Ponoka RCMP are investigating a small fire that occurred at the Ponoka Provincial Building Wednesday around lunch. Along with police, the Ponoka County East District Fire Department were called to the scene where a blue recycle bin appears to have burst into flames.… Continue Reading »
Category Archives: Government Office
Farmers Branch, TX – Office fire on 9th floor of Federal Building extinguished by single sprinkler
*** FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED – NO MEDIA COVERAGE *** On the afternoon of September 13, 2017, the Farmers Branch Fire Department was dispatched to an automatic fire alarm at a 14-story Federal Building located at 4050 Alpha Rd. Upon arrival, smoke was showing on the ninth floor.… Continue Reading »
Riverside, CA – Arson fire at social services building contained by sprinkler system; No injuries reported
Wilkes-Barre, PA – Arson fire at Children and Youth Services Center extinguished by sprinkler system
The Luzerne County human services building on Pennsylvania Avenue was closed Monday after someone threw a “fire bomb” into an office, according to an email to county council members. In the email, council Chairwoman Linda McClosky Houck told fellow members she was informed Children and Youth Executive Director Joanne Van Saun’s office was the one targeted. … Continue Reading »
Media, PA – Sprinklers activate to help control car fire in courthouse’s underground parking garage
Wilmington, MA – Fire at public safety building doused by sprinkler system
Cleveland, OH – Sprinkler system contains overnight fire at government office
According to Cleveland fire officials, a computer on the fourth floor caught fire at Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s headquarters at 3900 Euclid Avenue just after midnight Monday. The sprinkler system was triggered and contained the fire to the desk where the computer was located near the middle of the building.… Continue Reading »
Minneapolis, MN – Fire at City Hall extinguished by sprinklers
Norfolk, MA – Fire from gas explosion at District Attorney’s office contained with help from sprinklers
Concord, NH – Sprinkler system extinguishes fire at Merrimack County Courthouse
A sprinkler system helped put out a fire and save county property at the Merrimack County Superior Courthouse in Concord Sunday. The fire is believed to have started in a vending machine on the first floor of the building. A preliminary investigation by the Concord Fire Department, the state fire marshal’s office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives determined the fire to have been accidental, according to a press release issued yesterday by the state fire marshal’s office.… Continue Reading »
