Tag Archives: Michigan
Pontiac, MI – Apartment fire started by child playing with lighter is put out by sprinkler system
Battle Creek, MI – Kitchen fire at senior apartment complex controlled with help from sprinkler system
Kalamazoo, MI – Sprinkler system credited with containing apartment fire to room of origin; No injuries
**NO MEDIA COVERAGE – Fire Department Reported**
Friday night May 6, 2016 at 10:09 pm the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety responded to a report of a fire in an 11 unit apartment building in the 1000 block of Washington Avenue. A couch fire which was releasing a large amount of black smoke and heat was suppressed by the sprinkler system. The fire was contained to the room of origin. No one was hurt and after the suppression system was placed back into service the occupants of 9 of the 11 units were safely back into their homes. The sprinkler system was praised for preventing further damage to the building
Saginaw, MI – Sprinkler system helps contain fire at auto repair shop
Canton, MI – Sprinkler system helps saves salon in Victorian building from fire
Shelby Township, MI – Sprinkler system assists firefighters in containing storage closet fire at Kohl’s store; No injuries
Brighton, MI – Single sprinkler controls apartment fire; Smoke alarms had been removed
** NO MEDIA COVERAGE – FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED **
On February 15, 2015, the Brighton Area Fire Department was dispatched to a reported audible fire alarm in an apartment building with water leaking through to an apartment below.
When fire personnel arrived there were no signs of fire, only an external water flow alarm activating. There was a light haze of smoke in the common corridor. Fire personnel stretched a hand line to the second floor of the apartment building and forced open one apartment on the second floor finding a single residential sprinkler activated and a thick white haze of smoke/steam in the apartment. There was no active fire. Fire crews conducted a quick search of the single bedroom apartment and found a male victim unconscious in a bed.
The victim was removed from the apartment and turned over to EMS for care. The 30 y/o male was transported to the ER and treated for smoke inhalation and fully recovered from the event.
Further investigation found that a fire had occurred between an upholstered chair and a table in the living room that was caused by careless discard of smoking materials. The fire was completely extinguished by a single sprinkler system. Further examination of the apartment found that both smoke alarms located inside the bedroom and just outside the bedroom had been disabled and removed for the ceiling preventing an early warning to the lone resident.
The NFPA 13R sprinkler system in this building fulfilled its intended purpose in this building by suppressing the fire and maintained a tenable and livable condition even though the smoke alarms had been removed.