Residential, Sorority / Fraternity College Park, MD – Sprinkler system activated for fire at sorority house; No injuries reported October 1, 2021 viking210 Members of the Tri Delta sorority evacuated their sorority house on Wednesday at about 6 p.m. after a fire broke out in the basement, according to Prince George’s County Fire … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Residential, Sorority / Fraternity Stillwater, OK – Early morning fraternity house fire doused by sprinkler system; No injuries reported October 27, 2017 viking210 1 Comment The Stillwater Fire Department says around 40 Oklahoma State University students have been displaced after a fire early Thursday.Firefighters responded around 3:50 a.m. to a fire alarm at the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity house … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Residential, School / University, Sorority / Fraternity Florence, AL – Sprinklers assist in limiting fraternity house fire September 5, 2017 viking210 The cause of the fire that ravaged the back side of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house at UNA has not been determined. Florence Fire Department investigators returned to the Pine Street fraternity house … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Residential, Sorority / Fraternity Charlottesville, VA – Early morning fire at UVA fraternity house extinguished by sprinkler system April 10, 2017 viking210 Charlottesville first responders were dispatched to an accidental fire Saturday morning at the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house in the 500-block of Rugby Road. The city fire marshal says it originated in the fireplace … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Residential, Sorority / Fraternity Berkeley, CA – Fire at UC Berkeley fraternity house doused with help from sprinkler system November 29, 2015 viking210 There have been a number of fires in Berkeley recently. On Saturday Nov. 21 a fire involving a bean bag and a comforter at a fraternity house at 2714 Durant Ave. was extinguished … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Residential, Sorority / Fraternity Philadelphia, PA – Early morning fire at Psi Upsilon fraternity contained by sprinklers; Arson is possible cause October 29, 2015 viking210 A "possible arson" was reported at the Psi Upsilon — also known as Castle — fraternity house at 4:04 a.m. on Friday, Division of Public Safety Chief of Fire and Emergency Services Eugene Janda … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Residential, Sorority / Fraternity Salt Lake City, UT – Suspected arson fire at University of Utah fraternity is contained by sprinkler system July 3, 2015 viking210 Fires at two fraternity houses at University of Utah are being investigated as arson, Salt Lake City Fire officials said Friday morning. At about 4:13 a.m., fire crews arrived on scene at the … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Residential, Sorority / Fraternity Pullman, WA – Sprinkler helps limit damage in fraternity house kitchen fire February 10, 2015 viking210 Sunday morning at 6:00 a.m., members living in the Delta Tau Delta house [on the Washington State University campus] were woken up by a fire alarm. Someone had left … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Residential, Sorority / Fraternity Sprinkler system saves sorority house from further damage (Greencastle, IN) November 2, 2014 viking210 Delta Gamma sorority suffers fire during break: On Thursday Oct. 23, Facilities Management was doing routine maintenance work when the air conditioning unit in a room when it caught … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Residential, Sorority / Fraternity Sprinkler system aids firefighters in fraternity house fire (Medford, MA) October 10, 2013 viking210 A fire began on the third floor of a college fraternity house on Wednesday, October 9, and fire crews are crediting the home's fire sprinkler system with saving the building. Somerville Fire … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »