Apartment Building, Residential Apartment fire controlled by sprinkler system (Portland, OR) June 6, 2012 viking210 A fire sprinkler held the fire in check until crews could reach the area, firefighters said. Several of the units were occupied by mobility-impaired residents, officials said. Firefighting crews said they quickly put out the fire.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Fire at senior living facility extinguished by sprinkler system (Bryan, TX) June 6, 2012 viking210 Firefighters say the fire started on a stove inside a third floor apartment. The emergency sprinkler system extinguished the flames before fire crews arrived. About 30 senior residents were evacuated as a precaution.
Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail Sprinkler system extinguishes dollar store fire set by arsonist (McKinney, TX) June 5, 2012 viking210 Police said 33-year-old Damon Cooper walked into the dollar store in McKinney on Monday afternoon, doused it in lighter fluid and set it on fire. The flames were quickly extinguished by a sprinkler system and everyone inside the store was able to escape without injury.
Athletic Club/Sports Facility, Other Business Sprinklers control laundry room fire at fitness facility (Portland, OR) June 5, 2012 viking210 Fire crews were called to a commercial fire at All Star Fitness. Firefighters found the fire in the clothes dryer, but it had been nearly extinguished by the fire sprinkler system by the time crews got to it. It took about 10 minutes for crews to put the fire out. No people or firefighters were injured during the fire.
Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Warehouse fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Edgerton, WI) June 4, 2012 viking210 Fire crews arrived to find that sprinklers had doused an eight-foot tall stack of plastic foam sheeting that had caught on fire in the warehouse. The sprinklers had extinguished the fire by the time firefighters arrived, Edgerton Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Beckwith said.
Other Business, Place of Worship Sprinkler system aids firefighters at church fire (Speedway, IN) June 4, 2012 viking210 “The sprinkler system once again saved the church. It probably would have been gone by the time they got here,” said the Reverend Mike Welch. A previous fire damaged the church in 2001 when lightning hit the building.
College/University (on campus), School / University Sprinkler system limits college campus fire to small area (Hayward, WI) June 4, 2012 viking210 Ray Burns, the college’s interim president, said there were about thirty people in the building at the time of the fire and all made it out safely. The building’s sprinkler system limited the actual fire to a small area.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler system controls apartment cooking fire (Allentown, PA) June 4, 2012 viking210 Sprinklers took care of whatever had flared on the stove of the second-floor apartment. No one was injured.
Office Building, Other Business Fire at accounting office extignished by sprinkler system (Montreal, QC) June 1, 2012 viking210 1 Comment The Montreal police arson squad is investigating after someone launched a Molotov cocktail into an accountant’s office in one of the city’s northeast boroughs. The building’s sprinkler system activated and quickly put out the fire, Const. Daniel Lacoursière said. No one was in the office at the time.
Apartment Building, Residential Apartment fire caused by careless smoking put out by sprinkler system (Saginaw, MI) June 1, 2012 viking210 A fire at Lakeside Village apartments Tuesday began with careless smoking, but was put out moments later by a sprinkler system that was installed after a more devastating fire in 2005. The sprinkler system paid for itself Tuesday and may have saved lives, especially because some of the residents are disabled, Saginaw Township Fire Department Inspector Kevin O’Brien said.
