| Fire sprinklers are the devices which are used to put | | | | fire sprinklers head are much more expensive than the |
| off the fires whenever a fire breaks out. They | | | | standard type. There may be different types of |
| generally are used for domestic purposes. Fire | | | | sprinkle heads for different types of fire sprinklers. |
| sprinklers can be automatic or open orifice. Automatic | | | | There are over more than 900 different sprinkler |
| fire sprinklers operate at a predetermined temperature, | | | | heads produced by a company in U.S. |
| utilizing a fusible link, a portion of which melts, or a | | | | How does a fire sprinkler work? |
| frangible glass bulb containing liquid which breaks, | | | | Whenever a fire breaks out the sprinkler head is |
| allowing the plug in the orifice to be pushed out of the | | | | opened or activated by either the fire or the smoke |
| orifice by the water pressure in the fire sprinkler piping, | | | | detector. After a minute or two water flows into the |
| resulting in water flow from the orifice. There is a | | | | pipe and then comes out of the sprinkler head. There |
| detector which detects when a fire is broken and | | | | is also a facility provided to turn the head on or off. |
| water flows through the pipes and gushes out through | | | | They are activated (turned on) to put off the fire and |
| the sprinkle head. Fire sprinklers are very useful for | | | | they are deactivated (turned off) when the fire is put |
| domestic purposes they prevent lots of losses when a | | | | off. If the flames of the fire are up again then, they are |
| fire breaks, occupants are left with enough time to | | | | activated again. With the increasing new installations of |
| escape before the fire brigade comes. Fire sprinkler | | | | Halon 1301, there has been an tremendous increase |
| thus is great boon to human being. It not helps to | | | | popularity of a new fire sprinkler, which has ultimately |
| prevent economic losses but also prevents human | | | | lead to improve the quality and flexibility of fire heads |
| losses. | | | | and making the fire heads much more convenient. The |
| What is fire sprinkler head? | | | | fire sprinkler heads can operate at very high |
| A fire sprinkler head is mouth if the fire sprinkler from | | | | temperature as well as very low temperatures. |
| where the water gushes when a fire is broke. About | | | | Muna wa Wanjiru is an Agricultural Engineer and Has |
| 20-40 gallons of water per minute. the sprinkler head is | | | | Been Researching and Reporting on Irrigation for |
| the back bone of the fire sprinkler. The fire sprinkler | | | | Years. |
| cannot work without having a fire sprinkler head. The | | | | |