Tom Prymak is vice president of marketing with Tyco Fire & Building Products in Lansdale, Pa., and has spent the past 19 years with Tyco on the contracting and manufacturing sides of the business. Prymak has been in the fire protection industry since 1970 and is a member of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers and the National Fire Sprinkler Association. He serves as vice chairman of the manufacturers’ and suppliers’ council of the American Fire Sprinkler Association. Prymak can be contacted by mail at 451 N. Cannon Ave., Lansdale, PA 19446; by phone at 215/393-0223; or by e-mail at tom.prymak@tycofp.com.
Nursing home facilities average 2,300 fires nationally per year. But having a fire sprinkler system helps control or extinguish fires before they ever get out of control.
