Category Archives: School / University
NOTE – Residence Hall, Dormitory, and Fraternity-Sorority is included under Residential Category
Middle school fire squelched thanks to fire sprinklers (Boca Raton, FL)
High school fire suppressed by sprinklers (Waynesboro, PA)
College fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Red Wing, MN)
A late night fire the morning of Saturday, March 29 at a technical college, called the attention of fire crews. Though they arrived within seven minutes of their call, fire crews found the the building’s fire sprinklers had effectively put out the flames.
According to the Red Wing Fire Department, “The presence of a working sprinkler system and alarm system made what may have been a tragedy into a moderate inconvenience.”
No injuries were reported.
Fire at high school eliminated by sprinkler system (Snow Hill, MD)
Fire at junior high school suppressed by sprinkler system (Holladay, UT)
A fire broke out in a junior high school the evening of March 6 when a curtain caught fire on a stage. Fire crews responded within minutes of the fire alarm going off at the school, and they found that the fire sprinkler by the stage had activated and put out the fire.
“It worked perfectly,” Unified Fire Captain Fitzgerald Petersen said. “We’re very happy with the response, how quickly it was contained and put out.”
No one was in the building at the time of the fire, and the cause is under investigation.
Fire sprinklers help stop fire from spreading at elementary school (Chaparral, NM)
Fire at high school quickly doused by sprinkler system (Chicago, IL)
*** FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED – NO MEDIA COVERAGE *** An explosion occurred during a cooking class at a high school on Wednesday. The fire began when students ignited a gas burner; the fire then went up to the ceiling, at which point the fire sprinkler system eliminated the flames.
