Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Sprinkler system puts out fire at DoubleTree hotel (Tucson, AZ) October 17, 2014 viking210 An afternoon fire began on the sixth floor of a hotel on October 16. The hotel was equipped with fire sprinklers, which activated in the room where the fire began and suppressed the flames. The cause of the fire is under investigation, and the Tucson Fire Department is unsure if anyone was in the hotel room when the fire broke out. No injuries were reported.
Apartment Building, Residential Three fires extinguished thanks to sprinkler systems (Las Cruces, NM) October 15, 2014 viking210 Over the last three weeks, fire sprinklers have eliminated three separate apartment fires in Las Cruces – September 26, October 3, and October 7. In every single one of the fires, the cause was unattended cooking, and in two of the incidents, the residents were not aware that the fire had begun. According to the Las Cruces Fire Department, the sprinklers activation in each of the incidents kept property losses minimal and prevented any injuries.
Office Building, Other Business Sprinklers help control fire in commercial office building (Anaheim, CA) October 14, 2014 viking210 Firefighters have put out a structural fire at Anaheim Corporate Office Plaza, across the street from Angel Stadium on East Orangewood Avenue. Firefighters responded at 6:17 p.m. on Monday after an alarm company for the plaza noticed that its sprinkler system had been activated, a fire official said. There were no injuries reported.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Firefighters credit sprinkler system for controlling fire at manufacturing plant (Temple, TX) October 13, 2014 viking210 Crews responded to a fire Saturday afternoon at the Lock Joint Tube manufacturing plant in Temple. When crews got there they found employees had already evacuated the building. When they went inside, they found one fire sprinkler head flowing water close to machinery which had a small amount of fire underneath. Crews put out the flames and credit the fire sprinkler system with keeping the fire from spreading.
Government/Military, Other-Government/Military Sprinkler system contains truck fire at City of Dayton garage (Dayton, OH) October 12, 2014 viking210 Dayton crews were dispatched just before 5:30 p.m. Saturday. The sprinkler system in the City of Dayton garage at the public works facility worked as designed in containing the vehicle fire to the one heavy-duty truck, Dayton Fire Chief and Director Jeffrey Payne said. The sprinkler system had knocked out the flames by the time firefighters arrived, he said. An investigator was called to the scene as a matter of standard department protocol, as Payne said it appears no one was in the building when the fire erupted under the truck’s hood.
Other - Retail, Retail Sprinkler system assists firefighters, limits damage in fire at large auto repair facility (Fontana, CA) October 11, 2014 viking210 Employees from the business next door to the blaze arrived at work at 5 a.m. and reported a fire visible from the shop, one of several businesses within a large metal building in the 14900 block of Ceres Avenue. The building sprinkler system had activated, helping keep the fire contained while crews forced entry. No injuries were reported, and adjacent business were not damaged.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler system activates, helps control overnight fire at apartment building (Nashville, TN) October 10, 2014 viking210 Several residents have been displaced by a fire that began in an east Nashville apartment building Wednesday morning. It started at about 2 a.m. at the Bellwood Park Apartments on 100 Pennington Avenue. Preliminary reports indicated the fire could have been due to a lightning strike but fire marshals will have to complete their investigation before that can be confirmed. There were no injuries reported from the fire.
Office Building, Other Business Sprinklers help contain arson fire at office building (North Branch, MN) October 10, 2014 viking210 The break-in and fire occurred sometime Tuesday night at the Main Street Center, a two-level building along the town’s main east-west thoroughfare that has about 15 tenants. No one was in the building at the time the sprinklers went off, which was about 11 p.m., she said.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Kitchen fire at senior living facility suppressed by sprinkler system (Rochester Hills, MI) October 9, 2014 viking210 No one was injured as a result of the fire, which was reported around 7:20 p.m. at the “Waltonwood at University” senior living facility. The fire occurred in the north wing of the independent living building and resulted in a precautionary evacuation of nearly 30 apartments. The Rochester Hills Fire Department has deemed the fire accidental and said an item left on an electric stove caught fire and spread to a cabinet above the stove. Canto said the facility’s sprinkler system kept the fire from spreading further.
Hospital/Care Facility, Hospital/Medical Clinic Sprinkler system helps contain fire at psychiatric hospital (Morris Plains, NJ) October 9, 2014 viking210 Firefighters responded to a fire in a patient’s bedroom at Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital Wednesday evening at 6:18 p.m. after receiving a report of a smoke condition in one of the second-floor bedroom’s in the F-wing of the hospital, Mount Tabor Assistant Fire Chief Bryan Crawford said. Crawford said the sprinkler system was able to limit the spread of the fire to the room itself.