Office Building, Other Business Sprinkler system controls office complex fire (San Diego, CA) July 2, 2012 viking210 Firefighters arriving to the three-story office building on Farnham Street around 6 a.m. Monday found a smoldering fire and a building sprinkler system activated.
Apartment Building, Residential Apartment kitchen fire contained by sprinkler system (Chilliwack, BC, Canada) June 27, 2012 viking210 2 Comments “Fire crews entered the suite and found a pot on the stove had activated a sprinkler head,” said Jeff Ullyot, assistant fire chief. “The sprinkler controlled and extinguished the fire, preventing it from extending beyond the stove,” he said. Minor fire and smoke damage was limited to a microwave and an area of the upper cupboards. Ullyot said sprinkler systems continue to prove their worth by limiting fire damage and preventing fire-related injuries and deaths.
Office Building, Other Business Sprinkler system assists firefighters during office building fire (Columbia, MO) June 27, 2012 viking210 Fire fighters searched the building for the fire and within 15 minutes located and extinguished a fire in the attic space between the third-floor ceiling and the roof of the building. A fire sprinkler had also activated in the room below the fire. Fire damage was contained to the ceiling and attic space immediately above the approximately 10′ x10′ room of an unoccupied third-floor office suite.
Dry Cleaner, Retail Sprinklers extinguish fire at dry cleaners (Shreveport, LA) June 27, 2012 viking210 An early morning fire at a cleaners was extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system before firefighters arrived. Fire officials say something fell and caught fire near the back door.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler system extinguished ninth-floor apartment fire (Wilmington, DE) June 26, 2012 viking210 The fire was a result of of unattended cooking in a ninth-floor apartment. It was extinguished when two building sprinkler heads activated.
Residential, Single Family Home Sprinkler system contains house fire to one room (Framingham, MA) June 25, 2012 viking210 The fire was reported at about 3:30 p.m., but firefighters said the flames were contained to one room thanks to a sprinkler system, and were out just before 4 p.m., according to fire department radio communications. The fire may have been electrical.
Athletic Club/Sports Facility, Other Business Two small fires set by arsonist controled by sprinkler system (Palmetto, GA) June 22, 2012 viking210 A Palmetto man has been arrested for setting two small fires at the Kedron Fieldhouse and Aquatic Center overnight, police said. Police said the fires appear to have been started with some sort of ignitable liquid, and an unidentified liquid also had been poured on several desks in the office area. But the fires set off the sprinkler system in the gymnasium.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler system contains apartment fire (Village of Oak Creek, AZ) June 22, 2012 viking210 In less than five minutes, sprinklers in the ground floor center apartment had activated and doused the fire. Crews extinguished the balance of the fire and removed the sofa from the apartment. The residents, a family with two young children, were not home at the time of the blaze, but the other residents in the complex were able to return to their apartments. “The automatic fire sprinkler system did its job, providing quick notification of the fire to the residents in the adjacent apartments, containing the fire to the living room and preventing the fire from spreading to other apartments in the building,” stated Sedona Fire District Fire Marshal Gary Johnson.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Restaurant fire extinguished by automatic fire sprinkler system (Las Vegas, NV) June 21, 2012 viking210 The fire spread up the wall and into the attic where it was extinguished by an automatic fire sprinkler system. Fire investigators were on scene and determined the fire started in an area where employees smoke and where mops and cleaning supplies are kept. All employees and customers evacuated the building without injury after the restaurants emergency alarms sounded.
Other - Storage / Warehouse, Storage / Warehouse Chemical company fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Hinsdale, IL) June 20, 2012 viking210 A Willow Springs chemical company was saved on Monday because of an automatic fire sprinkler system, said the town’s fire chief. A box alarm and hazmat team was called, and members found a single sprinkler head extinguished the wooden pallets and two drums of materials that caught fire. “These systems are in place for this reason, I can not find a better example of why we require fire alarms and sprinklers,” said Willow Springs Fire Chief Larry Moran.
