Car fire sprinkler

A company in South Korea is developing an innovative fire suppression system specifically designed for vehicles parked in garages. The technology consists of a sprinkler installed on the slab, directly beneath the vehicle’s parking position.

When a fire is detected, the system is automatically activated and directs water jets toward the underside of the car—an area where fires often originate or intensify. The goal is to contain the fire in its early stages, reducing its intensity, ensuring safe evacuation time, and assisting in controlling the flames until firefighters arrive.

This solution addresses an emerging challenge: the growing presence of electric vehicles in building garages. Although generally considered safe, fires involving lithium-ion batteries can behave differently from traditional vehicle fires, being more difficult to control and having a higher risk of reignition.

Technologies like this aim to enhance building resilience in response to this new mobility scenario. By acting directly at the source of the fire, the system can help limit the spread of flames to adjacent vehicles and to the building structure itself.

Still in the development and testing phase, innovations like this raise an important question for the construction and fire safety sectors: could dedicated fire suppression systems for electric vehicles become a new standard in building parking facilities in the future?