Deluge Sprinkler Systems

Deluge Sprinkler Systems
Automatic sprinkler systems have been around for a very long time.
When the early types of sprinkler systems were installed they were not very
reliable. In business or residential occupancies sprinkler systems are widely
used because they are reliable and have minimal false Today sprinkler
systems are a very reliable system for fire protection in a business or even in
a home. Ifactivations. If your business or home has a sprinkler system
installed, your insurance rate will decrease.
Many billion dollar companies are protected under by an automatic
sprinkler systems. Lockheed Martin, for example, has one of these a deluge
systems installed in their corporate hangar which holds four of their G45 leer
Jets. Each one of these jets cost an astounding 40 million dollars. Lockheed
Martin specifically has what is called a deluge sprinkler system (a type of
automatic sprinkler system).
Deluge sprinkler systems all have open sprinkler heads (Figure 2)
(Figure 2), unlike a traditional sprinkler
head with a liquida liquid-filled glass
vessel triggered by heat. The reason for
calling this fire protection design adesign
a deluge sprinkler system, is because it
consists of a deluge valve (Figure 1). A
deluge valve is a device that holds water
from flowing though the sprinkler Figure 1

Deluge Valve courtesy of Inbal Valves
piping to the open headed sprinklers. When heat from a fire triggers the fire
detecting device (either a smoke or heat detector), the deluge valve opens
and water flows. and isWater is discharged from all sprinklers on the piping
system, thus deluging (flooding) the) the protected areas.
The purpose of a deluge system is wet down an entire fire area by
admitting water to sprinklers that are open at all times. By using sensitive
detectors, it is possible to apply water to a fire more quickly and with wider
distribution, than with systems whose operation depends on opening of
sprinklers only as the fire spreads.
Deluge systems are particularly
effective for life safety because they
give warning of the existence of fire
and at the same time water is being
applied to theapply water to the

Figure 2
Open headed sprinkler courtesy of Jones burning areas. With open sprinklers,
Engineering Group
there are seldom problems of access
to the seat of the fire or of interference with visibility for firefighting due to
smoke. While the downward force of the water discharged from sprinklers
may lower the smoke level in a room where a fire is burning, the sprinklers
also serve to cool the smoke and make it possible for persons to remain in
the area much longer than they could if the room were without sprinklers.
Automatic sprinklers, properly installed and maintained, provide a
highly effective safeguard against the loss of life and property from fire. The
NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) has no record of multiple death
fire (a fire which kills three or more people) in a completely sprinkled
building where the system was properly operating, except where an
explosion occurred or flash fire killed victims prior to the system’s operation.
In addition to the saving in direct fire losses due to sprinkler protection,
there is saving represented by the freedom from business interruption. There
also is an undetermined but possibly even greater reduction in conflagration
and exposure losses, which reasonably may be attributed to automatic
sprinkler protection. The destruction of property and its adverse association
and permanent effect upon business often is a great hardship not only to the
owner, tenants and employees but also to the community as a whole.
A properly installed deluge sprinkler system operating in a timely
manner will generate less water damage than the later application of hose
streams by fire officers. Accidental discharge of water from an associate
sprinkler system due to defects in sprinklers, water control devices, piping or
associated equipment,equipment is very rare. So, the next time you enter in
a building know that a deluge sprinkler system is a guardian angel that is
protecting you from the hazards of a fire.

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reliable. In business or residential occupancies sprinkler systems are widely

a home. Ifactivations. If your business or home has a sprinkler system

installed, your insurance rate will decrease.

Many billion dollar companies are protected under by an automatic

Martin specifically has what is called a deluge sprinkler system (a type of

automatic sprinkler system).

Deluge sprinkler systems all have open sprinkler heads (Figure 2)

(Figure 2), unlike a traditional sprinkler

head with a liquida liquid-filled glass

vessel triggered by heat. The reason for

calling this fire protection design adesign

a deluge sprinkler system, is because it

consists of a deluge valve (Figure 1). A

deluge valve is a device that holds water

from flowing though the sprinkler Figure 1

system, thus deluging (flooding) the) the protected areas.

The purpose of a deluge system is wet down an entire fire area by

distribution, than with systems whose operation depends on opening of

sprinklers only as the fire spreads.

Deluge systems are particularly

effective for life safety because they

give warning of the existence of fire

and at the same time water is being

applied to theapply water to the

Automatic sprinklers, properly installed and maintained, provide a

fire (a fire which kills three or more people) in a completely sprinkled

building where the system was properly operating, except where an

In addition to the saving in direct fire losses due to sprinkler protection,

there is saving represented by the freedom from business interruption. There

also is an undetermined but possibly even greater reduction in conflagration

and exposure losses, which reasonably may be attributed to automatic

sprinkler protection. The destruction of property and its adverse association

owner, tenants and employees but also to the community as a whole.

A properly installed deluge sprinkler system operating in a timely

streams by fire officers. Accidental discharge of water from an associate

sprinkler system due to defects in sprinklers, water control devices, piping or

a building know that a deluge sprinkler system is a guardian angel that is

protecting you from the hazards of a fire.

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