Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Barrie, ON, Canada – Sprinkler system assists firefighters in controlling nursing home fire February 27, 2017 viking210 Barrie Fire says Barrie Police and the Ontario Fire Marshal are investigating a fire at Woods Park Care Centre. Firefighters, police and paramedics were called to the retirement and long-term care facility on Lillian Cres. around 7 p.m. Wednesday evening. The fire started in a resident’s room on the third floor. “The resident got out of the room. The sprinkler activated. The affected area was evacuated to a safe zone,” said Barrie Fire’s Samantha Hoffmann. Hoffmann reports that 35 out of the 180 residents were removed from the third floor to a smoke free zone. Firefighters vented the building and Hoffmann says there’s smoke and water damage. About 20 residents were unable to return to their rooms and were being housed in another part of the building. “Because it is a care facility with vulnerable people it’s automatically going to get more response,” Hoffmann said. The building was inspected in October and they did their fire drill in November and they passed, she added. Sprinklers and staff training were instrumental in the success of the call, according to Barrie Fire. The cause of the blaze and damage estimate are not yet known.
