Apartment Building, Residential Fremont, NE – Overnight fire in high-rise apartment building contained by sprinkler system January 26, 2015 viking210 The automatic sprinkler system kept an early morning fire at Stanton Tower from becoming worse. Fremont Fire Department crews were called to the eighth floor of Stanton Tower at 3:56 a.m. Friday. “The sprinkler system is priceless,” Capt. Pat Tawney said. Tawney said it appears the resident had left a placed a piece of wood on top of the stove and then a microwave on top of that. So far, it’s undetermined how the fire started. Smoke was contained to the eighth floor of the high-rise apartment building. Typically, Tawney said, the department recommends residents at either Gifford Tower or Stanton Tower remain in their apartments and place a towel at the bottom of the door when there is a fire in another unit until firefighters ask them to evacuate. Sprinklers and the concrete construction of the buildings help keep fires from spreading.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Oklahoma City, OK – Sprinklers contain overnight fire at senior living complex to one room January 25, 2015 viking210 Around 2 a.m. Sunday, Oklahoma City firefighters responded to Wesley Village housing complex. Fire crews said a sprinkler system was activated, helping keep a fire contained to just one room on the third floor in the building, limiting the overall damage. Nearly 60 occupants were successfully evacuated. Officials said it appeared a resident fell asleep smoking, causing the fire.
Residence Hall/Dormitory, Residential Langley, BC, Canada – Fire in dorm at Trinity Western University stopped by sprinkler system January 25, 2015 viking210 A sprinkler system installed in the dorms at Trinity Western University a few years ago is being credited for stopping a fire from spreading last Wednesday morning. Township firefighters were called out to one of the dormitories on campus, after a couch erupted in flames around 7:30 a.m. The couch was in one of the common areas and so far, fire investigators don’t know what caused it to catch on fire. “It’s still under investigation,” said Assistant Fire Chief Pat Walker. The sprinklers put out the fire as firefighters arrived.
Apartment Building, Residential Fargo, ND – Sprinklers limit damage in apartment kitchen fire January 22, 2015 viking210 Sprinklers saved an apartment from more serious fire damage Wednesday, the Fargo Fire Department said in a news release. A stove fire, caused by unattended cooking, in at an apartment at 4936 47th St. S. was put out by two sprinkler heads by the time firefighters responded at about 4:50 p.m.
Apartment Building, Residential Rockland, ME – Sprinkler extinguishes fire in 44-unit downtown apartment building; No injuries January 21, 2015 viking210 A fire damaged one apartment and a business Monday evening in a historic downtown apartment complex. The fire chief said a sprinkler head extinguished the fire in the one apartment where the fire broke out. There were no injuries but the fire at the Thorndike Building kept Rockland firefighters at the scene for more than two hours. Residents of the 44-unit apartment complex were evacuated. The fire was reported at 5:25 p.m. by a resident of a second-floor apartment at the Thorndike, a four-story brick complex that has businesses on the Main Street level and apartments on the upper two floors. The fire is not believed to be of suspicious origin, said Rockland Fire Chief Adam Miceli. The state fire marshal’s office has been called in to assist in the investigation but Miceli said there was work being done outside the building near the second floor rear apartment and which may be connected to the fire. While there was smoke in the hallways, there was no real smoke damage in those areas.
Apartment Building, Residential Edina, MN – Fire department confirms December fire in multi-family dwelling extinguished by sprinkler system January 17, 2015 viking210 Dec. 10 – An arc from an electrical appliance reportedly ignited fumes from flammable paint thinner used in remodeling on the 3200 block of Galleria. Fire sprinkler heads extinguished fire.
Residential, Townhouse / Condominium Toms River, NJ – Fire sprinklers praised for effectiveness in condominium fire January 16, 2015 viking210 A fire at the North Point Hollow condominium complex Thursday night caused only minor heat, smoke and water damage, after the condominium’s sprinkler system was activated by the fire, said James Mercready, director of the Toms River Bureau of Fire Prevention. Smoke alarms alerted a neighbor, who called the fire in at 5:25 p.m., he said. The Pleasant Plains and Silverton fire companies responded and upon arrival, Pleasant Plains Fire Chief David George forced entry into the first-floor unit and found a heavy smoke condition, Mercready said. Upon further investigation, George found a single fire sprinkler activated and spraying water in a bedroom where it appears the fire originated, he said. “The effectiveness of fire sprinklers has once again been proven as there was only minor heat, smoke and water damage in the affected unit, with no structural damage occurring to the building,” Mercready said.
Apartment Building, Residential Normal, IL – Apartment fire that started in clothes dryer contained with help of sprinkler system January 14, 2015 viking210 A fire in a clothes dryer caused at a Normal apartment building Monday morning has left one family displaced. The fire reported at 12:25 a.m. at 101 Northfield Drive, Building H. A sprinkler system helped prevent the fire’s spread, said Normal Fire Department spokesman Matt Swaney. There were no injuries and the cause remains under investigation. Normal firefighters met a resident outside who said a clothes dryer inside her apartment was on fire, and it was spreading. They found heavy smoke inside the apartment and used a thermal imaging camera to locate the laundry room. Due to the number of residents in the building, a second alarm was ordered, calling in off-duty Normal firefighters and a Rapid Intervention Team from Bloomington Fire Department. There was heavy fire and smoke damage to the apartment’s laundry room and moderate heat and smoke damage to the rest of the apartment. Damage is estimated at $10,000 to the building and $5,000 in the contents, according to a news release from the department.
Apartment Building, Residential Modesto, CA – Single sprinkler controls intentionally set fire by man under influence of methamphetamine January 14, 2015 viking210 A Modesto man who set a pair of socks on fire to ward off a perceived intruder was arrested Sunday. Police say the man had been smoking methamphetamine earlier in the day. “These apartments have sprinkler systems,” said Modesto Fire Department Battalion Chief Hugo Patino. “One sprinkler activated and held the fire in check.” The incident occurred in the 2800 block of West Rumble Road just after 7 p.m., said Modesto Police Department spokeswoman Heather Graves. Officers believe the man might have been hallucinating due to drug use when he set the socks on fire. Graves said the suspect believed someone was trying to break into his home and thought the fire would scare him off. The burning socks subsequently caught the bedroom on fire and the man had to evacuate with his wife and two children.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Wayne, NJ – Fire at senior condominium community contained by sprinkler system January 12, 2015 viking210 A “minor kitchen fire” at the Four Seasons Active Adult housing complex in Wayne Saturday was “contained by the sprinkler system and extinguished by the Wayne Fire Department,” Wayne Detective Captain Mark McGrath said. Authorities were called just after 11 a.m. on Jan. 10 and upon arrival, “observed heavy smoke down the hallway of the second level,” according to the police narrative. The resident and person who called 911 advised authorities “there was an active fire in her kitchen and that there was nobody else inside.” Moments later, Fire Chief 4 arrived on scene and was able to use the fire extinguisher to put out the flames, according to the narrative. Heavy smoke was vented out by the Wayne Fire Department once the fire was extinguished. All occupants of all four apartments were left under the care of the building supervisor and made proper arrangements to be picked up by family.
