Category Archives: Nursing Home/Senior Living

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Ellicott City, MD – Fire at assisted living facility quickly controlled with help from sprinkler system

There was an apartment fire in Ellicott City Monday at an assisted living facility, according to officials. It was quickly controlled with help from sprinklers, authorities said. Fire broke out in a second-floor apartment at Selborne House in the 5300 block of Dorsey Hall Drive, the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services reported on Monday, March 25. A sprinkler controlled the flames, and firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze, officials reported; it was out by 6 p.m.

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Cherryland, CA – Sprinkler system extinguished fire at assisted living center

One resident of Landmark Villa Senior Residential & Assisted Living center in Cherryland suffered smoke inhalation in a fire early Friday morning. The victim was transported by ambulance to the hospital for treatment.

The Alameda County Fire Department responded to the cooking fire at 4:17 a.m. The building’s sprinkler system doused the flames before firefighters arrived.

Water damage is reported in the room where the fire started and the room below it. The fire started on the third floor.

Cherryland is in unincorporated Hayward.

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Baton Rouge, LA – Fire at assisted living center extinguished by sprinkler system; No injuries to residents or firefighters

Firefighters responded to a fire at Amber Terrace assisted living facility on Summa Avenue last Thursday afternoon. Officials with the St. George Fire Department say firefighters were dispatched at 12:45 p.m. on Friday, Mar. 1. They arrived to find the building in a haze of smoke. A second alarm was called to help with evacuating the building. The fire started in an air handling unit. An overhead sprinkler system activated and extinguished the fire. Damage was contained to the room containing the air handler. No residents or firefighters were injured in the incident, the St. George Fire Department confirms.

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Waterloo, IL – Sprinkler system quickly knocks down fire at senior living community

The Waterloo Fire Department and Waterloo Police Department responded shortly after 9:20 p.m. Wednesday to a small fire at the Garden Place senior living community, 735 Columbia Avenue.

No injuries were reported in the incident, and fire officials praised an in-house sprinkler system for quickly knocking down the blaze.

Waterloo Fire Chief Aaron Shive said the fire was contained to one room of an assisted living apartment and was caused by an electric malfunction on a wall heating unit.

Other than the heating unit itself, there was no other fire damage, Shive said. There was water damage and small smoke damage as a result of the fire.

“The sprinkler system really did its job,” Shive said. “It sprayed so heavy that the fire was knocked down before it could spread anywhere.”

Adult Care/Rehab Center, Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Davenport, IA – Overnight fire at memory care center put out by sprinkler system

A fire was sparked inside a resident’s room at the Country Manor Memory Care in Davenport on West 46th Street. It happened around 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 14, Fire Chief Paul Hartman said. The fire was contained and put out quickly by the building’s sprinkler system. Everyone in the building is safe. It’s unclear what started the fire.

Apartment Building, Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Savannah, GA – Overnight cooking fire at senior apartment building contained with help from sprinkler system

Ten residents of the Rose of Sharon apartments in Savannah cannot go home Sunday after a cooking fire triggered the sprinkler system and flooded several units Saturday night. It happened just after 11 p.m. Savannah Fire Rescue responded to the Rose of Sharon senior-living apartments. They say a resident on the fourth floor was cooking when a pot caught fire and activated the sprinkler system. He was transported to hospital for smoke inhalation. The water damage displaced 10 residents. Two residents sought assistance from the Red Cross. Eight found temporary housing on their own. Savannah Fire Rescue recommends that you never leave food unattended while it is cooking. Always set a timer as a reminder and turn the stove and oven off if you have to leave the house.

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.