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Annapolis, MD – Sprinklers extinguish fire at senior apartment complex; No injuries reported
Englewood, NJ – Sprinkler system credited with saving apartment complex from fire; No injuries and fire contained to one room
Dalton, GA – Fire at automotive parts manufacturer Shiroki contained by sprinklers
Boiling Springs, SC – Sprinkler system limits spread of restaurant fire
Glen Echo Park, MD – Fire in art studio at historic property extinguished by sprinkler system
Renton, WA – Sprinkler system extinguishes apartment fire before it can spread
Riverhead, NY – Sprinkler system activates; Helps control fire in records storage room
Palm Desert, CA – Sprinkler system limits spread of laundry fire at country club
Bolivar, TN – Nursing home fire controlled by sprinkler system (NO MEDIA COVERAGE)
*** NO MEDIA COVERAGE – FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED ***
On 1/24/15 at approximately 5:02 PM the Bolivar Fire Department was dispatched to the scene of a structure fire at 700 Nuckolls Road. Pine Meadows Healthcare is located at this addressed. Units responding to the scene, arriving at 1704 hours, found that a dryer had overheated causing the fire. The sprinkler system (two heads) had activated and contained the fire to the laundry room until firefighters arrived on scene.
Pine Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, a Bolivar Nursing Home, located approximately 60 miles east of Memphis, is dedicated to meeting the healthcare needs of Bolivar, and surrounding communities.