Category Archives: Residential

Apartment Building, Residential

Fire contained in apartment building thanks to fire sprinklers (Waterloo, IA)

November 18, 2013 viking210

The fire sprinkler system kept a fire from spreading further than the second floor unit in which the fire began on Sunday afternoon. The fire began on a couch in the apartment, and no one was occupying the residence at the time of ignition. The rest of the apartment building safely evacuated the premises.

Battalion Chief Michael Moore said of the incident, “The sprinkler did its job. If the sprinkler system wasn’t in there, it would have been a ripping and roaring fire.”

The cause of the fire is still under investigation. 

Residential, Single Family Home

Fire sprinklers prove worth in home fire (Woodinville, WA)

November 13, 2013 viking210

An automatic fire alarm activated just before 3 a.m. on November 3 at an unattended home. Firefighters arrived to the scene and found that the fire, which had started due to a burning candle, had been extinguished by the home’s fire sprinkler system. The development in which the house resided required fire sprinklers installed in each home. There were no injuries reported.

Apartment Building, Residential

Fire extinguished by fire sprinklers at residential structure (Huntington Beach, CA)

November 9, 2013 viking210

A fire that broke out in a residential structure on November 6 is under investigation according to the Huntington Beach Fire Department. The fire crews responded to the fire that afternoon and discovered that the fire sprinkler system had eliminated the fire, and no one was injured.

Apartment Building, Residential

Damage minimized at apartment complex thanks to fire sprinklers (College Station, TX)

November 7, 2013 viking210

Firefighters were called to a fire on a seventh floor apartment on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 6. The apartment high rise has 17 floors, four of which were safely evacuated. The fire was contained to one unit, and the fire sprinkler extinguished the flames. No injuries were reported.

Residential, Single Family Home

Fire put out by sprinkler system at L.A. mansion (Los Angeles, CA)

November 5, 2013 viking210

A Los Angeles mansion caught on fire the afternoon of Sunday, November 3. According to authorities, the fire began in one of the residence’s bathrooms, and the heat from the fire activated the fire sprinkler system. The fire sprinklers extinguished the fire before fire crews arrived. There were no injuries reported.

Apartment Building, Residential

Fire at apartment complex controlled by sprinkler system (Murfreesboro, TN)

November 1, 2013 viking210

Murfreesboro Fire & Rescue Department’s District 9 responded to a kitchen fire at Victory Station Apartments just before 7:30 Tuesday evening.  When crews arrived to the apartment complex, the fire was already extinguished by the sprinkler system. Two families were displaced due to water damage, but did not require assistance from the Red Cross.

According to Captain/Shift Inspector Mark McCluskey, the fire appeared to have started in the kitchen area. “The sprinkler system kept fire damage to a minimum,” McCluskey said.
No one was injured during this incident.

Residential, Townhouse / Condominium

Fire extinguished by sprinkler system at condominium complex (Auburn, WA)

October 30, 2013 viking210

A fire was reported in a dryer in a condominium unit on the afternoon of Saturday, October 26. The condominium’s fire sprinkler system put out the fire, and no one was injured.

*** Blog Editor’s Note – Please let us know what you think of the coverage by the Auburn Reporter, which focused on water damage rather than the lives and property saved by the automatic fire sprinkler system ***

Residential, Townhouse / Condominium

Sprinklers control fire in parking garage (Lexington, KY)

October 29, 2013 viking210

A fire began during the early morning hours of October 25 in a parking garage located beneath a condominium complex. The fire sprinklers and alarms were activated, and the sprinklers contained the fire until the fire crews came to the scene and eliminated it completely. No injuries were reported in the incident.

Apartment Building, Residential

Damage minimized at four-story apartment building thanks to fire sprinklers (Portland, ME)

October 29, 2013 viking210

An unattended stove while cooking was the cause of a fire which began in a second-floor apartment on Friday, October 25. Firefighters arrived to the scene at about 10 p.m. and praised the building’s fire sprinkler system, with Fire Chief David Jackson saying that the fire could have been much very dangerous had it not been for the sprinkler system. 

“The systems worked exactly as they should have,” Jackson said.

Apartment Building, Residential

Small fire suppressed by fire sprinkler system at apartment fire (Pearland, TX)

October 25, 2013 viking210

A resident of an apartment was cooking when grease spilled on the stovetop, and the grease then caught on fire. Fire crews were called to the apartment complex, and when they arrived, they discovered that the building’s fire sprinkler had eliminated the fire. No one was injured in the fire.