Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler system extinguishes kitchen fire in apartment building (Boca Raton, FL) December 7, 2012 viking210 At about 6:01 p.m., Boca Raton Fire Rescue Services Department got a 9-1-1 call reporting a fire at an apartment on the sixth floor. The fire sprinkler system had successfully activated and put out the fire. No injuries were reported.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Sprinkler system controls fire at Value Place hotel (Fort Walton Beach, FL) November 27, 2012 viking210 The Value Place hotel at the corner of Racetrack Road and Eglin Parkway was evacuated after a small fire started in a room on the second floor about 4:20 p.m. Monday. Someone had placed a box on top of a stove burner and then turned the burner on. The box caught fire and activated the hotel’s sprinkler system, which put out the fire, said Capt. Jeff Wagner with the Ocean City-Wright Fire Department.
Apartment Building, Residential Apartment fire contained by sprinkler system (Tampa, FL) October 29, 2012 viking210 A Tampa apartment building was briefly evacuated overnight after a fire. According to Tampa Fire Rescue, a couch located in a room in a second-floor apartment caught fire. Crews were able to quickly put the fire out after the sprinkler system was activated. No injuries were reported.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Sprinklers make the difference in high school fire (Flagler County, FL) October 18, 2012 viking210 The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 17-year-old high school student on a felony arson charge after a fire in a school bathroom. The sprinkler system activated because of a fire in the restroom. There were approximately 50 students in the cafeteria at the time the fire. No one was injured.
Office Building, Other Business Sprinkler system contains fire at medical office building (Palm Springs, FL) October 17, 2012 viking210 A fire started by a plumber’s torch damaged attic space and a vacant suite in a medical office building, according to the Palm Springs Fire Department. He said the building’s sprinkler system went off quickly, alerting the fire department and saving 90 percent of the building.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Restaurant fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Jensen Beach, FL) September 6, 2012 viking210 Firefighters arrived at 5 a.m. Thursday and found the ice machine had ignited, but a fire sprinkler put out the flames before firefighters arrived. No one was injured.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Sprinkler system controls fire at electro-plating business (Pinellas Park, FL) September 4, 2012 viking210 A train conductor noticed flames at an electro-plating business and called 911. By the time firefighters got there, the company’s sprinkler system had put a lot of the fire out, and crews were able to manage the rest.
Other / Not Specified, Other Business Sprinklers control fire at bowling alley (Tallahassee, FL) August 21, 2012 viking210 Firefighters forced entry into the rear of the building and found a small fire burning inside a clothes dryer, as well as a sprinkler head flowing water above the dryer. Firefighters quickly extinguished what remained of the fire burning inside the dryer. Automatic sprinkler systems like the one in use at Capital Lanes are designed to control or suppress a fire during its early stages, greatly reducing the loss of property and possibly life.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Sprinkler system extinguishes hotel fire (Tampa, FL) August 20, 2012 viking210 A three-alarm fire at a downtown hotel was extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system. The hotel was successfully evacuated after the fire was reported in a sixth-floor room and no injuries were reported. The fire was caused by an accidental electrical failure, Tampa Fire Rescue said.
Residential, Residential High Rise Sprinkler system aids firefighters in high-rise apartment fire (Daytona Beach, FL) June 13, 2012 viking210 Daytona Beach firefighters said the woman was sleeping in a 12-story high-rise apartment building off of South Beach Street about 7 p.m. when the bed caught on fire from the lit cigarette. The building’s sprinkler system put out the blaze just as firefighters arrived, said David Newell, a spokesman with the department. Newell credited the relatively new sprinkler system with saving the woman’s life.