Custom Fire Protection Solutions Provide Significant Economic and Operational Benefits
Challenges
The customer’s existing fire sprinkler systems required updates to address higher hazard commodity classifications. The customer needed a repeatable fire protection solution to upgrade existing stores and provide operational flexibility for future stores.
Solutions
Working with the customer’s fire protection consultants, Johnson Controls successfully, evaluated, developed, and implemented multiple fire protection solutions to meet customer requirements, saving significant time and cost. With several hundred thousand fire sprinklers already installed and more on the way, each of the customers’ facilities will be upgraded with location-specific fire sprinklers and systems specific to each location while minimizing impact to its operations.
Outcomes
The retailer turned to Johnson Controls. With a track record of innovation and a full line of class-leading fire protection products, Johnson Controls was perfectly suited to provide economical and effective options that addressed the retailer’s challenges.
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COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION
A Tailored Approach from the Industry Leader
To help reduce costs and optimize system designs, the Johnson Controls team designed four protection schemes using the following sprinklers:
- Two new fire sprinklers with unique spray patterns that were custom-designed for each protection area.
- Two existing sprinkler heads that met the protection requirements for the remaining areas.


