This slide presentation outlines information on the City of Scottsdale's experience with 15 years of built-in automatic sprinklers. Topics covered include: background information on the City of Scottsdale, Arizona; public water systems; reactive fire protection; proactive fire protection; history of Scottsdale's proactive fire code development; typical fire scenario; typical fire scenario with fire sprinkler intervention; National Fire Protection Association; U.S. National Fire Statistics - 2002; home fire victims; 15 year overview of Scottsdale fire fatalities; 15 year overview of Scottsdale automatic fire sprinkler saves; evaluation of automatic sprinklers, annual fire loss comparison; Scottsdale sprinkler ordinance design freedoms; and, cost of installing residential automatic sprinkler protection in Scottsdale.