Apartment Building, Residential Bel Air, MD – Apartment fire doused by sprinkler system, no injuries reported December 30, 2014 viking210 Before 9 p.m. Monday night, crews responded to a reported apartment fire and found a “smoldering mattress” in an apartment in the 200 block of Kings Crossing Circle, said Rich Gardiner, spokesman for the Harford County Volunteer Fire and EMS Association. The sprinkler system contained the fire, and there were no injuries as a result, Gardiner said.
Apartment Building, Residential North Las Vegas, NV – Fire at apartment complex extinguished by sprinkler system December 29, 2014 viking210 The fire occurred about 4 p.m. at 1705 Yale St., near West Owens and Main Streets. The sprinkler system extinguished most of the fire before firefighters arrived, North Las Vegas Fire Capt. Cedric Williams said. One fire victim was transported for smoke inhalation and the other was treated at the scene, told News 3. Williams said the unit had to be be briefly evacuated. The Red Cross was being called to assist residents. The cause of fire was not immediately available.
Apartment Building, Residential Herriman, UT – Mattress fire extinguished by sprinkler system at apartment complex December 28, 2014 viking210 The fire happened at the Farm Gate Apartments just after 3 p.m. Friday. Officials with the Unified Fire Authority say a mattress caught fire. The sprinkler system put out the fire but caused water damage to one or two units. At least one family was forced out of their apartment and two people were being checked for smoke inhalation.
Apartment Building, Residential Vallejo, CA – Apartment building blaze extinguished by sprinkler system December 26, 2014 viking210 At about 8:55 a.m. Wednesday, firefighters responded to a report of a fire in an apartment unit in Glen Cove Landing. The blaze originated from the bed area, but the exact cause was under investigation as of Wednesday afternoon. The fire was already extinguished by the sprinklers in the unit by the time firefighters arrived.
Apartment Building, Residential Corbin, KY – Apartment fire extinguished by sprinkler system December 24, 2014 viking210 Approximately 30 residents at a downtown Corbin apartment building were forced to evacuate the building just before Midnight Tuesday when a fire was sparked in a storage room. Corbin firefighters were called to Cooper Health Apartments at the intersection of Main and Gordon streets when a fire alarm was activated. Battalion Chief Larry Jones stated the fire was sparked in a small storage room off of the main office on the first floor by some type of electrical malfunction. Corbin Fire Chief Barry McDonald said a sprinkler head broke off sending water pouring onto the fire, extinguishing it. The sprinkler system had to be shut down because of the broken sprinkler head. With the system down, maintenance personnel had to establish a fire watch until it could be repaired.
Apartment Building, Residential Weirton, WV – Fire at apartment complex extinguished by sprinkler system December 19, 2014 viking210 The Weirton Fire Department responded to a call at the Freedom Place apartment complex on Main Street Wednesday afternoon for a fire on the fourth floor. The fire was contained and then extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system before firefighters reached the point of origin, according to Chief Jerry Shumate.
Apartment Building, Residential Layton, UT – Sprinkler system stops grease fire at apartment building December 13, 2014 viking210 A mother and her three children should be able to move back into their apartment, with their possessions virtually intact after a fire last week, thanks to an automatic sprinkler system that held a grease fire to the stove top. Layton fire crews were called to the fire at the Grayhawk Apartments, 2925 N. Church Street, where they found the woman standing outside her apartment building. “Fire crews found water coming from the second story landing of the complex,” Bitton said. “They entered the apartment and found one activated fire sprinkler running above the stove top and charred remains of a pan with tortillas in the sink.” Fire crews have seen numerous incidents where tenants would be displaced from their living space and their personal items and furnishing damaged beyond use without sprinkler systems, Bitton said. “Although devastating for this mother and her children, they can reoccupy with no significant fire damage spread,”Bitton said. The apartment complex’s sprinkler system is designed with a calibrated premix of glycerin to ensure there would be no freezing in the attic or breezeway areas, something Bitton said Layton fire officials are impressed with.
Apartment Building, Residential Muncie, IN – Sprinkler systems helps extinguish fire in loft apartment building December 12, 2014 viking210 Terry Moore, Muncie Fire Department battalion chief, said a woman was in the process of moving her mother into an apartment on the seventh (and top) floor of the former Roberts Hotel when she placed a bag of clothing on the stove — and apparently accidentally turned on a burner. The resulting fire was for the most part extinguished by a ceiling sprinkler. Fire damage was minimal. “The sprinkler did what it is supposed to do,” the battalion chief said. A few tenants, some in wheelchairs, stayed outside the building for several minutes.
Apartment Building, Residential Minneapolis, MN – Sprinkler system activates to help contain high-rise apartment fire December 9, 2014 viking210 A fire in a high-rise apartment building on the 300 block of Lowry Avenue North was reported just before 4 p.m. Monday. The sprinkler system activated to help control the fire. Minneapolis Public Housing was called to the scene to help residents who will be displaced as a result of this fire and water from the sprinkler system.
Apartment Building, Residential Sisters, OR – Apartment fire extinguished by single sprinkler head December 3, 2014 viking210 A kitchen fire was quickly extinguished when the fire sprinkler system activated and put out a fire at 555 N. Larch St. in Sisters last week. Occupants were frying food on the kitchen range in high temperature oil and then left the kitchen for a brief time, according to statements from the residents. Residents were then alerted to the smoke alarm sounding. When the residents returned to the kitchen they saw three-foot flames above their frying pan. The fire only activated one sprinkler which extinguished the fire before firefighters arrived. Fire Chief Roger Johnson is thankful that the apartment complex was equipped with a fire sprinkler system; without it there is a very good chance the fire would have consumed the apartment or even the building.
