Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Sprinkler system aids firefighters in restaurant kitchen fire (Maricopa, AZ) October 15, 2012 viking210 A small fire at a Sonic restaurant was kept in check by an effective sprinkling system, according to a spokesman with the Maricopa County Fire Department. Brad Pitassi said firefighters were able to quickly bring the fire under control because of the sprinklers.
Residential, Single Family Home Residential sprinkler system makes the difference in garage fire (Green Valley, AZ) October 12, 2012 viking210 A residential sprinkler system quickly doused garage blaze according to the Green Valley Fire District. Fire crews found smoke and flames coming from the garage and were able to quickly extinguish it. The fire did not reach the house.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Sprinklers contains basement fire at historical hotel (Prescott, AZ) August 27, 2012 viking210 A sprinkler put out a fire that started in the hotel’s basement and kept it from reaching an oiled hardwood floor in the room directly above, according to Prescott Fire Department Fire Investigator Len DeJoria. Fire sprinklers were critical in saving the building and the lives of the people inside,Prescott Fire Battalion Chief said.
Apartment Building, Residential Late night apartment fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Tucson, AZ) August 27, 2012 viking210 Firefighters entered the apartment to find the fire had already been extinguished by a single sprinkler head. The initial cause of the fire was a pan of oil left unattended on the stove. Due to the quickness of the alarm sounding and the efficiency of the sprinkler system, damage was kept to a minimum, and there were no injuries to report.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler system contains apartment fire (Village of Oak Creek, AZ) June 22, 2012 viking210 In less than five minutes, sprinklers in the ground floor center apartment had activated and doused the fire. Crews extinguished the balance of the fire and removed the sofa from the apartment. The residents, a family with two young children, were not home at the time of the blaze, but the other residents in the complex were able to return to their apartments. “The automatic fire sprinkler system did its job, providing quick notification of the fire to the residents in the adjacent apartments, containing the fire to the living room and preventing the fire from spreading to other apartments in the building,” stated Sedona Fire District Fire Marshal Gary Johnson.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler system prevents apartment fire from spreading beyond kitchen (Green Valley, AZ) June 20, 2012 viking210 2 Comments A sprinkler prevented a fire from spreading beyond the kitchen of a home in the Michelle Manor Apartments in Green Valley on Monday evening. The resident had been heating oil in a cast iron skillet when she went outside to check on the grill and visit with friends, according to the Green Valley Fire District. She returned to find the pan on fire and the flames too intense to extinguish. “Fires like this are a great example of how quickly a fire can be extinguished and how major loss of property or life prevented by sprinklers,” GVFD Operations Chief Chuck Wunder said.
Apartment Building, Residential Apartment fire contained by sprinkler system (Mesa, AZ) June 20, 2012 viking210 An apartment was saved after its sprinkler system kicked in and extinguished a fire in a laundry basket in a bathroom. The activated sprinkler was able to keep the fire contained in the bathroom and prevent it from spreading to the rest of the apartment or neighboring units. Mesa Fire says that this is the third fire in the past month that was managed in the early stages by an active sprinkler system.
Residential, Single Family Home Residential fire sprinkler system successfully extinguishes house fire (Lake Havasu City, AZ) June 19, 2012 viking210 Lake Havasu City Fire Department responded to a fire early Sunday at a newly constructed residence. During the fire, the home’s fire protection system successfully doused flames inside the home after two fire sprinkler heads were activated, one in a hallway and the second within a bedroom. The fire was extinguished within 15 minutes. The cause of the fire is considered arson and there are no suspects at this time, fire officials said Sunday.
Apartment Building, Residential Fire sprinkler system extinguishes apartment kitchen fire (Prescott, AZ) May 31, 2012 viking210 1 Comment A sprinkler system at a two-story apartment complex in Prescott put out a fire in a kitchen, preventing damage to other units in the building, said Prescott Fire Capt. Jeff Knotek. “The fire got hot enough to set off the sprinkler head above, which quickly extinguished the fire,” Knotek said.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Fire sprinklers ensure safe end to fast food restaurant fire (Phoenix, AZ) May 29, 2012 viking210 A grease fire that errupted at a Taco Bell at 7:30 a.m. was quickly contained by the restaurant’s fire sprinklers, according to Fire Capt. Bob Costello. The fire crews put out the rest of the flames, and no employees were injured as a result of the fire.
