College/University (on campus), Other - Hospital/Medical, School / University Palo Alto, CA – Lab fire at Stanford University Medical School held in check by sprinkler system March 15, 2017 viking210 Leave a comment Palo Alto Fire crews knocked down a 3-alarm fire at Stanford University in Palo Alto after evacuating the surrounding area Saturday morning. Crews first reported the fire on Twitter around 7:45 a.m. in the … Continue Reading ››
Office Building, Other - Hospital/Medical Erie, CO – Computer room fire at dentist office extinguished by sprinkler system September 14, 2016 viking210 Leave a comment Erie officers responded about 4 p.m. Wednesday to Hardy Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics at 3200 Village Vista Drive #110 in Weld County on a structure fire. A computer component in the IT room … Continue Reading ››
Hospital/Care Facility, Other - Hospital/Medical Bend, OR – Sprinklers credited with saving medical radiology business from overnight fire January 3, 2016 viking210 Leave a comment Bend Fire officials credit the sprinkler system for saving a northeast Bend business. Firefighters responded to an alarm at Central Oregon Radiology Associates (1460 NE Medical Center Dr.) just after 3 a.m., Friday. … Continue Reading ››
Other - Hospital/Medical Henrico, VA – Overnight arson fire “mostly extinguished” by sprinkler system September 2, 2015 viking210 Leave a comment A woman has been charged with arson after crews extinguished a fire at a Henrico doctor’s office Tuesday morning. Crews responded to 10200 Three … Continue Reading ››
Hospital/Care Facility, Other - Hospital/Medical Valdosta, GA – Laundry fire at health care facility suppressed by sprinkler system July 6, 2015 viking210 Leave a comment Laundry which overheated in a commercial dryer caused a fire at Pruitt Health at Crestwood at 415 Pendleton Place on Sunday about 6:30. VFD Captain James Clinkscales said that fire personnel responded to a … Continue Reading ››
Hospital/Care Facility, Other - Hospital/Medical Rochester, MN – Sprinkler system douses fire at Mayo support facility; No injuries reported June 28, 2015 viking210 Leave a comment Rochester Fire Department responded to the Mayo Support Center Thursday morning after a piece of machinery that cleans the floor caught fire. “We showed up and they had a smoke haze in the … Continue Reading ››
Hospital/Care Facility, Other - Hospital/Medical Brainerd, MN – Sprinklers activate to help control intentionally set fire at behavior health center June 19, 2015 viking210 Leave a comment A subject allegedly lit her bed on fire and ran away from the behavioral health inpatient unit - also known as the grace unit - at Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd, … Continue Reading ››
Office Building, Other - Hospital/Medical Elgin, IL – Sprinklers douse fire at medical building; Cause may have been lightning strike April 12, 2015 viking210 Leave a comment Lightning may have started a small fire Friday in a northwest suburban medical office building, where an internal sprinkler system doused the flames before firefighters arrived. Elgin firefighters were called just before 7 … Continue Reading ››
Hospital/Care Facility, Other - Hospital/Medical Norman, OK – Intentionally set fire at mental health clinic controlled by sprinklers December 20, 2014 viking210 Leave a comment Cleveland County sheriff’s deputies arrested a teenager in connection with a Thursday night fire at the Southern Plains Treatment Services, 310 12th Avenue NE. The 17-year-old was charged Friday as a youthful offender … Continue Reading ››
Hospital/Care Facility, Other - Hospital/Medical Animal hospital fire extinguished by sprinkler system – no animals hurt (San Antonio, TX) October 25, 2014 viking210 Leave a comment Firefighters say a dryer at the Becker Animal Hospital off I-10 caught fire early Friday morning. The sprinkler system put out the fire. Although there was some damage to the facility, none of … Continue Reading ››
