Primary / Secondary School, School / University Sprinklers makes the difference in kitchen fire at elementary school (Tulsa, OK) November 12, 2012 viking210 Tulsa Public Schools has confirmed a kitchen fire at an elementary school. School administrators say the school was evacuated, and all students and faculty are accounted for and unharmed. The school’s sprinkler system had partially extinguished the fire that started at a stove and spread to the walls.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Fire at private school contained by sprinkler system (San Jose, CA) November 12, 2012 viking210 A small blaze broke out overnight at a private school in San Jose. The fire was contained to a school office by the fire sprinkler system.
College/University (on campus), School / University A fire at the University of Arizona was contained by sprinkler system (Tucson, AZ) November 5, 2012 viking210 Firefighters in Tucson have extinguished a fire that broke out in an equipment room at the University of Arizona’s McKale Center. They found flames inside that were being held in check by a fire sprinkler and were able to put out the fire. No injuries were reported.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Sprinklers put out fire in high school art room (Independence, OR) November 2, 2012 viking210 A kiln in an art room at Central High School caught fire. The fire was put out by sprinklers by the time fire personnel arrived.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Sprinkler system extinguishes fire in high school locker room (Las Vegas, NV) November 2, 2012 viking210 Firefighters found an activated automatic fire sprinkler in the boy’s locker room, but found no fire. It was determined that a towel caught fire in the locker room which activated the sprinkler system. The activation set off the alarm system which evacuated the school. There were no reported injuries.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Fire in high school classroom contained by sprinkler system (Trussville, AL) November 1, 2012 viking210 Firefighters responded to a third-floor fire in a high school science classroom, fire officials said. A single sprinkler head, Fire Chief Russell Ledbetter said, contained the fire to the classroom. “The sprinkler worked exactly like it was supposed to,” Russell said.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Sprinklers make the difference in middle school fire (Oak Forest, IL) October 29, 2012 viking210 An electronic device might have been the cause of the fire. “If it wasn’t for the building’s sprinkler system, this place would still be burning,” said Oak Forest Fire Lieutenant Jack Janozik. Custodians were inside the school at the time of the fire, but all evacuated safely. The school’s sprinkler system was essential in snuffing out the flames, and saving the thousands of documents stored in the room. “That saved this building from burning down,” Janozik said.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Sprinkler system extinguishes fire at high school (Chillicothe, IL) October 19, 2012 viking210 East Peoria Chief William Darin said no one was hurt and things went smoothly after a small fire was discovered in a men’s restroom at East Peoria Community High School. A hose was brought in, but Assistance Chief John Knapp said the sprinkler system put out the fire in the restroom. “The sprinkler and fire alarm system worked perfectly,” Darin said, “and the students were already outside when we arrived, so that was good.”
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Sprinklers make the difference in high school fire (Flagler County, FL) October 18, 2012 viking210 The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 17-year-old high school student on a felony arson charge after a fire in a school bathroom. The sprinkler system activated because of a fire in the restroom. There were approximately 50 students in the cafeteria at the time the fire. No one was injured.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Fire at high school bathroom extinguished by sprinkler system (Lebanon, NH) September 26, 2012 viking210 A sprinkler head activated and extinguished the small fire that started in a bathroom stall in the upstairs boys’ restroom. No one was injured and the fire remains under investigation by the fire and police officials.