Firefighter Matt Scarpuzzi invented Quickstop Fire Sprinkler Tools. It’s a device that turns off sprinkler heads after they’ve been activated. While sprinklers are great at putting out fires, when they’re accidentally activated, they can cause a lot of unnecessary and expensive water damage. (Fire sprinklers expel 30 to 100 gallons of water per minute!) Scarpuzzi pitched his business on Shark Tank in 2014.
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Kevin O’Leary and the Queen of QVC, Lori Greiner, thought the product would sell well on TV – it’s one of those products that really benefits from being demonstrated. Together the two Sharks offered Scarpuzzi $150,000 — but they wanted 50 percent of Quickstop for their money. The firefighter politely declined. Quickstop Tools are still available on the company website and on Amazon (free shipping).
