(NO MEDIA COVERAGE – Fire Department Reported)Monday in Brockton apparatus responded to a master box in a 10 story residential high-rise housing the elderly/ disabled. The result was a mattress fire in a bedroom on the 10th floor. One Sprinkler Head extinguished fire and held it until FD arrival. Address 1380 Main Street, Brockton, MA
Category Archives: Nursing Home/Senior Living
Grand Forks, ND – Sprinkler system contains fire on 6th floor of apartment building for seniors and disabled
Waterloo, ON, Canada – Fire at retirement home contained to one unit by sprinkler system
West Windsor, NJ – Arson fire at senior apartment complex extinguished by sprinklers
Wasilla, AK – Sprinklers keep porch fire from extending into assisted living structures
Brownwood, TX – Sprinklers put out overnight fire at nursing and rehabilitation center
Annapolis, MD – Sprinklers extinguish fire at senior apartment complex; No injuries reported
Bolivar, TN – Nursing home fire controlled by sprinkler system (NO MEDIA COVERAGE)
*** NO MEDIA COVERAGE – FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED ***
On 1/24/15 at approximately 5:02 PM the Bolivar Fire Department was dispatched to the scene of a structure fire at 700 Nuckolls Road. Pine Meadows Healthcare is located at this addressed. Units responding to the scene, arriving at 1704 hours, found that a dryer had overheated causing the fire. The sprinkler system (two heads) had activated and contained the fire to the laundry room until firefighters arrived on scene.
Pine Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, a Bolivar Nursing Home, located approximately 60 miles east of Memphis, is dedicated to meeting the healthcare needs of Bolivar, and surrounding communities.