Category Archives: School / University
NOTE – Residence Hall, Dormitory, and Fraternity-Sorority is included under Residential Category
Fire at junior high school suppressed by sprinkler system (Holladay, UT)
A fire broke out in a junior high school the evening of March 6 when a curtain caught fire on a stage. Fire crews responded within minutes of the fire alarm going off at the school, and they found that the fire sprinkler by the stage had activated and put out the fire.
“It worked perfectly,” Unified Fire Captain Fitzgerald Petersen said. “We’re very happy with the response, how quickly it was contained and put out.”
No one was in the building at the time of the fire, and the cause is under investigation.
Fire sprinklers help stop fire from spreading at elementary school (Chaparral, NM)
Fire at high school quickly doused by sprinkler system (Chicago, IL)
*** FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED – NO MEDIA COVERAGE *** An explosion occurred during a cooking class at a high school on Wednesday. The fire began when students ignited a gas burner; the fire then went up to the ceiling, at which point the fire sprinkler system eliminated the flames.
Fire on college campus put out by sprinkler system (Eugene, OR)
Sprinklers save high school from damage (Jackson, TN)
Sprinklers extinguish multiple fires set by arsonists at a high school (Kusa, CO)
Fire on college campus eliminated by sprinkler system (Cortland, NY)
** Blog Editor’s Note – Please let us know what you think of the coverage by Syracuse.com, which focused on water damage rather than the lives and property saved by the automatic fire sprinkler system**
Sprinkler system extinguishes fire at Montessori School (Fremont, CA)
Sprinkler assists fire crews in university fire (East Stroudsburg, PA)
** Blog Editor’s Note – Please let us know what you think of the coverage by the Pocono Record, which focused on water damage rather than the lives and property saved by the automatic fire sprinkler system**