Other - Retail, Retail Car rental facility fire controlled by fire sprinkler system (Lombard, IL) April 25, 2012 viking210 Six fire sprinklers were activated by a fire that broke out in the garage of an Enterprise Rent-A-Car facility, reported Villa Park Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief Steve Stapleton. The sprinklers controlled the flames until fire crews arrived. No injuries were reported.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Safe end to retirement home fire credited to fire sprinklers (Saginaw, MI) April 24, 2012 viking210 The Thomas Township Fire Department reported that the fire that occurred in a retirement home was contained and suppressed thanks to the building’s fire sprinkler system.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Fire sprinklers prove effectiveness in second fire at assisted living facility (Iverness, FL) April 23, 2012 viking210 When firefighters were called upon for the second time in 10 days to an assisted living facility, the unit’s fire sprinkler ensured that this second blaze was contained to the small closet where it started.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Historic building fire suppressed by fire sprinkler (Lexington, KY) April 23, 2012 viking210 A historic building that was being renovated into a restaurant was the scene of a fire that was extinguished with the help of both firefighters and the building’s fire sprinkler. No injuries were reported.
Residential, Single Family Home Fire sprinkler controls house fire (Livermore, CA) April 23, 2012 viking210 An early morning fire that started in the garage was limited to a small area by the home’s fire sprinkler system, according to Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department Battalion Chief Joe Testa. The residents were able to return to the house with no injuries reported.
Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Sprinkler suppresses warehouse fire (Gurnee, IL) April 23, 2012 viking210 When firefighters arrived at the scene of a warehouse fire, they discovered that the fire sprinkler system had put out the blaze. No one was reported injured in the fire.
Apartment Building, Residential Apartment fire contained by fire sprinkler (Spokane, WA) April 23, 2012 viking210 Fire sprinklers kept a fire that broke out in the closet of a second story apartment from spreading throughout the apartment.
Manufacturing, Paper Mill / Saw Mill Firefighters aided by fire sprinklers at paper mill fire (Vancouver, WA) April 21, 2012 viking210 A small fire that broke out at a paper mill was “pretty much done” by the time firefighters arrived thanks to the mill’s fire sprinkler system, reported Camas-Washougal Chief Nick Swinhart. There were no injuries reported.
Apartment Building, Residential Garage fire suppressed by fire sprinkler system (Vancouver, WA) April 19, 2012 viking210 Firefighters arrived to the scene of a fire at the garage an apartment complex to find that “the fire was almost completely extinguished by sprinklers,” reported Captain Dave James, a Vancouver Fire Department spokesman. The fire did not spread beyond the garage, and no injuries were reported.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinklers put out grease fire in apartment (Pasadena, CA) April 19, 2012 viking210 Firefighters who responded to an apartment fire started by oil in a frying pan found that the unit’s fire sprinkler had doused the flames. No one was reported injured.
