Apartment Building, Residential Minneapolis, MN – Sprinkler system activates to help contain high-rise apartment fire December 9, 2014 viking210 A fire in a high-rise apartment building on the 300 block of Lowry Avenue North was reported just before 4 p.m. Monday. The sprinkler system activated to help control the fire. Minneapolis Public Housing was called to the scene to help residents who will be displaced as a result of this fire and water from the sprinkler system.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Visalia, CA – Sprinklers control fire at mall restaurant helping to minimize damage December 9, 2014 viking210 Firefighters responded around 6:15 a.m. to the Sequoia Mall on south Mooney Boulevard after maintenance workers called 911 to report a fire at the PHO KC Noodle and Rice Vietnamese restaurant. A sprinkler installed inside the mall managed to extinguish most of the fire and firefighters checked for flames in nearby areas of the mall. Tulare County Environmental Health was called to evaluate total damage to the restaurant. Fire officials estimated the damage at $7,000 to the structure and about $1,000 to the contents of the restaurant. They estimated that $6.2 million was saved by fire sprinklers. The cause of the fire was determined to be a small fan in the kitchen that was left on and malfunctioned overnight.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Kelowna, BC, Canada – Deliberately set fire in nursing home extinguished by sprinkler system December 8, 2014 viking210 The Kelowna Fire Department received an alarm at around 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning from White Heather Manor at 3728 Casorso Road. When crews arrived, they were met by the charge nurse who told them that there was a small fire in the nursing home’s activity room. According to platoon captain Tim Light, the fire had already been extinguished before fire crews arrived by the sprinkler system. After searching the area, the firefighters shut off the water and then set up ventilation to clear smoke from the affected suites and hallways. The residents were evacuated outside at first, but when conditions permitted, they were sheltered in an unaffected area of the facility. Firefighters stayed on scene to help lessen the water damage from the sprinkler. The Kelowna Fire Department says that this was a deliberately set fire, and that RCMP are now involved in the investigation.
Residential, Townhouse / Condominium Forestdale, MA – Sprinkler system puts out condominium fire December 7, 2014 viking210 The Sandwich Fire Chief William Carrico is stressing the importance of residential sprinkler systems after a condominium was saved last night. Crews arrived at the condo at 14 Brightside Lane in Forestdale just after 7:30 p.m. to find the fire had already been put out. The fire which started in the kitchen was confined to the stove top and was extinguished by the sprinkler system. Carrico said if it were not for the sprinkler system, there would have been significant fire and smoke damage.
Residential, Single Family Home Lafayette, CA – Sprinkler system helps stop fire in single-family home, Fire crews rescue dog December 6, 2014 viking210 Crews responded around 8:45 a.m. to reports of a fire at a house on Kim Road and arrived to find that a sprinkler system inside the home had helped prevent the blaze from spreading, fire Capt. George Laing said. Firefighters rescued a pet dog from a fire that damaged a hillside home in Lafayette this morning, a Contra Costa County Fire Protection District spokesman said. The home’s hillside location and its distance from the nearest fire hydrant made it tough to access and douse the flames, but crews were able to get the fire under control around 9:20 a.m., Laing said. “All in all, this was a great job by the crews and a save by the sprinkler system,” the fire captain said.
Other / Not Specified, Other Business Naperville, IL – Sprinkler system keeps early morning fire from spreading in commercial building December 6, 2014 viking210 Firefighters were called to the 2100 block of Corporate Lane about 5:23 a.m. after an alarm was activated and a security guard reported seeing smoke, according to a news release from the fire department. Crews responding to the scene found a hanging heater unit in an engineering room had caused the fire, officials said. However, it was located directly beneath a sprinkler so the fire did not spread.
Residence Hall/Dormitory, Residential St. Joseph, MO – Kitchen grease fire in university residence hall controlled by sprinkler system December 5, 2014 viking210 A small grease fire in Scanlon Hall at Missouri Western State University caused an evacuation of all Scanlon residents on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Jacob Teasley, second year resident assistant in Scanlon Hall, was involved with the event. “There was a grease fire in the kitchen of the first floor guys’ wing,” Teasley said. “The students put water on it to put it out and it got worse.” Teasley believed there were two students directly involved in the fire. He said that no one was hurt. Mallory Murray, director of public relations and marketing, sent an email to all Western employees regarding the fire. “There was no structural damage, however, students were disrupted between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. and it may have impacted attendance in class for those that live in this hall,” Murray said in the email. According to Teasley, the sprinkler was going off in the kitchen where the fire occurred only, not in the rest of the hall.
Retail, Shopping Mall Hazle Township, PA – Fire at Laurel Mall contained by sprinkler system December 5, 2014 viking210 A fire in the back of the Rue 21 store at Laurel Mall activated the store’s fire sprinkler system. The fire remained small and was quickly contained. There were no injuries and the mall remains open for business.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Hempfield, PA – Sprinkler system activates, assists firefighters in fire at Olive Garden restaurant December 4, 2014 viking210 The Olive Garden Italian restaurant along Route 30 in Hempfield was damaged by a kitchen fire late Wednesday night that spewed smoke through the building, emergency responders said. The fire, which was reported at 11:36 p.m., started in the kitchen, went up a kitchen wall and spread into the ceiling, Bovard fire Chief Greg Saunders said. The first responders were able to knock it down quickly, Saunders said. The building’s sprinkler system also sprayed water on the fire.
Residence Hall/Dormitory, Residential Pittsburgh, PA – Fire in high-rise residence hall at University of Pittsburgh extinguished by sprinkler system December 4, 2014 viking210 University of Pittsburgh, Litchfield Tower A — The fire spread to a pillow and part of a chair, according to resident Jorge Garcia, but the sprinkler system put out the fire before it spread further. “Fortunately, the sprinkler system was still working and put out the fire before any personnel arrived to extinguish it,” Pitt spokesman John Fedele said. There was no “substantial damage” to anything in Tower A, Fedele said, aside from the carpet, desk and chair in room 818. Garcia, a freshman neuroscience major, was in the room when the laptop caught fire. “I heard a spark, and then it was just flames,” Garcia said.
