Primary / Secondary School, School / University High school gymnasium fire controlled by sprinkler head (Rapid City, SD) July 21, 2013 viking210 In the early morning hours of July 18, 2013 RCFD responded to a fire alarm at St. Thomas More High School. First arriving Engine Company reported smoke and water coming from one of the Gym doors. A fire had started just inside the door where remnants from the gym floor refinishing were being stored. A lone sprinkler head activated as it was designed and held the fire to that area, reducing the potential for fire loss to the school.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler aids firefighters in apartment bedroom fire (New Braunfels, TX) July 21, 2013 viking210 New Braunfels Fire officials are investigating a small fire that started inside a bedroom at an apartment complex yesterday afternoon. When firefighters arrived, they found that the fire had been contained to a single bedroom inside one of the units, but it had triggered the apartment’s sprinkler system, keeping the fire under control. No one was injured in the fire.
Apartment Building, Residential Single sprinkler helps control apartment fire (Abington, MA) July 20, 2013 viking210 No one was injured after a fire broke out at 2 Forsyth Drive in Abington. That address houses a 15-unit, three-story apartment complex according to Abington Fire Chief John Nuttall. Everyone was evacuated, and one sprinkler head inside helped to contain the flames according to Nuttall. While the fire is under investigation, Nuttall said that it looks accidental and that it started from the outside of the apartment complex.
Manufacturing, Other - Manufacturing Official credits sprinkler system in fire at Rose Acre Farms (Seymour, IN) July 20, 2013 viking210 A Rose Acre Farms official credits a sprinkler system installed after a fire last year with reducing damage from a fire that erupted Wednesday. The cause of Wednesday’s fire, which forced the closure of a soybean processing plant at Rose Acre west of Seymour, remains under investigation.
Other Business, Recycling / Waste Facility Sprinklers suppress fire at landfill (Nantucket, MA) July 20, 2013 viking210 A fire broke out inside a building at the Madaket landfill last Wednesday night, but was suppressed by a sprinkler system and quickly brought under control by Nantucket firefighters. The blaze was first reported around 7:30 p.m.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Fire at rug manufacturer confined by sprinkler system (Anderson, SC) July 19, 2013 viking210 Firefighters were called to the Orian Rugs plant in Anderson County at about 6:15 AM Wednesday after a small fire broke out, according to Anderson County Fire Chief Billy Gibson. Gibson said the plant’s sprinkler system was able to confine and help put out the fire, which was in an office near a sample room. Firefighters believe an electrical short may have sparked the fire. Orian Rugs is a family-owned manufacturer of rugs and was established in Anderson in 1979.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Processing plant fire halted by fire sprinklers (Cortland, IN) July 19, 2013 viking210 A fire that began in a soybean processing plant was limited thanks to the farm’s fire sprinkler system. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, and no injuries were reported.
Apartment Building, Residential Fire sprinkler system knocks down apartment fire (Portsmouth, NH) July 19, 2013 viking210 A stovetop burner that was left on started a fire in a basement level apartment on July 18. The apartment’s fire sprinkler system activated to eliminate the flames, and no one was injured from the incident.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Single sprinkler activates to contain fire in high school gym (Rapid City, IA) July 19, 2013 viking210 A fire broke out in the storage area of a high school gym in the early morning of July 18. Responding fire crews discovered a fire that was contained by one of the school’s sprinkler heads, keeping the wooden gym floor and bleachers safe from any damage. Remnants of the newly refinished gym floor were being stored in this room. There were no injuries reported in the incident.
Residence Hall/Dormitory, Residential College housing fire put out by fire sprinkler (Philadelphia, PA) July 19, 2013 viking210 When a fire broke out in an unattended unit in a college housing building, fire sprinklers activated and eliminated the fire. The cause of the fire was a blender set on top of an oven that had been left on. No injuries were reported. “[We’re] very fortunate to have fire sprinkler systems in all of the College Houses — they did their job,” said Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush.
