Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail Sprinkler system suppresses fire at convenience store (Fond du Lac, WI) February 20, 2012 viking210 Fire sprinklers prove effectiveness during a fire at a Pick ‘n Save store bathroom. Employees and patrons were safely evacuated and allowed back in the store after 30 minutes. There were no injuries.
Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail Sprinkler system contained grocery store fire (Colesville, MD) February 7, 2012 viking210 The store’s sprinkler system contained a fire inside of the store before fire crews arrived. No one was hurt.
Department Store, Retail Bed Bath & Beyond fire put out by sprinkler system (Lincoln, NE) January 29, 2012 viking210 There was a report of flames in the store’s entryway but the store’s sprinkler system put the fire out.
Other - Retail, Retail Thrift store basement fire contained by sprinkler system (Sacramento, CA) January 27, 2012 viking210 Fire in the basement of a thrift store was contained by the sprinkler system. People were evacuated, and no one was injured.
Department Store, Retail Sprinkler system contained thrift store fire (Bessemer, AL) January 19, 2012 viking210 When fire crews arrived, they saw smoke, and noticed the fire sprinklers had put out most of the fire.
Retail, Shopping Mall Sprinkler system douses strip mall fire (San Bernardino, CA) January 13, 2012 viking210 When the first fire crews arrived, the building was filled with smoke but a sprinkler system had extinguished the flames, said Battalion Chief Rick McClintock of the San Bernardino County Fire Department. Damage was confined to Agua Pura, one of six businesses in the complex.
Apartment Building, Other Business, Recycling / Waste Facility, Residential, Retail, Shopping Mall Sprinkler Systems Save 3 Pearland Homes in January (Pearland, TX) January 12, 2012 viking210 The Pearland Fire Department has experienced a busy start to the New Year, officials said. Firefighters have responded to three structure fires since Jan. 1 that have been saved by fire sprinkler systems.
Other - Retail, Retail Sprinkler System Helps Knock Down Salon Fire (New City, NY) January 7, 2012 viking210 New City Fire Chief Ken Flynn said the fire appeared to have started on a long reception desk in the salon. He said a Clarkstown police officer saw flames coming from the desk, and then the shop’s sprinkler system kicked in an stopped the fire from spreading.
Other - Retail, Retail Sprinklers Put Out Fire At Beauty Supply Store (Nyack, NJ) January 2, 2012 viking210 Central Nyack volunteer firefighters were called to an early-morning fire at a beauty supply store, where a sprinkler system activated to put out the flames. No one was injured in the fire at Beauty Supply.
Department Store, Retail Sprinkler System Saved the Day During Target Store Fire (Edwardsville, IL) December 27, 2011 viking210 Capt. Bob Morgan of the Edwardsville Fire Department said the automatic sprinklers in the loading area of the store saved the day. “If it weren’t for the sprinklers, we would have had a very serious situation on our hands, he said.”
