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Fire on college campus put out by sprinkler system (Eugene, OR)
Sprinkler system saves 28 puppies from fire set by pet store owner (Las Vegas, NV)
Sprinkler system extinguishes fire in lower parking garage of high-rise building (Chicago, IL)
** NO MEDIA COVERAGE – FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED **
Early this morning, the Chicago Fire Department reported that a fire sprinkler system in the Franklin Center commercial high-rise at 227 W. Monroe extinguished a fire that was caused by an automobile in a lower level parking garage.
“Too often we hear about the unsprinklered fires that cause major damage and injuries or deaths, but it’s even more important to highlight when larger fires are prevented thanks to the quick response of fire sprinklers,” says Tom Lia, executive director of the nonprofit Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board. “Today, a fire sprinkler system extinguished a car fire and prevented any harm to humans. That is why fire sprinklers are in the national model codes. They are vital to life and property protection in high-rises and all other occupancies as well.”
Hotel room cooking fire extinguished by fire sprinkler system (Chesapeake, VA)
Fire sprinkler system puts out nursing home fire (Oklahoma City, OK)
Apartment fire extinguished by fire sprinkler system (Sneads Ferry, NC)
Sprinkler system controls dorm fire at University of Illinois (Champaign, IL)
Fire sprinkler system contains fire at bowling alley (Shrewsbury, MA)
Sprinkler helps to control arson fire at popular retail & entertainment venue (Las Vegas, NV)
A man was arrested and charged with first degree arson after allegedly setting fire to the loading dock, recycle area that services Neonopolis on the Fremont Street Experience Thursday morning. Fire dispatchers received the call at 3:09 a.m. Thursday that trash and a dumpster was on fire at the loading dock area for Neonopolis, which is a shopping mall and entertainment complex in Las Vegas, located on top of a $15 million city parking garage. After the fire started, a fire sprinkler activated and kept the fire under control until firefighters arrived on scene and put the fire completely out. Damage was confined to the dumpster area.