- Author
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Hansen, A. T.
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Platts, R. E.
- Title
- Cost of Saving Property and Lives by Fire Sprinklering New Homes. Phase 2. CMHC Study: Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Installing Fire Sprinklers in Houses.
- Coporate
- Scanada Consultants, Ltd., Ontario, Canada
- Sponsor
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., Ontario, Canada
- Report
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Phase 2
June 1988
102 p.
- Keywords
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sprinklers
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residential buildings
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cost benefit analysis
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installing
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standards
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costs
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fire fatalities
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injuries
- Identifiers
- property losses
- Abstract
- This analysis of benefits and costs associated with sprinkler installations in new houses includes many judgemental interpretations of available data. Although Canadian data were not alwasy obtainable, U.S. data was found to help fill in some of the important gaps. Every attempt was made to provide a reasonable assessment of both the benefits and costs, from an overall societal viewpoint rather than from an owner's or renter's particular perspective.