Welcome to the Patient Resources Section of the Heart Rhythm Societyâs website. The Patient Resources section is intended to provide accurate and clear information about cardiac arrhythmia disorders. Although generalized and not intended to cover all aspects of any medical condition, a wide variety of information is available to you. Get started with the topic areas to your left to learn more.
When the sprinkler head is triggered, a valve to the pipe system is opened, releasing the water that is kept under pressure from the pipes. The water is quickly pushed out of the pipes through the sprinkler head, spraying water downward and out to the sides.
When a fire. starts, its heat causes a fire sprinkler head to open, and the compressed. air is released. When the air pressure drops to a trip point (usually 10 psi. below normal), a dry pipe valve opens and a rush of water from the main. line floods the distribution pipes. With the rush of water from the main line.