Primary / Secondary School, School / University High school gymnasium fire controlled by sprinkler head (Rapid City, SD) July 21, 2013 viking210 In the early morning hours of July 18, 2013 RCFD responded to a fire alarm at St. Thomas More High School. First arriving Engine Company reported smoke and water coming from one of the Gym doors. A fire had started just inside the door where remnants from the gym floor refinishing were being stored. A lone sprinkler head activated as it was designed and held the fire to that area, reducing the potential for fire loss to the school.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Single sprinkler activates to contain fire in high school gym (Rapid City, IA) July 19, 2013 viking210 A fire broke out in the storage area of a high school gym in the early morning of July 18. Responding fire crews discovered a fire that was contained by one of the school’s sprinkler heads, keeping the wooden gym floor and bleachers safe from any damage. Remnants of the newly refinished gym floor were being stored in this room. There were no injuries reported in the incident.
Other - School / University, School / University Sprinklers aid firefighters in school fire (Worcester, MA) June 14, 2013 viking210 A fire that began in a gas-powered clothes dryer of a technical school the evening of June 13 was almost completely eliminated by the school’s fire sprinkler system by the time fire crews arrived. No one was injured in the fire.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Fire sprinklers prove worth at high school fire (Hawkesbury, ON) May 3, 2013 viking210 Fire crews responded to a fire at 1:00 a.m. that began by the window of a high school classroom to find that the fire had activated the fire sprinkler which helped to suppress and contain the fire. No one was injured in the fire, and police suspect arson as the cause.
Other - School / University, School / University Fire sprinklers stop university fire (Los Angeles, CA) April 30, 2013 viking210 A fire at Viterbi School of Engineering on the University of Southern California was quickly eliminated by the school’s fire sprinkler system. The cause of the fire is equipment in the high rise that overheated; no one was injured from the fire.
College/University (on campus), School / University Fire sprinklers help to knock down university fire (Saginaw, MI) April 25, 2013 viking210 An early morning fire that began near a kiln in a university’s arts center was eliminated thanks to the building’s fire sprinklers and fire crews. No one was reported injured as a result of the incident.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Sprinklers control fire at high school (Wheaton, IL) April 14, 2013 viking210 The fire occurred at Wheaton North High School at approximately 7 a.m. in a closet area within a classroom hallway. The fire was brought under control within several minutes by the fire sprinkler system. Classes were not in session at the time of the fire, but the school was occupied. All building occupants were safely evacuated. The fire did not cause any injuries.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Fire sprinkler system douses fire at elementary school (Merced, CA) April 2, 2013 viking210 When fire crews arrived in response to a fire at an elementary school, they found that the building’s fire sprinkler had put out the fire. The police have found evidence of arson, and no one was injured in the fire.
College/University (on campus), School / University Fire on college campus put out by fire sprinklers (Piscataway, NJ) March 15, 2013 viking210 Fire sprinklers extinguished a fire in the academic building of Rutgers University. The afternoon fire, which was deemed as accidental, was eliminated by one sprinkler by the time fire crews arrived. No injuries were reported as a result of the fire.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Sprinkler system contains middle school computer lab fire (Norwich, CT) March 11, 2013 viking210 The fire happened about 2:30 a.m. on a Monday morning in a second-floor science laboratory when a computer ignited and triggered the school’s sprinkler system. A melted computer sat on a workbench in the rear of the room next to several others that appeared undamaged. Officials couldn’t say how the computer caught fire. “When the crews went down the hallway to investigate, they were met by heavy smoke and water from the sprinklers,” Taftville Fire Chief Timothy Jencks said. “But they (the sprinklers) did their job and held the flames in check.”
