Waukesha, WI—At the Waukesha fire safety demonstration, two side-by-side mock rooms were set ablaze to show the dramatic difference sprinklers make. The sprinklered room suppressed the fire in less than a minute, limiting damage and enabling a quick recovery. In contrast, the unsprinklered room experienced rapid fire spread, a dangerous flashover, and severe destruction. Read the entire article here.
Summer Fisher, The Freeman, retrieved from https://www.gmtoday.com/the_freeman/news/waukesha-fire-safety-demonstration/article_d732e1fd-011f-5554-aedc-6f328ba49268.html#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=a63c51af-9851-4a6c-b351-efd25d290100 on Jan. 22, 2026.