Category Archives: Residential

Apartment Building, Residential

High rise fire suppressed by sprinkler system, keeps fire from spreading (Bellevue, WA)

At 10:44 a.m. a fire was reported on the ninth floor of the Elements Too high-rise on the 900 block of 112th Avenue Northeast.  Firefighters arrived in three minutes, and made their way to the ninth floor. The building’s sprinkler system kept the fire from spreading to other units. The cause of the fire has been determined to be discarded smoking material into a wastebasket spreading to the mattress. No residents or firefighters were injured in the fire.

Apartment Building, Residential

Sprinkler system helps control fire at apartment building (Miami Beach, FL)

A fire at a Miami Beach apartment building displaced at least 55 people Wednesday night, Miami Beach fire rescue said.  Fire rescue contained the blaze in a single unit at the Mantell Plaza, 255 W. 24th St. Fire rescue was called about 6:30 p.m. to respond to a “suspicious fire” in a third-floor apartment at the Art Deco-style building off Collins Avenue. The sprinkler system activated.

** Blog Editor’s Note – Only the substantial heat from a potentially deadly fire will activate a fire sprinkler, not smoke.  Tell us what you think of the perspective of journalist Lance Dixon with the Miami Herald and fire rescue spokesman Adonis Garcia.  The sprinkler system helped limit the damage in this fire and potentially saved lives. ***

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/07/31/3535149/fire-in-miami-beach-hotel-displaces.html#storylink=cpy
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/07/31/3535149/fire-in-miami-beach-hotel-displaces.html#storylink=cpy
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Fire at senior living center contained with help of sprinkler system (Winston-Salem, NC)

The Winston-Salem Fire Department responded to a call of smoke in a hall and flames in the ceiling shortly after 7:30 p.m. Firefighters found a recliner in the room on the room on fire. The facility’s sprinkler system largely contained the fire and firefighters had the blaze extinguished in about five minutes, said Battalion Chief Frank Stowe.

Apartment Building, Residential

Sprinklers keep apartment aquarium fire in check (Newport Beach, CA)

The fire was reported about 8:30 p.m. at a second-floor unit inside the Baypoint Apartments complex. The residents of the apartment that caught fire were not home when the blaze started, but a fire alarm notified neighbors, according to Newport Beach Fire Captain Glenn White. “Newport Beach Fire investigators initial findings indicate electronic equipment providing power to an aquarium was the cause of this fire,” Glenn said in a released statement. When firefighters arrived on scene they found one room on fire that was “being held in check by the activation of the automatic sprinkler system,” Glenn reported.

Residential, Townhouse / Condominium

Sprinkler system douses townhouse kitchen fire (Langley, BC)

Langley Township firefighters were called in at about 4:30 p.m. to the home in the 8900 block of Walnut Grove Drive, said assistant fire chief Bruce Ferguson. The fire was caused by a stove left on, Ferguson said. The building’s sprinklers largely doused the flames.
** Blog Editor’s Note — Please tell us what you think of the media coverage by Matthew Claxton at the Langley Advance.  Sprinkler systems work to save lives and reduce property damage by controlling or extinguishing fires when they are small, prior to flashover. **

Other Business, Place of Worship, Residential

Sprinkler system helps to limit damage at historic church (Albany, NY)

The fire was discovered just after 2 a.m. at Willamette Community Church by a pastor who found smoke after he responded to a security alarm.  Albany Fire Marshal Michael Trabue said the damage was limited to the interior of the church. According to Trabue, the building will require some structural repairs, but the damage was not widespread thanks in part to the basement’s fire sprinkler system. There were no injuries. The cause remains under investigation.