NFPA Journal - Summer 2024 - 49

Every new home
built with sprinklers
reduces community
risk for decades
to come.
awareness campaign featuring elected officials, city
managers, and other decision makers; this cooperative
effort has resulted in more than 100 Illinois
municipalities and fire districts with home fire
sprinkler ordinances. Chip Premus, fire marshal
with the Rapid City (South Dakota) Fire Department,
has experience working with developers
of property that wasn't buildable due to its presence
in the wildland/urban interface; developers
agreed to protect the homes with fire sprinklers,
conduct wildland mitigation treatment, and utilize
building materials classified as ignition-resistant
or noncombustible. Todd Short, fire marshal with
the Redmond (Washington) Fire Department, will
talk about educating decision makers and share a
guide he developed based on presenting quarterly
reports with data detailing the cost of not including
fire sprinklers, a replicable strategy that counters
the argument against sprinklers.
A goal of the panel is to ensure our audience gets
the information it needs and that it's comfortable
with the resources and strategies we share. That's
why we'll use a real-time poll during our discussions
to help us gather and apply immediate
feedback. This will help the panelists understand
the viewpoints of the attendees and ensure an open
discussion of issues to address their challenges and
broaden their knowledge on home fire sprinklers.
We will also share new free resources from the
Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (homefiresprinkler.
org) to support your educational efforts and community
outreach.
I'm looking forward to moderating this session
and spending time with this panel of experienced
experts. I hope the panel inspires many of you who
are faced with similar challenges that prevent homes
and communities from being protected, and that we
can provide you with new tools and fresh motivation
to pursue the goal of sprinklers in every new home.
LORRAINE CARLI is vice president of Outreach & Advocacy
at NFPA and president of the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition.
HFSC launches innovative
online tool to help
jurisdictions customize
sprinkler education
material for consumers
The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition
(HFSC) has launched The
Studio, an easy-to-use online
tool that can be used to customize
flyers, posters, and social
media cards. The material generated
from The Studio can be
shared through social media and
printed to distribute at community
events. The posters can be
displayed on side-by-side fire
and sprinkler demos, trailers,
and home fire sprinkler displays.
The Studio was developed
using funding from a State Farm
Insurance grant. HFSC conducted
a beta test where 110 fire departments
reviewed and provided
feedback on the online tool during
its development. Ninety-three percent
of the departments said
they found the online tool easy to
use, and 98 percent said the ability
to customize each piece with
logos and website addresses
supported their outreach goals.
To learn more about The Studio
and to watch a short video of
what it has to offer, visit homefiresprinkler.org/studio.
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