Category Archives: Residential

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Sprinklers prove effectiveness in nursing home fire (Pleasanton, CA)

Fire crews responded to a two-alarm fire at a nursing home on Sunday, September 15 evening. The fire, which began in the laundry room, was contained by the nursing home’s fire sprinkler system until the firefighters arrived to extinguish it. Residents safely evacuated the building and all but three rooms were re-opened within an hour and a half. No injuries were reported.

Apartment Building, Residential

Sprinkler system extinguishes fire at apartment (Joplin, MO)

A fire in a seventh floor apartment is being investigated, while the suppression of the fire is being credited to the unit’s fire sprinkler system. 

Keith Stammer, the director of emergency management, said, “This is a case where the sprinkler system did its job and knocked that fire down right away.”

The fire, which began at 7:15 p.m. on September 15, was completely extinguished by 7:30 p.m.

Government/Military, Other-Government/Military, Residential

Sprinkler system contains fire at probation office (Lompoc, CA)

Fire crews responded in less than a minute in response to a late night fire at a probation office on September 5. They arrived to find the fire in the office contained by it’s fire sprinkler system; the crew extinguished the remaining flames. The building was unoccupied when the fire began, and the fire is being deemed as suspicious.

Residence Hall/Dormitory, Residential

Fire sprinklers prove worth in college dormitory fire (Monmouth, IL)

A college dormitory which houses 120 students had a fire break out in the middle of the night on September 3. A resident awoke to find smoke in her room and alerted her resident assistant, a fire alarm was pulled, and all of the residents evacuated safely as the fire sprinkler system activated to eliminate the flames. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Fire put out by by sprinkler system at home for senior cititzens (Corpus Christi, TX)

The cause of a fire which started on the sixth floor of a senior citizen residence is still under investigation. A sofa caught fire in one of the rooms, and the building’s fire sprinkler quickly suppressed flames. The damage to the building was minimal, and residents were allowed back into their rooms later that day.

***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.***

Apartment Building, Residential

Damage minimized at apartment thanks to fire sprinkler system (Rochester, NY)

A second story apartment unit had a kitchen fire the afternoon of September 1. Fire crews were alerted to the fire by the activation of the building’s fire sprinkler system. The sprinklers quickly suppressed the fire.

“This was a great save,” said Rochester Fire Marshal Larry Mueller. “Had the sprinkler not been installed in the structure, the fire would have rapidly grown and caused extensive damage to the structure.”

No one was reported injured, and the cause of the fire was slated as unattended cooking on the stove.