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Longview, TX – Fire at manufacturing facility limited by sprinkler system
Marietta, GA – Sprinkler system activates in fire at tattoo parlor; No injuries reported
Victoria, BC, Canada – Apartment cooking fire doused by sprinkler system
Avon, CO – Apartment fire doused by sprinkler system; No injuries
Lancaster, OH – Sprinkler system helps contain overnight fire at senior apartment complex; No injuries
“We had a lot of elderly patients on the second and third floors,” he said. Residents in the complex were already trying to get out as smoke started to fill the second floor hallway. Because the elevator went out, it wasn’t easy for many wheelchair dependent tenants.
“On our way in we did encounter a female in the stairwell dragging her wheelchair down,” he said.
San Luis Obispo, CA – Suspicious fire at commercial building suppressed by sprinkler system
Newport News, VA – Sprinkler system puts out fire at Continental manufacturing facility
Great Falls, MT – Fire at non-profit business extinguished by sprinkler system
Martin said the fire was extinguished when firefighters arrived a few minutes after the alarm system notified GFFR. Snuggs said the damage is estimated at $50,000 or less and My Neighbor in Need’s insurance will cover the cleanup and repairs.
Brighton, MI – Single sprinkler controls apartment fire; Smoke alarms had been removed
** NO MEDIA COVERAGE – FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED **
On February 15, 2015, the Brighton Area Fire Department was dispatched to a reported audible fire alarm in an apartment building with water leaking through to an apartment below.
When fire personnel arrived there were no signs of fire, only an external water flow alarm activating. There was a light haze of smoke in the common corridor. Fire personnel stretched a hand line to the second floor of the apartment building and forced open one apartment on the second floor finding a single residential sprinkler activated and a thick white haze of smoke/steam in the apartment. There was no active fire. Fire crews conducted a quick search of the single bedroom apartment and found a male victim unconscious in a bed.
The victim was removed from the apartment and turned over to EMS for care. The 30 y/o male was transported to the ER and treated for smoke inhalation and fully recovered from the event.
Further investigation found that a fire had occurred between an upholstered chair and a table in the living room that was caused by careless discard of smoking materials. The fire was completely extinguished by a single sprinkler system. Further examination of the apartment found that both smoke alarms located inside the bedroom and just outside the bedroom had been disabled and removed for the ceiling preventing an early warning to the lone resident.
The NFPA 13R sprinkler system in this building fulfilled its intended purpose in this building by suppressing the fire and maintained a tenable and livable condition even though the smoke alarms had been removed.