CSU FIR3305 2019 February Unit 1 Essay Latest

FIR3305 Fire Protection Structure and Systems

Unit I Essay

Instructions

Imagine that a planned unit development consisting of large single-family homes is being proposed in your jurisdiction. The developer recently completed a similar project in a neighboring city that required residential sprinklers to be installed in the homes. Although residential sprinklers are not required in your jurisdiction, the planning committee would like information in order to help them decide if residential sprinklers should be included in the new development. To help them with their decision, they have requested that the fire department provide information explaining fire behavior in a home and the benefits of smoke detectors and residential sprinklers.

Assume the role of a representative from the fire department, and prepare a two-page report for the planning committee that addresses the items listed below.

Explain how fire can develop in a single family home.

Explain why water is used as an extinguishing agent and how it extinguishes fires.

Explain the benefits of installing fire protection systems (smoke detection and fire sprinklers) in single-family homes. As a part of your discussion of the benefits of residential sprinklers, include specific residential sprinkler experience data (fatalities, fire loss) from at least one community that has enacted residential sprinkler legislation.

Support your assignment with at least two sources from the CSU Online Library. All information from outside sources must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying APA citations.