A cool way to put out fires.

[thesimslover828]

Sprinklers are great you can even put them in your house, the fire goes out because water goes all over the place. That is the only con but at least you wouldn't lose the stuff you had to fire.

[kiko94]

That's interesting. I'll give it a try, thanks!

[SimPoseyYum]

Bah, you couldn't have posted this yesterday?  As in, before my kitchen destroyed itself?  

(hehe just kidding .  Great tip and one I'll definitely try out!  Thanks for sharing!)

[VampirePlasma]

I have like a dive well in a room next to the kitchen. It looks cool and stuff. And it puts the fire right out. But the sprinklers are a more normal way than a sim randomly jumping in the dive well.

[thesimslover828]

I have like a dive well in a room next to the kitchen. It looks cool and stuff. And it puts the fire right out. But the sprinklers are a more normal way than a sim randomly jumping in the dive well.

You could have both, the dive pool to put out sims and the sprinklers to put out the fire lol.

[Sportsfan]

This is a great idea, but does it leave a big puddle on the floor?

[thesimslover828]

This is a great idea, but does it leave a big puddle on the floor?

Yep but after it goes out you could make the sims in your house clean it lol, it also puts it out very quickly.

[pallyndrome]

My only worry would be that sims would go to play in sprinkler when you're not looking...

[imaGleek]

That's a really cool idea, and now I wish I had a sprinkler when I was playing the Wolff's the other day and their whole kitchen caught on fire by the birthday cake in the middle of Morgana's party.

[Sportsfan]

My only worry would be that sims would go to play in sprinkler when you're not looking...

But if they're on fire, that would be a good thing.

[TheChronicR]

Where. Where did you were when my poor Random Wishmaster inventor caught the whole backyard on fire?

Seriously, this is so helpful. Thanks much.

[Hosfac]

For putting out sims, I much prefer using steam traps specifically set up for that purpose.  They take up less space than a dive well, and can be made to look more technological.  I had tried to use them to extinguish cooking fires, but once the fire starts the traditional switches can't be operated.  I'm actually a little surprised that sprinklers can be operated after a fire starts.

But now that I think about it, turning on a sprinkler doesn't require your sim to physically interact with it...much like lights.  And for my burglary prevention system, I activated it using a wall light set to accept triggers.  I wanted to make a way to activate the system regardless of the sim's mood, because sims won't operate switches when they're really tired.  Manipulating switches also require time.

This means that I may possibly be able to make my fire prevention system work the same way.

[thesimslover828]

Also a Shower in a Can, can put sims out if they catch on fire.

[SimPoseyYum]

I haven't had an opportunity to try this yet as nothing's caught fire.  I'm trying to think of a way to start a fire on purpose.  Perhaps if I leave food unattended on the stove?  Or push a sofa right up next to a fireplace?  I'll have to play around with ideas.

[Hosfac]

Perhaps if I leave food unattended on the stove?  Or push a sofa right up next to a fireplace?

For stoves, they need to be one of the cheaper ones.  The higher end stoves have built in "Fireproof" modifications, and won't catch fire even if you leave food unattended for days.

For fireplaces, cheaper is also better...but not totally required.  And you can start a fire cheaper by placing a rug extremely close to the fireplace.  Having a sim poke the fire also seems to speed up the process, but it also puts them in danger.