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    How Do Fire Protection Sprinklers Know When Theres a Fire? – Concordia Research

    It is a fact that you live. However, people often wonder how sprinklers work. A look at How Do Fire Sprinklers Know That There’s a Fire can help answer that. This video explains the basics of the mechanisms used by a fire sprinkler. Sprinklers for fire protection can sense heat, unlike smoke which majority of people think triggers their. Sprinklers make use of a liquid composed of glycerin which expands in contact with heat. Air temperatures must be somewhere between 135 and 165 degree Fahrenheit to allow the reaction to happen. The liquid will expand, and the container in which it is stored breaks, triggering the fire protection sprinklers. They’re…