All posts by viking210

Apartment Building, Residential

Single sprinkler extinguishes grease fire (Village of Oak Creek, AZ)

June 21, 2013 viking210

Shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday, Sedona Fire District crewswere called … for a reported structure fire in a multi-unit apartmentbuilding. The first fire crews found the fire was extinguished by a single firesprinkler head that activated in the kitchen of a one-bedroom apartment.  “The fire damage would also have beensignificantly worse if not for the sprinklers,” according to SFD FireMarshal Gary J. Johnson.

Hotel / Restaurant, Residential, Restaurant

Sprinkler system extinguishes restaurant fire (Windham, NH)

June 21, 2013 viking210

The sprinkler system at the Common Man restaurant on Range Road knocked down a fire that started in the basement shortly after 11 this morning.

Office Building, Other Business

Sprinklers successful in controlling newspaper press room fire (Youngstown, OH)

June 20, 2013 viking210

An air-handling unit in The Vindicator’s press room caught fire shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday.
The Youngstown Fire Department responded within minutes, but the majority of the fire had already been extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system, said Youngstown Fire Chief John O’Neill.
The fire was contained to a small area of the press room. No one was injured, and nearly all company operations returned to normal after an interruption of about an hour.

“The good things are no one was injured, we will print on time and the alarm and sprinkler systems worked as planned. The Youngstown Fire Department was a huge help and we heartily thank them,” said Mark A. Brown, general manager.

Residential, Single Family Home

Garbage chute fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Windsor, ON)

June 20, 2013 viking210

Windsor firefighters were kept busy across the city after two unrelated fires broke out around the same time after 11pm, Monday evening …

In the second incident, firefighters were called to 810 Ouellette for reports of smoke in the building.
Firefighters investigated smoke in the building’s garbage chute and it appears as though the fire was successfully extinguished by a sprinkler.

Apartment Building, Residential

Sprinkler system extinguishes stovetop fire in apartment (South Boston, VA)

June 20, 2013 viking210

Phillips said the fire started from the kitchen stove in apartment 116 and caused the sprinkler system to go off in the apartment extinguishing the fire.  No one was injured.  The fire occurred in the evening.

Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant

Restaurant fire put out by fire sprinklers (Windham, MA)

June 20, 2013 viking210

Smoke was all that was left of the fire when fire crews arrived to a restaurant in response to a fire alarm the morning of June 18. The fire sprinklers had knocked down the fire; the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant, Residential

Sprinkler system aids firefighters at Golden Nugget Casino (Atlantic City, NJ)

June 19, 2013 viking210

A fire at the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City closed the sauna Monday evening.  Firefighters were called to the casino about 5:30 p.m. for a reported fire and activated sprinkler, Chief Dennis Brooks said.
 
“The fire doesn’t appear to be suspicious,” Brooks said.  Preliminarily, it looks like an electrical fire, but is still under investigation, he said.

Fire / Police Station, Government/Military

Fire department kitchen fire shows sprinklers value (Columbia, SC)

June 18, 2013 viking210

Fire sprinklers activated and doused a fire that began in the kitchen of a fire department on June 17. The fire crew had left a chili pot on the hot stove while fighting a fire elsewhere. No injuries were reported.

Food Processing, Manufacturing

Fire sprinklers eradicate meat packing plant fire (Sioux Falls, SD)

June 17, 2013 viking210

When fire crews responded to the fire that broke out on the sixth floor of a meat packing plant on the evening of June 14, they found that the plant’s fire sprinkler had completely eliminated the flames. The fire caused no injuries.

Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant

Fire sprinklers contain hotel fire (Houston, TX)

June 17, 2013 viking210

A fire that was started on a mattress in a hotel room activated the hotel’s fire sprinkler system. The sprinkler system contained the fire to that room, and no one was hurt by the fire. Arson crews are investigating the cause of the fire.