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Normally it is filled with compressed air.

A dry sprinkler system is used in areas exposed to temperatures that would freeze water.

When a fire is sensed the soft metal link of a sprinkler head melts , releases the compressed air which in turn opens a valve to a fire main allowing the system to flood with water and extinguish the fire.

Parking ramps in the northern US have dry systems, for example, because of the weather.

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