely be well under $30, less than $1 a day. For example, a fire sprinkler system in a $300,000 home should cost between $3000-$6000. Based on national data, the cost of fire sprinklers should range from 1% - 2% of the cost of the home. What this means is that all buyers of new homes should be receiving fire sprinkler information from the sales office, so that they may make a more informed decision about the value of fire sprinklers in their new home. The actual wording of the Mesa Code falls under Section 903.2.3. However, the Mesa Fire Code does require that homebuilders offer fire sprinklers as an option to home buyers. What are the Fire Code RequirementsĬurrently, the City of Mesa Fire Code does not require that fire sprinklers be installed in new one and two family dwellings. If we start now, almost half of our homes and businesses could be protected in ten short years. By the year 2010, the city population is projected to be over 600,000. It is our mission to make the citizens of Mesa safe from fire by protecting them where they live and work. More than 4,500 individuals perish in fires each year, with eighty-percent (80%) of all deaths occurring in homes. Annually fires kill more people in the United States than all natural disasters.
