Automatic Sprinkler System Design and Function
Learn the advantages of automatic sprinkler systems, types of systems, how they work, and what components they contain.
Pre-Incident Planning
The Pre-Incident Plan Worksheet is available for your use as a guideline for what information should be collected for a pre-incident plan. Each facility will be different and may need less or more information based on the complexities of the site.
FM Data Sheets
To reduce risk at facilities in your jurisdiction it's important to have proven engineering guidelines. Look no further than FM Property Loss Prevention Data Sheets.
These exacting standards help you reduce the chance of property loss due to fire, weather conditions, and failure of electrical or mechanical equipment. They incorporate nearly 200 years of property loss experience, research and engineering results, as well as input from consensus standards committees, equipment manufacturers and others.
FM Property Loss Prevention Data Sheets make your community—and the world—more resilient. Access them free of charge through www.fm.com/resources/fm-data-sheets.
Below is a list of FM Property Loss Prevention Data Sheets that the fire service may find useful in their daily activities:
Resource Catalog
Manage risk with educational tools and job aids, available in a variety of languages and formats.
Manage property-related hazards, learn how to prevent facility damage and minimize business interruption with educational tools and job aids. The FM Resource Catalog makes these resources available to clients, brokers, fire service professionals and other strategic partners.
Access the resources free of change at www.fmcatalog.com
Below is a list of resources that the fire service may find useful in their daily activities:
Learn the advantages of automatic sprinkler systems, types of systems, how they work, and what components they contain.
Discover why sprinklered buildings can still burn, including design issues and sources of impairment, and how to mitigate these causes.
Learn how to complete a pre-incident plan for a sprinkler-protected property, paying special attention to its fire suppression systems.
Learn key actions take at automatic sprinkler system activation response to assess the situation and control the operation of the sprinkler system.
Learn how to complete a pre-incident plan for a sprinkler-protected property, paying special attention to its fire suppression systems.
This program highlights a case study of a fire at 811 South Elm Street in Greensboro, North Carolina.
This self paced training program for fire service describes the importance of advanced pre-planning for complex or unusual properties.
This program introduces TL-ASRS, covering what they are, how they work, associated fire hazards and how to mitigate those hazards, preplanning, and response.
FM has a longstanding, deep commitment to assisting the fire service through training, education, and grant funding in fire prevention, fighting fire in sprinklered buildings, fire response to commercial/industrial properties, ignitable liquids and gases, pre-incident planning, and fire protection systems. As part of this commitment, FM provides the FM Fire Service Learning Network to deliver critical training for the fire service in FM's focus areas, including fire protection in commercial and industrial properties. The network offers online training programs, including FM's popular “Fighting Fire in Sprinklered Buildings” course, and fire service resources. Available resources include FM Data Sheets, pocket guides, and pre-incident planning materials guide. All training and resources are free. Create an account and log in to access the fire service training and resources.