State fire investigators credit a functioning smoke alarm and sprinkler system with alerting an Abingdon woman to a fire Friday afternoon and minimizing damage to the townhouse where she lives with other family members. The fire was reported shortly after 4 p.m.… Continue Reading »
West Bend, WI – Sprinkler system keeps fire in check at industrial building
Tucson, AZ – Sprinkler system credited with minimizing damage at downtown office building
Newark, NJ – Fires set by arsonists dressed as ninjas doused by apartment building’s sprinkler system
Yuma, AZ – Apartment kitchen fire suppressed by sprinkler system
The City of Yuma Fire Department responded to an alarm at around 1:00 p.m. indicating a fire sprinkler in an apartment at the Palo Verde Villa Apartments Thursday afternoon. Yuma Fire Department personnel arrived and made entry into the second story apartment, finding extreme heat built inside.… Continue Reading »
Northbridge, MA – Fire in light fixture at nursing home extinguished by sprinkler system; No injuries reported
North Liberty, IA – Sprinkler system assists fire crews in controlling supermarket fire
A fire was reported at an eastern Iowa Fareway on Sunday morning. Sunday, September 10, at 10:30 a.m. the North Liberty Fire Department was called to Fareway for alarms going off and smoke coming from the roof. When crews arrived, they saw smoke from the roof, and the inside full of smoke.… Continue Reading »
Antioch, CA – Fire sprinkler in garage prevents helps prevent spread of house fire
Fire investigators were seeking a person or people suspected of setting several fires Sunday night and Monday morning, including one that burned a church in Antioch, officials said. Fire crews also knocked down a fire that started in a garbage can outside a Brentwood house and spread to the outside walls and attic of the home, Battalion Chief Ross Macumber, a spokesman for the East Contra Costa Fire District, said. … Continue Reading »
