Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Greenville, MI – Fire at plastics compounding business quickly extinguished with help from sprinkler system December 15, 2014 viking210 Firefighters from the Greenville Department of Public Safety responded at 5:20 p.m. Thursday to a structure fire at West Michigan Compounding, located at 1300 Moore St. in Greenville. According to Greenville Department of Public Safety Sgt. Brian Blomstrom, during routine cleaning, a hot ember escaped into the ventilation system, starting a fire that was quickly extinguished due to a combination of the company’s sprinkler system and a quick response time from fire fighters. No one was injured.
Other Business New York City, NY – Sprinkler system helps control fire at American Museum of Natural History December 14, 2014 viking210 The blaze started when maintenance workers were using a blow torch to repair an AC unit on the outside of the building’s first floor around 3:30 p.m. One of the unit’s filters caught fire, sending clouds of thick, black smoke circulating into the hall of Northwest Coast Indians, the FDNY said. Several artifacts at the American Museum of Natural History suffered minor damage when a fire on the outside of the building sent smoke circulating inside, activating the emergency sprinkler system, officials said. Schiralli said three or four thousand people self evacuated from the Museum while firefighters went to work extinguishing the blaze. The extent of the damage to the artifacts was not immediately clear but museum staff insisted the they would be open for business as usual on Saturday.
Residential, Townhouse / Condominium Langley, BC, Canada – Sprinker system credited with containing townhouse kitchen fire December 13, 2014 viking210 fire that started on the stove of a Walnut Grove townhouse on Thursday might have done far more damage than it did, if not for the presence of a working sprinkler system. Pat Walker, assistant fire chief with the Township of Langley said the blaze started after a pot used to sterilize rubber nipples for baby bottles was accidentally left heating on the stove when the family went out. “They left the house and thought they had turned (the burner) off, but it boiled dry,” said Walker. Eventually the nipples caught fire and ignited plastic components inside the stove’s hood. The flames had also melted a cabinet door and a plastic kettle on the counter before being doused. “It would have been a totally different scenario without the sprinkler,” said Walker.
Apartment Building, Residential Layton, UT – Sprinkler system stops grease fire at apartment building December 13, 2014 viking210 A mother and her three children should be able to move back into their apartment, with their possessions virtually intact after a fire last week, thanks to an automatic sprinkler system that held a grease fire to the stove top. Layton fire crews were called to the fire at the Grayhawk Apartments, 2925 N. Church Street, where they found the woman standing outside her apartment building. “Fire crews found water coming from the second story landing of the complex,” Bitton said. “They entered the apartment and found one activated fire sprinkler running above the stove top and charred remains of a pan with tortillas in the sink.” Fire crews have seen numerous incidents where tenants would be displaced from their living space and their personal items and furnishing damaged beyond use without sprinkler systems, Bitton said. “Although devastating for this mother and her children, they can reoccupy with no significant fire damage spread,”Bitton said. The apartment complex’s sprinkler system is designed with a calibrated premix of glycerin to ensure there would be no freezing in the attic or breezeway areas, something Bitton said Layton fire officials are impressed with.
Apartment Building, Residential Muncie, IN – Sprinkler systems helps extinguish fire in loft apartment building December 12, 2014 viking210 Terry Moore, Muncie Fire Department battalion chief, said a woman was in the process of moving her mother into an apartment on the seventh (and top) floor of the former Roberts Hotel when she placed a bag of clothing on the stove — and apparently accidentally turned on a burner. The resulting fire was for the most part extinguished by a ceiling sprinkler. Fire damage was minimal. “The sprinkler did what it is supposed to do,” the battalion chief said. A few tenants, some in wheelchairs, stayed outside the building for several minutes.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Anderson, SC – Ductwork fire at manufacturing plant contained by sprinkler system December 12, 2014 viking210 Officials responded to a fire at a new plant in Anderson County on Wednesday night. The plant’s state-of-the-art sprinkler system contained the fire to the ducts and fire crews were able to extinguish the blaze. According to dispatchers, several fire departments were on the scene at First Quality Tissue on Masters Boulevard. First Quality produces ultra-premium towel and bath tissue products. Firefighters said they received the call about the flames at 7:30 p.m. and when they arrived on scene, smoke was coming out of the top of the building. Employees working in the building were evacuated. After the fire was out, fire crews allowed First Quality employees to return to the building. Officials said no one was injured in the fire.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Barrhaven, ON, Canada – Fire at irish pub extinguished with help from sprinkler system December 11, 2014 viking210 A fire at the yet-to-open Heart & Crown in Barrhaven on the evening of Dec. 5, was doused by the building’s sprinkler system and mainly extinguished by the time firefighters arrived, the Ottawa fire department said. Oily rags that were not discarded properly self combusted, sparking the fire just after 7 p.m., according to the fire department.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Pacifica, CA – Sprinkler helps contain hotel fire; No injuries and hotel remains operational December 10, 2014 viking210 A fire broke out in the Pacifica Motor Inn, 200 Rockaway Beach, at about 9 a.m. last Tuesday, Dec. 2. Smoke and flames damaged a few rooms, but there were no injuries. The first fire company that arrived reported smoke showing on the third floor. Fire companies worked their way up to the fire floor and made entry into a third floor room of the three-story hotel and found the fire, which was partially extinguished by the activation of a sprinkler head. There were no injuries to firefighters or civilians. Additionally, the hotel was able to remain in operation and guests were relocated to other rooms that were not affected by the fire.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Vernon, BC, Canada – Suspicious overnight fire at restaurant extinguished by sprinkler system December 10, 2014 viking210 Police and the Vernon Fire Department are looking into the cause of a suspicious fire at the New Delhi Restaurant in Vernon. Deputy fire chief Lawrie Skolrood says the fire started inside the building sometime before 3:15 a.m. when the building’s sprinkler system went off and triggered an alarm. Firefighters forced their way into the building by busting open the front doors, but by the time they got there, the fire was already out. “The sprinklers did actually put out the fire. It’s lucky they were up and working for sure,” Skolrood says.
Other - Retail, Retail Falmouth, MA – Overnight arson fire at Dollar Tree store contained by sprinkler system December 10, 2014 viking210 Fire officials say … A second fire was reported at 1:20 a.m. at the Dollar Tree store on Davis Street, fire officials said. The Dollar Tree fire was contained by sprinklers. The State Fire Marshal’s office said the Dollar Tree fire was arson. No injuries were reported in the fire.
