After 25 years, a sprinkler system should undergo a range of enhanced tests and servicing, helping to ensure that the system will still do what it was designed for: saving property and lives.

Fire sprinkler risers are, in a sense, where the plumbing outside a building ends and a fire sprinkler system begins. Each riser taps into a permanent source of water, such as a pipe connected to the city water system, a water tank, or reservoir.

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Overall, sprinklers operated effectively in 93 percent of the fires large enough to trigger them. In 85 percent of the home fires with operating sprinklers, only one sprinkler operated. In 99.2 percent of the fires, five or fewer operated. Sprinklers save lives and reduce injuries and property loss.