Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Damage minimized at aluminum fabricator fire thanks to sprinkler system (Beloit, WI) July 31, 2012 viking210 American Aluminum Extrusion’s sprinkler system did its job, according to Deputy Fire Chief Bruce Hedrington. “We had smoke 60 feet above the building when we were responding, but we didn’t see any fire because the sprinkler system did its job and knocked its down,” Hedrington said. “The sprinklers usually just kept it in check, but it did a great job.” All employees were safely evacuated before firefighters arrived.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Fire Sprinkler System Extinguishes Fire at Ohio Plant (Bellevue, OH) May 12, 2012 viking210 Firefighters responded to a Friday evening fire on a line at the A. Schulman Inc. plant in Bellevue. An employee reported a fire on line 5, and firefighters found water on the floor from the sprinkler system and smoke in the building, said Lt. Tony Schaffer of the Bellevue Fire Department. The sprinkler system put out the fire after about 20 minutes, Schaffer said
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Fire sprinkler system aids firefighters in factory fire (Bend, OR) May 12, 2012 viking210 Firefighters arrived at a window and door factory fire to find that fire sprinklers had been activated by the flames. Fire crews extinguished the remaining flames. No one was reported injured.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Firefighters cite sprinklers value in factory fire (New Holland, PA) May 5, 2012 viking210 Firefighters report that the fire at a New Holland factory could have been a lot bigger, but the building was spared by something very small – the building’s fire sprinklers. “They had a sprinkler head inside the unit itself,” said Deputy Chief Jeff Martin of the Liberty Fire Company. “It got hot enough to activate that sprinkler head so actually the sprinkler head didn’t complete out, but it controlled the fire and held it into tact until we could get into it and completely extinguish it. That goes to show you, sprinkler systems do save property and they save jobs for employees, too.”
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Hoover factory fire doused by fire sprinklers (Canton, OH) April 9, 2012 viking210 Sprinklers activated and doused a fire that broke out in a Hoover, Inc. factory where sweeper bags are produced, Battalian Chief Ray Harple reported. No injuries were reported.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Damage minimized at GM plant thanks to fire sprinklers (Arlington, TX) March 26, 2012 viking210 After a fire broke out at a GM plant, fire sprinklers aided workers in suppressing the flames, GM spokesperson Donna McLallen said. The Arlington Fire Department said that while the call came into them at 12:08 p.m., the fire was out by 12:28 p.m. There were no injuries reported.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Sprinkler system aids firefighters at factory fire, no one injured (Lake Forest, IL) March 19, 2012 viking210 Sprinklers held the fire in check, and firefighters quickly put out the flames, according to Fire Media Affairs. The blaze didn’t spread beyond the hopper and no one was hurt.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Sprinkler system holds fire in check at small business (Muskegon, MI) February 14, 2012 viking210 Firefighters respond to small fire at KL Industries in Muskegon, No one injured
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Thanks to sprinkler system fire damage was kept to a minimum (Troy, OH) February 6, 2012 viking210 Thanks to an overhead sprinkler system, the building suffered minimal damage from fire inside a production area. Despite the fire, the company was at full production on Monday.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Sprinkler System Helped Contain Assembly Plant Fire (Avon Lake, OH) January 25, 2012 viking210 The plant’s sprinkler system and emergency response team had contained most of the fire before Avon Lake firefighters arrive, according to the fire department.
