The CAFC is proud to be a partner in Home Fire Sprinkler Week. Please visit the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition in Canada website for many excellent resources to support your own programs and see a video message from Chief John McKearney, CAFC President.

The CAFC and its members believe sprinklers save lives. We’d like to see them in new buildings. We are working actively at the national level to encourage changes to the National Building Code to require mandatory residential fire sprinklers.

Find key messages, resources and media coverage here.

Related resources:

• CAFC Sprinkler Report
• ARTICLE – HEALTHCARE COSTS OF BURN PATIENTS FROM HOMES WITHOUT FIRE SPRINKLERS
• THE COOPERATORS – WHAT’S NEW WITH RESIDENTIAL SPRINKLER SYSTEMS
• NFPA FIRE SPRINKLER INITIATIVE
• CAFC MEETING WITH NRC HIGHLIGHTS 2013
• Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition - SPRINKLERS SAVE LIVES: BUILDING MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
• NFPA - BRITISH COLUMBIA FIRE SPRINKLER INITIATIVE
• Myths and Facts about Sprinkler Systems - TUFTS University

CAFC Chiefs - Media Coverage

• February 26, 2019 - Chief Vince Mackenzie, CAFC Board Member, NFL FIRE CHIEF CALLS FOR HOME SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AFTER VISITING SITE OF HALIFAX TRAGEDY
• January 22, 2018 - Chief Sean Tracey CAFC Building Codes Co-Chair FIRE CHIEF WARNS THAT NEW HOMES ARE BURNING FASTER - CTV
• January 18, 2018 - Chief Ken Block, President of the CAFC CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS CALL FOR WIDER USE OF SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN NEW HOMES - CBC
• January 16, 2018 - Chief Sean Tracey CAFC Building Codes Co-Chair SMOKE DETECTORS - CBC
• January 15, 2018 – Chief Sean Tracey CAFC Building Codes Co-Chair  PUSH FOR HOME SPRINKLERS TO COMBAT FIRE RISK IN NEW-BUILDS Newstalk 1010
• January 14, 2018 – Chief Vince McKenzie, CAFC Board Member,  RISE IN FAST BURNING HOUSE FIRES HEATS UP CALLS FOR SPRINKLERS IN HOMES 
  

Other media:

• CTV NEWS January 18, 2018 - QUEBEC OFFERING MORE MONEY TO RETROFIT SENIORS' RESIDENCES WITH SPRINKLER SYSTEMS
• CBC January 17, 2018 – OTTAWA MULLS MANDATORY FIRE SPRINKLERS FOR ALL NEW HOMES
  
• November 16, 2017 - SENECA COLLEGE – SCHOOL OF FIRE PROTECTION: LIVE BURN 2017
  
• Electrical Business August 17, 2017 – AN OVERVIEW OF SMOKE AND ALARM REQUIREMENTS