Wilmington, DE – High-rise apartment fire controlled with help from sprinkler system; No injuries
Lee’s Summit, MO – Small business saved from fire thanks to sprinkler system
Brockton, MA – Single sprinkler helps extinguish fire on 10th floor of high rise for seniors and disabled
(NO MEDIA COVERAGE – Fire Department Reported)Monday in Brockton apparatus responded to a master box in a 10 story residential high-rise housing the elderly/ disabled. The result was a mattress fire in a bedroom on the 10th floor. One Sprinkler Head extinguished fire and held it until FD arrival. Address 1380 Main Street, Brockton, MA
Eureka, CA – Sprinkler system extinguishes early morning arson fire at Wharfinger Building
Tucson, AZ – Fire at Big Lots store kept in check by sprinkler system
Owosso, MI – Sprinklers help limit damage to sporting goods store and adjoining businesses in fire
Des Plaines, IL – Single sprinkler controls matress fire at long-term care and rehabilitation center (NO MEDIA COVERAGE)
NO MEDIA COVERAGE — Reported by the Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board (NIFSAB).
Thursday morning, a single fire sprinkler controlled a mattress fire at Ballard Rehabilitation, a skilled nursing facility at 9300 Ballard Road in Des Plaines, until North Maine Fire Protection District crews provided final extinguishment. The fire sprinkler system contained the fire to a single room on the second floor and prevented major damage and possible deaths, thereby validating the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) decision to require fire sprinklers in all new and existing long-term care facilities nationwide.
The CMS federal rule requiring fire sprinklers in long-term care facilities became effective on August 13, 2013, following a five-year phase-in time frame after publication in 2008. The rule, which applies to Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) that are regulated by CMS for Medicare and Medicaid licensure, is a direct result of two deadly nursing home in 2003 — one in Hartford, Connecticut, and the other in Nashville, Tennessee.
Please refer to NIFSAB web site for complete press release and additional information . www.firesprinklerassoc.org