Sprinkler system puts out fire at off-campus apartment building (Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA)
Another apartment fire controlled by automatic sprinkler system (Hagerstown, MD)
Fire sprinklers show worth in house fire (Deer Park, IL)
Apartment fire halted by fire sprinkler system (Oro Valley, AZ)
A fire that began on the third floor of an apartment building Wednesday night was brought under control by the unit’s fire sprinkler before fire crews arrived.
Golder Ranch Fire Chief Randy Karrer said, “It is incidents such as these that highlight the importance of sprinkler systems in multi-family dwellings. Without them, the fire could have quickly spread to other units, causing greater damage and an increased threat to lives of the residents.”
Fire sprinklers prove worth in midweek hotel fire (Preston, CT)
Sprinkler system activates to help control parking garage fire below stores, apartments (Berkeley, CA)
Authorities closed the roadway to through-traffic Friday evening on Martin Luther King Jr. Way at University Avenue when a car fire broke out in the parking structure at Trader Joe’s in Berkeley.
Webb said the single-alarm fire was reported at approximately 5:40 p.m. in the garage of Trader Joe’s. The grocery store is on the first floor of a five-story building, and apartments are located above it. Webb said the fire activated the building’s fire sprinkler system as firefighters were arriving.
Restaurant kitchen fire controlled by sprinkler system (Pacifica, CA)
Weekend apartment fire controlled by automatic fire sprinklers (Lebanon, NH)
Sprinkler activates to control apartment hallway fire (Ypsilanti, MI)
*** Blog Editor’s Note: Tell us what you think of the coverage by annarbor.com and the comments from the Ypsilanti FD. Of course, the sprinkler didn’t “cause” the damage, but rather it saved the apartment from experiencing a much larger fire, where the damage would have been much worse, and could have possibly caused injury or loss of life. ***
