Citation

Harmathy TZ. Fire Technol. 1988; 24(3): 245-261.

Affiliation

Institute for Research in Construction, National Research Council Canada, K1A 0R6 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF01038180

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Using the life-cycle costing method, the economy of equipping all new single-family dwellings with fast-response sprinklers is examined. The results seem to indicate that mandating the use of sprinklers cannot be justified on economic grounds.