"When they put fire retardant down on the leading edge of the fire, it's very effective in keeping the fire from advancing, " the lieutenant colonel said.
The government says it wants more cost effective alternatives for fire service delivery.
He said that the combination of an ageing population and fire service cuts meant that "the installation of sprinklers is perhaps the single most effective measure in protecting occupants of dwellings from fire".
The chart is an effective aid to memory, a free-fire zone for disagreements, and fine intellectual fun.
Interfering with these elements does profound damage, so reducing interference to faith, fire and focus is probably the most effective, though least recognized, way you can improve performance in your business or personal life.
He added that ministers believed the most effective approach was to build on the experience of local fire and rescue services, rather than imposing solutions from central government.
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Controlled burns had been tried and tested before, and had been shown to be "effective in burning 50 to 95% of oil collected in a fire boom", she said.
And even though steel and concrete are still the most cost-effective materials, new combinations of these substances provide greater strength and fire retardance, says W. Gene Corley, senior vice president at Construction Technology Laboratories in Skokie, Ill.
The second principle of effective reform is to have insurance choices so varied and responsive to individual needs that you could fire your insurance company if you wanted to.
But falling short of real-time price displays, the system would be less effective than exchange trading in stopping a counterparty in a trade from defaulting--or a fire from quickly spreading.
However the measure has come under fire from penal reformers who claim the money spent locking up offenders would be more effective in cutting crime if spent on crime prevention measures.
More seriously, although thinning can sometimes help to limit a fire by removing some of the fuel the fire wants, it is not a process that is neat, cheap or necessarily effective.
The fire service has previously said that it is aiming to use staff in a more "effective and efficient" way.
Earlier this year, the Welsh government said it was going to press ahead with its policy of fire sprinklers in all new homes from 2013, despite being told that it is not cost effective.
The product also appears to be an effective pesticide against ants, fruit flies, weevils, locusts, and termites, and can also make wood more fire resistant, he added.
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