Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential High Rise Bradenton, FL – Fire at senior and assisted living facility extinguished by sprinkler system August 24, 2016 viking210 A kitchen fire has damaged apartments in a Manatee County assisted living facility. According to the facility management, a guest of a resident at the Westminister Towers & Shores left a basket on a stovetop. The contents inside the basket soon caught fire. The fire was quickly contained and extinguished by the automatic fire sprinkler system and Bradenton Fire Department. No one was injured during the fire. Westminster Towers & Shores will be relocating the three residents whose apartments need to be restored.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential North East, MD – Kitchen fire at senior apartment complex extinguished by sprinkler system; State troopers rescue elderly residents August 22, 2016 viking210 Six Maryland state troopers helped rescue several people from a fire at a senior apartment complex. State police said troopers were called around 11 p.m. Thursday to help North East police and fire crews at a fire at the Victoria Park Apartments in the 500 block of South Main Street. State police said the troopers entered the burning building without protective gear or breathing apparatus. The troopers carried five residents to safety before returning to the building to search for others. There were no deaths and only minor injuries were reported. According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office, the fire started in a kitchen and was extinguished by the sprinkler system. The fire caused about $10,000 in damage to the structure and the contents.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Brattleboro, VT – Sprinkler system contains fire at nursing home to laundry area; No injuries reported August 20, 2016 viking210 About 54 people were evacuated Wednesday from a nursing home in Brattleboro after a fire started in a commercial clothes dryer. The Brattleboro Fire Department was called at 3:55 p.m. to the Thompson House Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at 80 Maple St. Authorities said the two-alarm fire started in a dryer, which set off the sprinkler system in the building. The water from the sprinkler system kept the fire contained to the laundry room. Residents were taken next door to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital while the smoke cleared the building. No injuries were reported. The Brattleboro Fire Department was assisted by firefighters from Keene, Guilford, Putney, Hinsdale and Chesterfield.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Scottsbluff, NE – Overnight fire in attic of senior care home extinguished by sprinkler system August 9, 2016 viking210 Scottsbluff Fire Capt. Dan Hubbs said firefighters responded to an alarm the Golden Living Center at about 1:30 a.m. Occupants reported smelling smoke and staff evacuated the wing. A fire was found in the attic space above the chapel area at the fire. The sprinkler system had activated and the fire was extinguished quickly. The cause of the fire has been determined to be electrical in nature.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Randolph, NJ – Laundry fire at assisted living home extinguished by sprinkler system August 7, 2016 viking210 A small dryer fire at an assisted living home forced residents out of the building for about an hour Thursday evening, according to officials. At about 7 p.m. Thursday, firefighters responded to Bright View Randolph, an independent and assisted living home located between Quaker Church Road and Route 10, for a report of a fire, Fire Official Richard Briant said. The fire originated in a basement dryer located in one of the senior living facility’s buildings and was extinguished by a sprinkler before officials arrived on scene, Briant said. The fire was contained to the dryer itself, with no additional smoke or fire damage caused to the surrounding area, Briant said. Residents and employees evacuated the building as a precaution, but were able to re-enter by 8 p.m. No injuries were reported and a specific cause of the fire was not determined. An employee at Bright View said everything was operating normally Friday morning.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Lompoc, CA – Sprinkler systems keeps fire at nursing home from spreading July 26, 2016 viking210 The spontaneous combustion of rags used to clean kitchen grease is what caused a fire at a Lompoc nursing home Sunday night, according to the Lompoc Fire Department. Firefighters responded at about 7:42 p.m. to the location on the 1400 block of West North Avenue and assisted staff and police with the evacuation of the 60 patients, fire officials say. The fire was reportedly contained to the laundry room and a fire sprinkler system is being credited for keeping the flames from spreading. Patients and staff were allowed back inside while crews worked to put out the flames and remove smoke and water from the building. Damage is estimated at $2,000. No one was injured. The executive director of the facility says operations have returned to normal. Crews from Santa Barbara County and Vandenberg fire departments also assisted.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Gibsons, BC, Canada – Early morning fire at assisted living complex doused by sprinkler system July 15, 2016 viking210 Eighty-five residents of Christenson Village in Gibsons had to be evacuated early Saturday morning after a fire in one of the units. The Gibsons and District Fire Department said a toaster was left on a stove top, which was accidentally turned on. Fire officials said the building’s sprinkler system kicked in and quickly doused the fire. Julie Williams of the Good Samaritan Society, which runs Christenson Village, said the damage is still being assessed and they can’t say when the person who lives in the unit where the fire broke out will be able to return. Williams adds that the Society is thankful for the quick actions of its staff and the local fire department in dealing with the incident.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Somers, CT – Sprinkler system limits spread of fire at senior housing complex July 6, 2016 viking210 Five occupants were injured early Sunday morning as a result of a fire that broke out in a woman’s apartment at the Woodcrest Senior Housing complex at 75 Battle St., a fire official said. The fire was contained to the living room of a second-floor apartment, Fire Chief John Roache said today. The elderly woman who lived in the apartment was rescued by firefighters and bystanders and taken to Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stafford, he said. Another elderly woman from a different apartment suffered minor back injuries during the evacuation of the building and was transported to Johnson Memorial Hospital, Roache said. Both women have been released from the hospital, he said. Three additional occupants suffered smoke inhalation but refused to be taken to the hospital and were treated at the scene, he said. The Fire Department responded to an automatic fire alarm at the apartment complex just after 1 a.m. Sunday, Roache said. Firefighters extinguished the fire “in seconds” and the building’s sprinkler system was instrumental in keeping the situation from escalating, he said. “Smoke detectors and automatic sprinklers stopped this from being much worse,” Roache said. He said a lamp cord that ran along a couch in the living room of the apartment where the fire started appears to have caused the blaze. The cord had likely sustained damage over time due to being placed in the couch’s reclining section, Roache said. This damage appears to have caused a short, he added. The tenant of the apartment where the fire started is currently staying with family members while her residence is repaired, Roache said. He did not have the names of those who were injured.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Santa Cruz, CA – Laundry room fire at assisted living center held in check by sprinkler system June 30, 2016 viking210 Residents of Paradise Villa Assisted Living on 17th Avenue were evacuated Monday morning after a fire broke out in a laundry room. No one was injured, said Central Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Breasher. The blaze started about 9:55 a.m. at the two-story complex at 2177 17th Ave. in Live Oak. Residents were evacuated as thick smoke spread from a laundry room, Breasher said. Firefighters found a clothes dryer on fire. “The automatic fire sprinkler system activated and held the fire in check until the firefighters could finish extinguishing the flames,” Breasher said. It took about 15 minutes to contain the blaze and 30 minutes to fully control it, Breasher said. Members of the American Red Cross of the Central Coast provided shade tents and drinking water to 23 residents and nine employees who were evacuated, Breasher said. Firefighters removed smoke and water from the building and residents were allowed to return. Firefighters continued to investigate the exact cause of the fire on Tuesday. Santa Cruz Fire, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office, American Medical Response, California Highway Patrol and PG&E also responded.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Arcola, IL – Fire at senior living facility contained to one room by sprinkler system June 29, 2016 viking210 In a fire minutes count. Practice and training pay off. On Saturday morning at about 1:30am staff at Carriage Crossing in the Green Mill Village development in Arcola noticed smoke. Within moments are fire sprinkler was activated and staff at the assisted living facility began evacuating residents near the area of the fire. With the help of firefighters all 46 residents were removed from the building. “Those individuals and those residents were out within seven minutes. So the training paid off. Everyone stayed very calm,” Cassie Yoder of Green Mill Village told WAND’s Doug Wolfe. “Residents were with the people they knew.” Residents are now housed in the adjoining Best Western Plus which is a sister property to Carriage Crossing. Residents and staff have settled in to a normal routine. On Monday, clean-up was underway. “Most of the damage is just from the sprinkler system and water damage,” said co-owner Jeff Bentley. “It’s contained to one room and at this point we don’t know what caused it yet.” Bentley says his company has constructed a new facility in Champaign that is similar to the one in Arcola. His staff is attempting to get state licensing to speed up so some of the residents can be moved to Champaign. The state fire marshal’s office was at Carriage Crossing on Monday attempting to determine a cause of the fire.
