Category Archives: Manufacturing

Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant

Thanks to sprinkler system fire damage was kept to a minimum (Troy, OH)

February 6, 2012 viking210

Thanks to an overhead sprinkler system, the building suffered minimal damage from fire inside a production area. Despite the fire, the company was at full production on Monday. … Continue Reading »

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Sprinkler System Helped Contain Assembly Plant Fire (Avon Lake, OH)

January 25, 2012 viking210

The plant’s sprinkler system and emergency response team had contained most of the fire before Avon Lake firefighters arrive, according to the fire department.… Continue Reading »

Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant

Building’s sprinkler system put out fire (Franklin, IN)

January 24, 2012 viking210

Workers were evacuated, and no one was hurt.… Continue Reading »

Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant

Sprinkler System Put Out Fire at Manufacturing Plant (Mason City, IA)

January 20, 2012 viking210

Authorities say a building fire sprinkler system had put out a fire before Mason City firefighters arrived.

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Sprinkler System Controlled Fire At Fiberglass Tank Manufacturer (Bakersfield, CA)

January 12, 2012 viking210

Some of the business' equipment was on fire, but a sprinkler from the facility's automatic extinguishing system turned on and fire fighters put the fire, Kern County Fire spokesman Capt. Derek Tisinger said.… Continue Reading »

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Electric Car Company Fire Snuffed Out By Sprinkler System (Palo Alto, CA)

January 11, 2012 viking210

A one-alarm fire broke out Wednesday morning at Tesla Motors in Palo Alto, but the flames were extinguished by a sprinkler system, a fire official said. They found an alarm blaring and light smoke … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

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Sprinkler System Contained Factory Fire (Wilmington, NC)

January 6, 2012 viking210

"By the time I got here, the fire was already out. The sprinkler system had put it out. It was contained to a small area thank goodness," employee Donna Murphrey said.… Continue Reading »

Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant

Trash Fire Contained at Wood Shutter Factory (Montgomeryville, PA)

December 27, 2011 viking210

"Rick Lesniak, Fire Service Director and Fire Marshal for Montgomery Township, said the sprinkler system contained the fire to a small area."… Continue Reading »

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Carrageenan processing pump catches fire in Rockland – Lynda Clancy – Rockland – Camden – Knox – VillageSoup Gazette

December 5, 2011 viking210

Carrageenan processing pump catches fire in Rockland - Lynda Clancy - Rockland - Camden - Knox - VillageSoup Gazette "Sprinklers were at work when firefighters entered the building."… Continue Reading »

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Manufacturing Plant Fire Doused by Sprinkler System (Ontario, CA)

December 2, 2011 viking210

Employees evacuated the building, known as Plant 3, after fire broke out in a vacuum metalizer unit. The flames were doused by the plant's sprinkler system.… Continue Reading »

Reporting on lives and property saved by fire sprinklers