(formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime. 2. a person or thing that precedes or comes before; forerunner; harbinger: the returning swallows, those heralds of spring. 3. a person or thing that proclaims or announces: A good newspaper should be a herald of truth.
1 According to the Fire Protection Research Organization's 2009 Fire Sprinkler Cost Assessment, sprinkler installation costs homebuilders $0.38-$3.66 per sprinklered square foot, with an average cost of $1.61 per sprinklered square foot.2  For an average 2,200-square-foot home, expect to pay about $3,542. Nonmetallic installations average $1.18 per sprinklered square foot; a mix of both types costs on average $1.56 per sprinklered square foot; solely using metallic piping typically costs $3.19 per sprinklered square foot. 2  Location can play a role in the cost of fire sprinkler installation.
The price depends on a variety of factors. 1  A complete sprinkler system for new construction generally costs $1 to $2 per square foot including all equipment and installation. 2  Retrofitting an existing building is more expensive-usually about $2 to $7 per square foot.ompare Commercial Fire Sprinkler System Prices. Sprinkler systems save lives. Thereâs no doubt about it. The National Fire Protection Association reports that no more not many are injured due to fire or smoke in a fully sprinklered building when the system is operating properly.