Other - Storage / Warehouse, Storage / Warehouse Sprinkler system kept harbor fire from spreading (Kahului Harbor, Maui) July 30, 2012 viking210 Witnesses saw a teenager use a cigarette lighter to start a fire in a new canoe hale, built from traditional materials of dried palm leaves. The fire damaged about a 100 square feet of the structure before a sprinkler system kept it from spreading. The sprinkler system was installed to bring the structure into compliance with Maui’s building codes.
Other - Storage / Warehouse, Storage / Warehouse Chemical company fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Hinsdale, IL) June 20, 2012 viking210 A Willow Springs chemical company was saved on Monday because of an automatic fire sprinkler system, said the town’s fire chief. A box alarm and hazmat team was called, and members found a single sprinkler head extinguished the wooden pallets and two drums of materials that caught fire. “These systems are in place for this reason, I can not find a better example of why we require fire alarms and sprinklers,” said Willow Springs Fire Chief Larry Moran.
Other - Storage / Warehouse, Storage / Warehouse Fire sprinkler system saves wood chip storage building (Post Falls, ID) May 17, 2012 viking210 1 Comment Fire crews were dispatched just after 7:00 a.m. to a structure fire in a wood chip storage building at Potlatch Corp. The fire was caused by a mechanical failure of a piece of equipment; this caused wood chips and saw dust to catch fire. Officials say the fire sprinkler system kept the fire small until the trained on site fire crew was able to put water on it.
Other - Storage / Warehouse, Storage / Warehouse Fire sprinklers make the difference in distribution store fire (Hendersonville, NC) May 11, 2012 viking210 Fire crews responded to a building fire, finding the inside of it filled with smoke but the building saved thanks to the unit’s fire sprinkler. “The sprinkler system saved that building,” Blue Ridge Fire and Rescue Chief Gary Brown said. No injuries were reported.
