Category Archives: Residential
Sprinklers extinguish fire at two-story multi-family residence (Riverside, CA)
** Blog Editor’s Note – Please let us know what you think of the coverage by reporter Martin Henderson and the Palm Desert Patch, who focused on water damage rather than the lives and property saved by the automatic fire sprinkler system**
Sprinkler system controls arson fire at senior apartment building (Lancaster, PA)
City firefighters responded to the three-alarm fire, which was reported at 10:25 a.m. in the three-story Apartments at Mulberry Corners building. When firefighters arrived, the door to the woman’s third-floor apartment felt hot, said Chief Tim Gregg. The woman, whose identity was not available, was alone in the apartment, Gregg said. Firefighters helped her to exit and she was taken to the hospital, to be checked for injuries. The marshal ruled the fire was “incendiary” in nature, Gregg said. The fire was contained by the sprinkler system in the apartment building, he said. The apartment did not have extensive damage.Gregg praised the sprinkler system, saying it’s the “best fire safety device there is.” One sprinkler head was able to contain the entire fire, he noted. The Apartments at Mulberry Corners is a Housing Development Corporation building that contains 25 apartments for seniors ages 62 and older.
Fire sprinklers again prove their worth in fire at assisted living center (South Bend, IN)
Home fire put out by residential sprinkler system (Portsmouth, NH)
Senior assisted living center saved with help from fire sprinklers (New Orleans, LA)
Fire at senior apartment building contained by sprinkler system (Portsmouth, VA)
Sprinkler holds fire at bay at apartment complex (Annapolis, MD)
Residential complex fire put out with help from fire sprinkler system (Winooski, VT)
Fire contained in apartment building thanks to fire sprinklers (Waterloo, IA)
The fire sprinkler system kept a fire from spreading further than the second floor unit in which the fire began on Sunday afternoon. The fire began on a couch in the apartment, and no one was occupying the residence at the time of ignition. The rest of the apartment building safely evacuated the premises.
Battalion Chief Michael Moore said of the incident, “The sprinkler did its job. If the sprinkler system wasn’t in there, it would have been a ripping and roaring fire.”
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.