Hospital/Care Facility, Hospital/Medical Clinic Fire in psychiatric facility extinguished by fire sprinklers (Utica, NY) April 2, 2012 viking210 Fire sprinklers put out a fire at the Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Facility that was started by a paper shredder. According to reports, no injuries occurred.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant, Residential Fire sprinklers help keep hotel fire contained to laundry room (Lebec, CA) April 2, 2012 viking210 The cause of the fire was determined to be caused by a hotel dryer fire. There were no reported injuries to hotel occupants or firefighters. “The hotel’s sprinkler and alarm systems worked perfectly,” Captain Erik Vibe told The Mountain Enterprise.
Residence Hall/Dormitory, School / University On-campus university apartment fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Eunice, LA) April 2, 2012 viking210 An on-campus apartment cooking fire ignited in the room. The apartment’s sprinkler system turned on and put out the fire before the Baton Rouge Fire Department arrived. There were no injuries.
Manufacturing, Other - Manufacturing Fire sprinklers quickly douse hazmat fire (Fresno, CA) March 30, 2012 viking210 Fire sprinklers almost immediately extinguished a fire that broke out at an anodizing business. No injuries were reported.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Hotel sauna fire extinguished by sprinklers (Plano, TX) March 29, 2012 viking210 A small fire broke out in a hotel sauna room. The hotel’s fire sprinkler system was activated and extinguished the fire before the fire department arrived, Captain Peggy Harrel, a spokesperson for the Plano Fire Department reported. No property damage or injuries were reported.
Other / Not Specified, Other Business Clubhouse fire controlled by fire sprinkler system (Palm Springs, CA) March 28, 2012 viking210 Fire sprinklers controlled a fire that occurred in the equipment room of a mobile home park’s clubhouse. The fire did not move past the equipment room, and no injuries were reported.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler puts out apartment fire (Lincoln, NE) March 28, 2012 viking210 A fire in an apartment building was quickly doused by the unit’s fire sprinkler system with no injuries reported.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University School fire contained by fire sprinklers (Laguna Hills, CA) March 27, 2012 viking210 A fire that broke out in a classroom at Laguna Hills High School activated and kept the flames small, Orange County Fire Association spokesperson Captain Marc Stone stated. No injuries were reported.
Other - Retail, Retail Firefighters praise fire sprinklers for containing fire at Petco (Cookeville, TN) March 27, 2012 viking210 A fire that broke out in the rear of a Petco was contained by the business’ fire sprinkler system. “The damage could have been much worse if not for having a fire sprinkler system,” Cookeville Fire Department Captain Chris Holmes said.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Sprinkler system contains electrical fire at school; no injuries reported (Kent, CT) March 26, 2012 viking210 The Rev. Richardson W. Schell, headmaster of the school, said an automatic alarm sounded at about 10 a.m., and the sprinkler system then kicked in, extinguishing the blaze in Field Dormitory.
