Page 3 - Green Builder May-June 2018 Issue

These Incentives

Improve Community Safety

and Provide Developer Savings

In exchange for installing home fi re sprinklers in entire developments,
authorities having jurisdiction can o­ er locally negotiated trade-ups as
incentives to developers. These incentives may include:

• Street-Width Reduction
• Longer Dead-End Streets
EXPANSION OF • Tee Turnarounds Permitted
EXISTING WATER • Increased Street Grades and Building
SUPPLY MAY NOT Setbacks
BE NEEDED
• Additional Units Permitted
• Expansion of Existing Water Supply May
Not Be Needed
• Increased Hydrant Spacing
• Subdivision Single Access Point
• Gated Communities

HOME FIRE SPRINKLERS PROTECT
THE ENVIRONMENT*

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 98%
INCREASED
STREET GRADES Reduce fi re damage by up to 97%
AND BUILDING
SETBACKS Reduce water usage to fi ght a home fi re
by as much as 91%
GATED
COMMUNITIES Reduce water pollution
* Environmental Impact of Automatic Fire
Sprinklers, FM Global, 2010

Home Fire Sprinklers:
A Win-Win for Your Entire Community

Home fi re sprinkler incentives can reduce
construction costs, while protecting
residents and fi refi ghters, and help to protect
the environment.
Visit HFSC in Booth #2366 homefi resprinkler.org/crr
2018 Pacifi c Coast Builders Conference (PCBC)
San Francisco June 27 & 28 ©2018 Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition

HFSC-incentives-ad.indd 1 5/22/18 7:07 PM
HFSC0518.indd 1 6/13/2018 1:09:08 PM