Category Archives: Single Family Home

Residential, Single Family Home

North Vancouver, BC, Canada – In-home sprinkler system saves home from fire; no injuries reported

The North Vancouver City Fire Department is crediting an in-home sprinkler system with saving a Grand Boulevard area house from fire Wednesday morning.

A Canada Post employee on his route noticed smoke and water coming from inside the house on the 1500 block of Ridgeway Avenue and called 911.

When crews arrived, the smoke detectors could be heard but there wasn’t much to see from the outside.

“The reason for that was it was a newer build house and it had sprinklers,” said assistant chief Greg Schalk. “Essentially at that point in time, the fire was out.”

The residents were not home at the time. They will receive temporary accommodations from Emergency Social Services, Schalk said, but they will have to look to their insurers for something over the longer term.

“They’ll be out for a while. Obviously, they’re going to have to get a restoration company in to start managing the fallout,” he said.

“In the end, the majority of the damage was caused by the water, not the fire. But [the sprinkler] probably saved the house.

“They seemed grateful and understood the fact that if there weren’t sprinklers in the house, the story would have been completely different.”

There is no requirement for sprinklers in single-family homes, but Schalk said he recommends them for any new build.

The exact cause of the fire hasn’t been determined yet but investigators feel they have it narrowed down, Schalk said.

“It definitely started in the laundry room and it looked like it had something to do with either the washer or the dryer,” he said.

Residential, Single Family Home

Mechanicsville, MD – Fire sprinkler system allows homeowner and pet to escape after lightning sets home on fire; No injuries reported

Lightning is to blame for a fire that severely damaged a home on Dixie Lyon Road in Mechanicsville on Tuesday evening.

Just after 5 p.m., a lightning strike to the exterior of the home started a fire. A passerby reported the fire.

Fortunately, both the smoke alarm and the sprinkler system went off and the homeowner and a family pet were able to escape without injuries. The occupant is currently being helped by the Red Cross.

Thirty firefighters from the Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department were able to get the fire extinguished within 30 minutes.

The two-story home suffered $75,000 in damage and an estimated $25,000 in contents were lost.

Residential, Single Family Home

Livermore, CA – Fire sprinkler system helps contain residential fire to bedroom; No injuries reported

 Firefighters quickly extinguished a residential fire in Livermore early Wednesday morning. The blaze was reported in the 100 block of E. Stanley Boulevard at 2:13 a.m.

Smoke was visible from the back of the residence, according to Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department officials.

“With the help of the sprinkler system, LPFD personnel were able to quickly contain the fire to the second story bedroom and exterior siding,” Deputy Chief Aaron Lacey told Patch.

Lacey said the home sustained “major water damage.”

“Large fencing, a narrow driveway, and a distant local fire hydrant made initial operations and access into the property difficult,” Lacey said.

No one was injured during the blaze. The cause of the fire is under investigation. 

Residential, Single Family Home

Apopka, FL – Overnight garage fire contained by sprinkler system; No injuries reported

A family of three is lucky to be alive after a fire broke out in their garage.

Orange County firefighters were called to the home in the 700 block of Tortoise Ct. in Apopka. They say they got to the scene just in time to prevent it from spreading to the rest of the house.

Battalion 1 fought this house fire in the 7000 block of Tortoise Ct. Crews credit residential sprinkler system AND working smoke alarms from preventing what could have been worse. Most damage contained to garage. Two residents and pets escaped without harm.

Residential, Single Family Home

Henderson, NV – Fire set by barricaded person extinguished by home fire sprinkler system

A person with a weapon was barricaded inside a home Thursday night, according to Henderson Police. Henderson police say the suspect was taken into custody without incident at about 8:45 p.m. and that no injuries were reported at the scene. According to officers, Henderson police got a call at approximately 5:35 p.m. about a fire alarm on the 3000 block of Paladi Ave. near Bicentennial and Anthem parkways.

While the house was initially on fire, an in-house sprinkler system extinguished the fire by the time police arrived, police said. When officers arrived, police began treating the incident as a domestic disturbance. Police said an individual then barricaded themselves in a home with a weapon. SWAT was at the scene

Residential, Single Family Home

Redlands, CA – Home office fire contained by residential sprinkler system; No injuries reported

A residential fire sprinkler did its job, activating moments after a fire began and likely saving a home from catastrophic damage and a family from potential injury or loss of life.

Redlands Firefighters responded to reports of a structure fire in the 700 block of Creekside Drive shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday, March 14.

Medic Engine 262 arrived to find all occupants of the home already evacuated and light smoke coming from the residence.

The fire, which began in an office inside the residence, was contained to that room thanks to activation of the fire sprinkler. Firefighters assisted the homeowner in changing the sprinkler head to keep the system active and with salvage operations to limit the water damage.

The cause of the fire is under investigation. Damage from the incident is estimated at approximately $80,000.

The Redlands Fire Department would like to remind residents to check your smoke alarms regularly, and practice exit drills in the home with your family.

Residential, Single Family Home

Redding, CA – Vehicle fire in garage of home controlled with help from sprinkler system

A sprinkler inside a garage and firefighters quick response helped keep a vehicle fire from spreading beyond the garage Thursday morning. According to the Redding Fire Department, firefighters responded to a vehicle fire that was spreading into the garage of a home located at 2991 Sinaloa Trail off Hartnell Avenue around 4:40 a.m. When firefighters arrived on scene they found a vehicle fully involved in the driveway of the home and the flames were moving to the garage of the home.

A sprinkler inside the garage along with firefighters aggressive firefighting got the fire under control in about 10 minutes and prevented the flames from moving into the living quarters of the home. Officials said the home sustained moderate damage and the cause is still under investigation. Redding Fire officials would like to use this as an example of how effective residential fire sprinklers can be to minimize damage but more importantly, save lives.

Residential, Single Family Home

Manchester, MD – Residential sprinkler system contained house fire to one bedroom

Damage was confined to one area of the house.

A sprinkler installed in a home in Manchester helped minimize the damage from a house fire.

The State Fire Marshal’s Office says Philip Gray, 85, and his son, Thomas, were moving into a home at 3175 Main Street. Philip Stone was alone in the house late Wednesday morning at around 11:47 when he discovered a fire in a bedroom of the two-story home. He tried to put it out, but the residential sprinkler system was activated. The flames were contained to the bedroom when fire fighters from the Manchester Volunteer Fire Company responded. Personnel used a minimal amount of water to extinguish the remainder of the fire.

Damage is estimated at $35,000  to the home and its contents, and was contained to the bedroom. . The sprinkler activation is crediting with keeping the small fire contained to its area of origin, according to the Fire Marsha’s Office.

Mister Gray refused treatment after sustaining a minor injury to his leg.

Investigators say the cause of the fire was improperly discarded smoking materials.

Officials say the home will be unoccupied for a temporary period of time so that repairs and clean up can take place.

Residential, Single Family Home

Redmond, WA – House fire extinguished with help from sprinkler system; No injuries reported

Firefighters from Redmond, Kirkland and Woodinville extinguished the fire with help from sprinklers.

Redmond, Kirkland and Woodinville firefighters extinguished a Redmond house fire on the evening of Nov. 27, with no reported injuries.

Firefighters responded to a home off Northeast 114th Way in Redmond to find heavy smoke coming from the garage with a car on fire.

“Incoming crews were able to rapidly extinguish the fire with no reported injuries,” said Todd Short, a Redmond fire marshal in a press release.

Fire personnel also received help from the home’s sprinkler system.

“With the automatic activation of the residential fire sprinkler system, this fire event was quickly and successfully contained to the garage,” Short said in the release. “It is estimated that in this case the sprinkler system kept the fire damage from being more extensive and saved over $100,000 in additional fire damage. This is a great example of the benefits of residential fire sprinklers and the reason that Redmond adopted a requirement for fire sprinklers in all newly built homes since 2007.”

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Residential, Single Family Home

Ventura, CA – No injuries in house fire extinguished by sprinkler system

The <VC fire> department on Sunday responded to a house fire reported around 4:20 p.m. in the 500 block of Chesapeake Place, on the south side of Highway 126 east of south Petit Avenue. A two-story home was smoky inside, but crews found an upstairs fire sprinkler system had extinguished the flames, the department said. No one was injured.