The Winston-Salem Fire Department responded to a call of smoke in a hall and flames in the ceiling shortly after 7:30 p.m. Firefighters found a recliner in the room on the room on fire. The facility’s sprinkler system largely contained the fire and firefighters had the blaze extinguished in about five minutes, said Battalion Chief Frank Stowe.
Category Archives: Nursing Home/Senior Living
Senior living facility fire suppressed by fire sprinkler system (Madison, WI)
Fire sprinklers prove worth in senior living facility (Casa de Vallejo, CA)
An unattended pot on a stove was to blame for the fire which caused the evacuation of a senior living facility in the early morning hours of June 5. The fire sprinklers activated and quickly suppressed the fire. No injuries were reported. ***Blog Editor’s Note – Please let us know what you think of the coverage by the Times-Herald and journalist Rachel Raskin-Zrihen, who focused on water damage rather than the lives and property saved by the automatic fire sprinkler system. ***
Senior living facility fire contained by fire sprinklers (Tinley Park, IL)
*** FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED – NO MEDIA COVERAGE *** A fire which broke out in a senior living facility on April 28 was controlled by the facility’s fire sprinkler. The cause of the fire was food cooking that was left unattended. No injuries were reported.
Kitchen fire at senior citizen complex extinguished by sprinkler system (Stamford, CT)
Fire sprinklers show worth in retirement home fire (Gig Harbor, WA)
Sprinkler system controls fire at assisted living facility (Madison, WI)
Sprinkler system extinguishes laundry room fire at Alzheimer’s care facility (Edmonds, WA)
This is not the first time a fire sprinkler system has extinguished a blaze at the facility, fire officials said. In August 2011, a sprinkler put out a fire in a hot water tank near the facility’s kitchen.
