Manufacturing, Paper Mill / Saw Mill Revelstoke, BC – Sprinklers aid firefighters in suppressing blaze at sawmill May 13, 2015 viking210 A section of a Revelstoke sawmill was badly damaged in an early morning fire Wednesday. Fire Crews were called to the Downie Timber mill just after 6:00 a.m. “Upon arrival, fire crews found heavy fire damage in the millwright area and light smoke on the second floor”, says fire chief Rob Girard. Girard says it took just under an hour for 22 firefighters to extinguish and overhaul the blaze with the mill’s sprinkler system doing most of the suppression work. “I am really pleased with the results of the sprinklers suppression in the fire area. We realize how important this mill is to the community”. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Food Processing, Manufacturing Simpsonville, KY – Fire at Purnell Sausage factory contained by sprinkler system May 11, 2015 viking210 No one was hurt when a fire broke out at a sausage factory in Simpsonville on Saturday. Shelby County dispatchers confirmed the fire started just after 6 p.m. at their building in the 6900 block of Shelbyville Road in Simpsonville, Kentucky. Two fire departments responded to fight the flames. The fire reportedly happened in the freezer room. Employees say the sprinkler system kept the fire contained. No injuries have been reported at this time.
Manufacturing, Power / Energy Facility Buchanan, NY – Transformer fire at nuclear power plant doused with help from sprinkler system May 10, 2015 viking210 As reported by CNN … a transformer failure at the Indian Point nuclear power plant caused an explosion and fire at the facility Saturday evening, sending billows of black smoke into the air near Buchanan, New York. The fire broke out on the non-nuclear side of the plant, about 200 yards away from the reactor building, according to Entergy spokesman Jerry Nappi. “The fire is out and the plant is safe and stable,” Nappi said. Federal officials said one reactor unit automatically shut down. No one was injured in the blaze. A sprinkler system doused the fire with the help of personnel on the scene, Nappi said. There was “no threat to public safety at any time,” the facility said in a tweet. “All Indian Point emergency systems worked as designed.” Multiple emergency services agencies responded to the explosion at the plant, located approximately 50 miles north of Manhattan, including the Westchester County and New York State Police. “We saw just a huge black ball of smoke right across the river,” witness Gustavus Gricius told CNN. “We could smell the oily, electric burn smell.” Gov. Andrew Cuomo was at the plant and received a briefing on the accident. He called the incident “relatively minor” but added, “these situations we take very seriously. This is a nuclear-powered plant; it’s nothing to be trifled with.” The blast sent the facility into an emergency response situation classified as an “unusual event,” according to Nappi. The event was declared at 5:50 p.m. and the fire was out by 6:15 p.m. Neil Sheehan, a spokesman for the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said the agency had three inspectors respond. “They’re cooling down the reactor and we’ll have to investigate the cause of the fire,” he said. The facility houses two nuclear reactor units and produces approximately 25% of the electricity for New York City and Westchester County, according to its website.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Rowesville, SC – Sprinkler system aids firefighters in challenging industrial fire May 4, 2015 viking210 North American Container is cleaning up after a blaze early Saturday morning. The Rowesville Fire Department responded to the Garland Road facility at about 2:30 a.m. following the report of an explosion, Orangeburg County Chief Fire Operations Officer Teddy Wolfe said. The first units reported heavy fire near an exterior wall of a building at the facility. The facility had a working sprinkler system that activated and was able to hold the fire at bay until firefighters were able to assemble for an interior fire attack, Wolfe said. LP gas cylinders near the fire exploded, leading to structural damage near the source from both the explosions and heat. The large amount of stacked wood products created a challenge for firefighters during salvage and overhaul, Wolfe said. More than 35 firefighters responded in all. Wolfe said one person received a very minor injury after the initial attack. The cause of the fire is under investigation. North American Container Corp. employs 400 people in the manufacture of bulk shipping containers.
Manufacturing, Other - Manufacturing Portage, MI – Fire at Stryker Medical extinguished by sprinkler system May 1, 2015 viking210 Stryker Corp. had to be evacuated Wednesday evening after a fire broke out in one of the building’s machine shops. At 6:32 p.m. Wednesday, the Portage Fire Department responded to reports of a fire alarm activation in Stryker Medical, located at 3800 E Center Avenue in Portage, according to Portage Battalion Chief Rick Nason. Within 64 seconds, the first fire crew arrived on scene and witnessed the company’s employees evacuating the building, though “reported nothing showing on the building’s exterior,” Nason said. Inside, investigators discovered smoke billowing in one of the building’s machine rooms, located on the west side of the structure. “We responded non-emergency to the alarm and upgraded the call,” Nason said, adding three engines responded to the scene after firefighters discovered the smoke, as well as water spread by the company’s sprinkler system. “It was a big enough fire to set off the system, but it was contained,” Nason said, adding the sprinkler system extinguished the blaze. “There’s some plastic that’s burned up, next to a machine,” Nason added of the damages sustained during the fire. Firefighters worked for more than an hour clearing water and smoke from the building. No one was injured during the incident. The cause is under investigation.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant York, PA – Machine fire at metal component manufacturer controlled by sprinkler system May 1, 2015 viking210 Smoke puffed out of the Gamlet Incorporated building on Tuesday after a machine caught on fire at the business. York City Assistant Fire Chief Chad Deardorff said the sprinkler system in the building controlled the fire. Deardorff said the cause of and damage from the fire has not yet been determined. No inuries were reported.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Montreal, QC, Canada – Sprinklers put out suspicious overnight fire at glass manufacturer April 30, 2015 viking210 Montreal police are investigating a suspicious fire that happened in Anjou overnight. Officers discovered the fire after they responded to a burglar alarm shortly after midnight at a glass manufacturer. Firefighters were called to the scene at Industries Cover Inc., located on Ray Lawson Boulevard, just north of Jarry Street East. The fire was quickly put out by the automatic sprinkler system. The damage was minimal.
Manufacturing, Paper Mill / Saw Mill Lincoln, ME – Sprinkler system helps save wood mill from extensive damage April 29, 2015 viking210 A sprinkler system helped save a Main Street wood mill from extensive damage in a nagging fire that took about three hours to contain on Tuesday. No injuries were reported, firefighters said. Passers-by reported the fire at about 4:20 p.m. at LMJ Enterprises, 431 Main St., police said. The mill’s screening equipment and some other machinery at the east end of the main building were destroyed, Lincoln fire Capt. Bob Bean said. The mill, which makes wood shavings for animal bedding, would have taken heavy damage had the flames been carried by the mill’s conveyer belts from the screening equipment into the mill’s attic area, Bean said. “The fire did not get into the mill,” Bean said Tuesday. “The sprinkler system kicked in, and that bought us enough time to get a handle on it.”
Manufacturing, Paper Mill / Saw Mill Spokane, WA – Fire at paper manufacturer put out with help from sprinkler system April 24, 2015 viking210 What could have turned into a raging inferno was instead a smoldering mess thanks to the sprinkler system installed at Inland Empire Paper. Fire crews responded to the paper mill on Argonne just after 2:30 p.m. on April 15 for a fire in the recycling building. Employees were unloading giant bundles of recycled materials that were held together with metal bands, said Spokane Valley Fire Department spokeswoman Melanie Rose. The metal of one of the bands scraped across the floor, got hot and ignited the bundled paper, Rose said. Crews were able to put out the fire quickly with help from the sprinkler system. The quick response was due in part to the department’s pre-incident planning, Rose said. “We already knew what was in there,” she said. Crews from Spokane County Fire District 8 assisted at the fire and crews from Spokane County Fire District 9 staffed several Valley Fire stations while crews were at the paper mill. Inland Empire Paper is owned by Cowles Co., which also owns The Spokesman-Review.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Wapakoneta, OH – Sprinklers assist firefighters in dousing overnight fire at Koneta rubber plant April 23, 2015 viking210 Operations shut down temporarily at the Koneta rubber plant Tuesday night after a fire forced an evacuation and caused damages. Wapakoneta Fire Chief Kendall Krites.Second shift workers noticed flames on the ceiling, which is estimated 35 to 40 feet high, above where the presses run in the process of making mud flaps and other rubber products, Krites said. Ignited material dropped onto the floor and caught some of the product on fire, Krites said. About eight workers had to evacuate the building. Fire crews arrived and the building’s sprinkler system started to work to put out flames. Krites said dousing the flames created extremely smoky conditions, which created difficult conditions for the firefighters. Krites expected damage assessment and cleanup will take the rest of the week. Mutual aid was provided from Buckland and Uniopolis. There were no injuries
