Category Archives: Nursing Home/Senior Living

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Mt. Juliet, TN – Sprinkler system contains fire at nursing home

Mt. Juliet firefighters went to a late-night kitchen fire at Mt. Juliet Nursing and Rehabilitation on Thursday after the commercial fire alarm and water-flow alarm system alerted them.

Emergency crews responded to the fire at about 10:40 p.m. at 2650 N. Mt. Juliet Road and found fire in a trashcan and several boxes in the nursing facility’s kitchen. The facility’s sprinkler system contained the fire, and responding firefighters used a 2.5-gallon water extinguisher to finish the job.

Firefighters checked each room of the facility to ensure there was no additional fire or smoke, and they found the facility was safe with no injuries reported. No residents were evacuated, and the facility remained safe and operational after crews left the scene.

Mt. Juliet police and Wilson Emergency Management Agency paramedics also went to the nursing home. Mt. Juliet firefighters said the cause of the fire remained under investigation.

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

St. Thomas, ON, Canada – Sprinkler system helps control nursing home fire

Clean-up efforts continued Monday at a St. Thomas retirement home after a fire last Saturday night. A few dozen residents remain displaced by the fire, but officials are saying things could have been much worse if it wasn’t for the safety precautions in place. A recent fire safety drill at Caressant Care may have prevented mass casualties over the weekend.

Bill Todd, St. Thomas fire prevention officer, says, “In November we did a timed drill in that wing, with staff…Here we are less than two months later doing the real thing…So training helps.” When first responders arrived four minutes after a 911 call, staff were already transporting patients from the nursing home wing, to the retirement side.

Clive Hubbard, an investigator with the Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office, says “The staff at this facility did a great job of following their fire safety plan and getting [patients] from the fire zone to a safety zone.” Not only were staff prepared, but the building was as well. After a massive fire in Orillia, Ont. in 2009 new legislation required nursing homes to have sprinkler systems in place by 2025. Caressant Care did a proactive retrofit five years ago. Todd says, “This fire would have been a whole lot worse if it wasn’t for sprinklers…It doesn’t put out a fire but delays, in this case it did exactly what it was supposed to do.”

And first responders kicked into high gear as well. At the height of the fire there were 36 firefighters and more than ten EMS vehicles on Bonnie Place, with others alerted

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Katy, TX – (no media coverage) Kitchen fire at senior living center extinguished by sprinkler system

(Fire Department Reported — No Media Coverage): On 01/24/2019 at approximately 0915 hours, unit 4006 responded to a commercial building fire located at 21939 Cinco Ranch (Sunrise Senior Living). Willowfork Fire Department was on scene requesting an investigator from the Fort Bend County Fire Marshal’s Office to make location. Upon arrival, a small cooking fire was determined to have occurred. One sprinkler head activated and extinguished the fire. There was minor smoke damage to the ceiling above where the cooking was taking place. The occupant sustained minor injuries to his hand.

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Burlington, NC – Fire in linen closet at senior living facility snuffed out by sprinkler system

Sprinklers put out a fire in a linen closet Wednesday, Jan. 23, at a Burlington senior living facility. The Burlington Fire Department responded to Brookdale Burlington, 3615 S. Mebane St., about 4:45 p.m. All occupants had been evacuated to safe areas, and the sprinkler system had confined the fire to the closet. Damage was estimated at $500 to the structure and contents. “This incident highlights the benefits of having a functional automatic fire sprinkler system where damage was very minimal and no injuries to occupants or firefighters occurred,” the Fire Department said. Eighteen fire personnel were involved in the response and investigation.

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Moosic, PA – Laundry fire at assisted living facility contained with help from sprinkler system; No injuries reported

Some residents had to be removed from an assisted living facility in Lackawanna County on a very cold night after a dryer caught fire. Fire crews were called to Oakwood Terrace in Moosic around 8 p.m. last Wednesday. The assisted living facility along Gleason Drive is home to 45 elderly people. The fire started in the laundry room, and fire crews say the sprinkler system activated which helped contain the flames. Crews were forced to evacuate part of the building. With the help of police, ambulance crews, staff members, and some bystanders, 15 residents were moved to Moosic Alliance Community Church right across the street. The other 30 residents remained inside Oakwood Terrace.

“Right now, we’re working on the salvage. We’re working on getting some of the water off the floor from the hose line, and our intention tonight is to get everyone back in the building,” said Old Forge Fire Chief Mark Tagliaterra. No injuries were reported in this fire, and crews credit the overwhelming amount of manpower with getting these residents to safety, quickly. Those 15 residents were able to go back into Oakwood Terrace late Wednesday night.

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

White Bear Lake, MN – Electrical fire at senior apartment building contained by sprinkler system

Ten seniors had to be evacuated from The Waters after an electrical cord apparently shorted in one resident’s apartment the morning of Dec. 29. “It was the cord leading to an alarm clock,” said White Bear Lake Fire Chief Greg Peterson. The fire on the third floor was controlled by the apartment buildings sprinkler system. Firefighters arrived and extinguished the fire. Four other fire departments assisted at the scene. Three people had minor injuries — burns and smoke inhalation, Peterson said. They were taken to local hospitals.

Apartment Building, Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Blandon, PA – Sprinkler system activates in overnight fire at senior residential complex

State Police at Reading investigated a fire around 11 p.m. Wednesday night at Keystone Villa that left multiple residents displaced. Crews found a smoke condition throughout one portion of the structure on the second floor and fire at a wall mounted heating/air conditioning unit. The building was evacuated by employees and crews extinguished the fire. An employee was treated at the scene and two residents were transported for non-life threatening injuries, police say. The damage estimate is unknown … <there was> activation of the sprinkler system. The fire is classified as accidental. The Red Cross was on scene providing assistance to displaced residents.

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Chattanooga, TN – Sprinkler system helps control fire at assisted living facility

No one was injured when a laundry room at a Chattanooga assisted living facility caught fire Sunday. Just after noon, Chattanooga firefighters were called to The Lantern at Morning Pointe on Shallowford Road. With the help of the facility’s sprinkler system, the fire was contained to the laundry room, according to the Chattanooga Fire Department. Follow this story to get email or text alerts from WRCB when there is a future article following this storyline. As a precaution, some residents were evacuated. Others were asked to shelter in place until the emergency was over. CFD Chief Schroyer said it appears the fire started in or near a clothes dryer. The blaze has been ruled accidental.

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Easton, MD – Sprinkler system controls fire at senior citizen apartment complex; No injuries reported

The Maryland State Fire Marshal’s office is crediting smoke alarms and a sprinkler system for saving 18 senior citizens during an apartment complex fire.

According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s office, around 12:15 p.m. on Friday, a wall mounted HVAC unit in the Asbury Senior Apartment Complex failed and caused a fire. The fire escalated to a two alarm fire, causing $15,000 in damage to the structure and $5,000 in damages to the building contests, authorities say.

The fire marshal reports that 18 senior citizens were evacuated from the building during the fire, assisted by the Easton Police Department. The fire marshal says the smoke alarms helped alert the seniors and the sprinklers controlled the fire before 70 firefighters responded to the complex.

While all the seniors escaped, authorities say they have been displaced from the East Dover Street complex due to the damage. The Maryland State Fire Marshal’s office says the American Red Cross is assisting the displaced senior citizens. 

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Wilkes-Barre, PA – Overnight fire in senior living center extinguished by sprinkler system; No injuries reported

City Fire Chief Jay Delaney said Wednesday a commercial dryer fire forced the evacuation of 61 residents from a senior living facility on North Sherman Street late Tuesday.  Residents returned to North Penn Manor at approximately 1 a.m. Wednesday, about three hours after the fire broke out in the laundry area of the facility.  Delaney praised building staff for a “well-coordinated evacuation” of residents, many wearing nightgowns and bed clothing when the fire broke out at about 10 p.m. Tuesday.

Residents initially were outside in two separate parking lots in cold temperatures. A sprinkler system extinguished the blaze that was contained to the laundry room.  Delaney said after conversing with the code enforcement office, it was decided it was safe for residents to go inside another part of the building.

“The staff did an excellent job at removing the residents in an orderly manner,” the chief said. “Given the time of night, residents were outside in nightgowns and bed clothing and hypothermia could quickly set in. After meeting with the city code enforcement, it was (determined to be) safe to place them in another wing of the building.”  Residents were then moved next door where the Wyoming Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross has its building.  No injuries were reported. Ambulance companies from Hanover Township, Kingston and Plains Township plus TransMed assisted at the scene.