Yardbird47

Positives:
Fire departments are going to be fewer, farther apart, and more expensive in the future.

Residential sprinklers are a special class. They are not a prone to the extensive water damage seen in businesses. We will learn to live with them and leave them alone.

As the population gets older, more lives will be saved.

Negative:
As long as the homeowner can shut them off, they will.

New technology to reduce fires in kitchens will be hampered by laws requiring sprinklers and not recognizing the new technology.
(Example: Municipalities which restrict the size of water meters limiting flow to fire sprinklers.)

Municipalities will want to charge license fees for something that will save lives and money. Send them a tea bag and vote them out if they don't get the message.