Umein V’Umein. We lost our home in a fire several years ago to an electric panel fire which the fire departmnt and insurance adjuster said would have been extinguished by a sprinkler system. Fortunately no one was hurt, just lost a lot of stuff. When we rebuilt, we discovered the cost of th sprinkler system was relatively minimal compred to the overall reconstruction cost. That was because we had gutted the house. These costs are much higher for retrofit into existing structures, especially older, multi-family housing. Without government subsidies, I doubt it would be affordable to most owners or renters (who would have to pay the landlord’s costs).
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