Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Southport, NC – Sprinklers contain fire to laundry room at assisted living facility; No injuries reported January 3, 2016 viking210 Residents of Southport’s Carillon Assisted Living are back in the facility after a fire damaged part of the building Thursday. The fire was reported just after 6 p.m. at the facility at 1125 E. Leonard St. All 48 residents were safely evacuated but had to take temporary shelter at a county senior citizens center for part of the night. On Friday, Brunswick County Emergency Services director Scott Garner said residents were able to return to the building after a few hours. “We got them all back in after midnight,” he said. The fire was contained to a laundry room, but sprinkler systems caused water damage in a residential wing. “There was enough empty beds in the B, C and D wings that they were able to relocate the patients,” Garner said. “They’re all back, no injuries, and everybody worked together well.”
Apartment Building, Residential Wilmington, NC – No one hurt in Thanksgiving day apartment fire controlled by sprinkler system November 30, 2015 viking210 Fire officials were on the scene of an apartment fire in Wilmington on Thanksgiving Day. It happened on Litchfield Way on Thursday afternoon shortly before 2. Authorities say an apartment on the third floor caught fire while at least one person was home, but no one was hurt. That apartment is a total loss, while other nearby units suffered water damage from the sprinkler system. There is no word yet on what caused the fire.
Other - Retail, Retail Asheville, NC – Sprinkler system credited with extinguishing fire at hardwood flooring business November 20, 2015 viking210 A sprinkler system at a commercial building on Riverside Drive is being credited with averting a fire Thursday morning. Asheville Fire Department crews were dispatched to Asheville Hardwood Center, 554 Riverside Drive, shortly after 7:30 a.m. for the report of a structure fire, said spokeswoman Kelley Klope. Smoke was showing but crews who entered the building found the fire had been completely extinguished by the sprinkler system, Klope said. Firefighters helped with turning off the water flow of the sprinklers and with ventilation of smoke. Nearby businesses were evacuated as precautionary measures. No injuries were reported. The fire was ruled accidental. Fire sprinkler systems, which can also be used in residential structures, are known to drastically reduce heat, flames and smoke in the event of a fire.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Asheville, NC – Sprinkler system assists firefighters in extinguishing overnight blaze at local pub November 19, 2015 viking210 An early morning fire at Westville Pub has been ruled accidental. The fire was reported at 1:15 a.m. Sunday, said Asheville Fire Department spokeswoman Kelley Klope. The fire started in the HVAC duct work, she said. The pub, 777 Haywood Road, posted on its Facebook page that it will be closed for the next few days for repairs. According to a fire department report, crews arriving on the scene found duct work in the kitchen on fire and smoke banked down to about waist level. The sprinkler system was activated and with water crews were able to extinguish the fire, then open up the duct work with a roof hook to ensure it was out.
College/University (on campus), Residence Hall/Dormitory Durham, NC – Residence hall fire at Duke University controlled with help from sprinkler system November 16, 2015 viking210 About 175 students were evacuated from Randolph Residence Hall on Duke’s East Campus early Monday morning following a fire in a first floor laundry room. The fire alarm sounded about 2:25 a.m., and all building occupants were safely evacuated to the common room of Blackwell Residence Hall, which is adjacent to Randolph, for about an hour before the building was cleared for reentry. Duke University Police and the Durham Fire Department responded to the fire alarm, when a dryer caught fire. The building’s sprinkler system engaged causing some water damage, which was primarily limited to the laundry room on the west end of the building and the adjoining hallway. A locked door on the second floor was also damaged when firefighters had to forcefully enter the room to ensure no one was inside, but no rooms were damaged by the fire. An emergency services company has already begun to address the water damage. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
Primary / Secondary School Asheville, NC – Sprinkler quells fire that started in art kiln at charter school November 2, 2015 viking210 An indoor kiln’s exhaust fan at Evergreen Community Charter School failed Thursday night, causing heat to build up and the sprinkler to activate. The Asheville Fire Department responded to the school shortly after 8 p.m., said spokeswoman Kelley Klope. The sprinkler system cooled the kiln and prevented a fire, she said. Had there not been a sprinkler system, the heat buildup could have ignited nearby combustibles and the overhead ceiling, which could have caused a structure fire, Klope said. The school’s art room sustained minor heat damage to some overhead lighting and minor water damage. Sprinkler systems use less water to suppress early onset fires than fire crews do, Klope said. According to the National Fire Protection Association, if a home fire occurs, the risk of dying decreases by about 80 percent when the home is equipped with a fire sprinkler system.
Apartment Building, Residential Sunset Beach, NC – Fire Chief credits sprinkler system for extinguishing overnight apartment fire October 21, 2015 viking210 The cause of a fire that broke out early last Saturday at a Calabash apartment complex is still under investigation. Firefighters were called to the 7136 building at The Tides at Calabash on Town Center Road off Old Georgetown Road at 2:35 a.m. Oct. 17. Damage was confirmed to a third-floor breezeway wall and ceiling, according to apartment management. Calabash Fire Chief Randy Bork lauded the complex’s external sprinkler system for quickly extinguishing the fire and preventing it from spreading.
Residential, Single Family Home Chapel Hill, NC – Home cooking-related fire put out by sprinkler system September 17, 2015 viking210 1 Comment A sprinkler system extinguished a cooking-related fire Tuesday at a home in the Southern Village Neighborhood in Chapel Hill. Just before 1 p.m., Chapel Hill fire received a call from an alarm monitoring company reporting a fire at 500 Market Street. Six trucks responded to the call as a sprinkler system was able to put the fire out. Responding fire fighters worked to ensure the fire was out. Chapel Hill fire officials said the cause of the fire was cooking related. No one was injured in the incident.
Other - Retail, Retail Winston-Salem, NC – Sprinkler system contains storage room fire at furniture store May 30, 2015 viking210 The fire started about 10 a.m. in a rack storage area at the rear of the Colfax Furniture and Mattress store at 801 Silas Creek Parkway, said Battalion Chief Jeff Henley of the Winston-Salem Fire Department. No one was injured. The building’s sprinkler system helped contain the fire, Henley said. It took 31 firefighters about 30 minutes to put out the fire. The store’s employees and its customers left the store safely after the fire began, Henley said. Investigators are trying to determine how the fire started, Henley said. He didn’t have an estimate of how much damage the fire caused. The store’s warehouse manager first heard a muffled explosion or some type of loud noise shortly after the store opened at 10 a.m., said Jackson Braswell, the store’s manager. That employee then saw a rug burning, Braswell said. The sprinkler system was activated, and someone called 911. “The most important thing is that everyone got out safe,” Braswell said. “The sprinklers did their job.” Braswell didn’t immediately know how soon the store will reopen. “We will be back up and running as soon as we can,” Braswell said.
Apartment Building, Residential Wilmington, NC – Sprinkler activates to confine kitchen apartment fire; No injuries May 10, 2015 viking210 The Wilmington Fire Department responded to a fire at 11:18 p.m. at 505 Cobblestone Drive, Apartment 206. The department release states that the fire started on a stove after cooking was left unattended. Crews activated the building’s sprinkler system and confined the fire to the stove top. Damage was estimated at $5,000 and no one was injured, the release states.
