Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Sprinkler system aids firefighters at warehouse fire (Calgary, AB) November 11, 2013 viking210 Firefighters were called to a warehouse on Sunday night when a propane powered floor sweeper caught fire. The warehouse’s fifty employees were evacuated safely, and the fire sprinkler system activated and helped to control the fire.
Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Sprinkler systems helps control flames at industrial facility (Troy, MI) October 25, 2013 viking210 A wall was blown out, but no injuries were reported at the scene of a fire on Thursday night. According to a press release issued Friday, firefighters saw a portion of the rear, west side wall that appeared to have blown out from an explosion inside the building, and smoke showing. Once inside, firefighters found heavy smoke conditions, but the building’s fire sprinkler system appeared to have contained the majority of the fire. Damage was confined to the rear warehouse portion of the building. None of the nearby businesses were affected as a result of the incident.
Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Fire contained by sprinkler system at warehouse (Vacaville, CA) October 10, 2013 viking210 A packing company was evacuated following a two-alarm fire on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 9. The warehouse’s fire sprinkler helped to control the fire for the seven fire engines and three fire departments that arrived to the scene. No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Fire put out by sprinkler system at warehouse (Hanover, NH) September 11, 2013 viking210 A single fire sprinkler extinguished the fire that occurred in a warehouse the morning of September 4. Fire crews came to the scene after a fire alarm notification came through a private alarm company. The fire was limited to a diesel fire pump and its electronic controls. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, and there were no injuries reported.
Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Fire at warehouse contained by fire sprinklers (Bridgeport, CT) April 25, 2013 viking210 A warehouse where tires are melted had a fire break out in one of the machines. The sprinkler system helped to suppress the fire until fire crews arrived, and no one was reported injured in the incident.
Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Warehouse fire limited thanks to fire sprinklers (Somerset, PA) March 25, 2013 viking210 A fire that broke out in an electronic recycling warehouse caused 30 fire firefighters from four county fire departments to respond. They arrived to find a small fire which was limited due to the warehouse’s fire sprinklers. “Basically the sprinkler system knocked down the fire,” reported Somerset First Leutenant Bart Close. “We took about 10 more minutes to finish the knockdown.” There was minimal damage to the building, and no one was reported injured.
Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Sprinkler system contains warehouse fire (North Bergen, NJ) October 25, 2012 viking210 North Bergen Fire and Rescue put out a warehouse fire early this morning that was contained by the building’s own sprinkler system, officials said. The fire was contained and a search of the building confirmed there were no people inside.
Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Sprinkler system contains warehouse fire (New Britain, CT) August 24, 2012 viking210 Firefighters arrived at the 50,000-square-foot building after the fire alarm went off at 3:57 a.m. to find the sprinkler system had kicked on, Acting Deputy Chief Capt. Paul Walsh said. “It took us a few minutes to find it, but we found a car on fire in an inside dock. The sprinkler system pretty much handled it and we were able to quickly put it out.”
Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Warehouse fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Edgerton, WI) June 4, 2012 viking210 Fire crews arrived to find that sprinklers had doused an eight-foot tall stack of plastic foam sheeting that had caught on fire in the warehouse. The sprinklers had extinguished the fire by the time firefighters arrived, Edgerton Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Beckwith said.
Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Sprinkler suppresses warehouse fire (Gurnee, IL) April 23, 2012 viking210 When firefighters arrived at the scene of a warehouse fire, they discovered that the fire sprinkler system had put out the blaze. No one was reported injured in the fire.
