Category Archives: Nursing Home/Senior Living
Sprinklers prove effectiveness in nursing home fire (Pleasanton, CA)
Sprinkler system aids firefighters at assisted living facility fire (Washington, DC)
Fire put out by by sprinkler system at home for senior cititzens (Corpus Christi, TX)
***Blog Editor’s Note – Please let us know what you think of the coverage by the NBC 6 News and journalist Bart Bedsole, who focused on water damage rather than the lives and property saved by the automatic fire sprinkler system.***
Fire sprinklers prove worth in nursing home fire (Burr Ridge, IL)
Sprinkler system suppresses fire at retirement home (Amarillo, TX)
Fire at senior living center contained with help of sprinkler system (Winston-Salem, NC)
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.
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.