Other - Storage / Warehouse, Storage / Warehouse Sprinklers keep fire from spreading in UPS facility (Landover, MD) December 10, 2013 viking210 A UPS truck caught fire inside a shipping plant on Saturday, December 7, and fire crews quickly responded to the fire call. According to the Prince George County Fire Department, the fire sprinkler system in the shipping plant, which had activated in response to the heat of the fire, helped the firefighters to get the fire extinguished quickly. There were no injuries reported.
Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Sprinkler system aids firefighters at warehouse fire (Calgary, AB) November 11, 2013 viking210 Firefighters were called to a warehouse on Sunday night when a propane powered floor sweeper caught fire. The warehouse’s fifty employees were evacuated safely, and the fire sprinkler system activated and helped to control the fire.
Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Sprinkler systems helps control flames at industrial facility (Troy, MI) October 25, 2013 viking210 A wall was blown out, but no injuries were reported at the scene of a fire on Thursday night. According to a press release issued Friday, firefighters saw a portion of the rear, west side wall that appeared to have blown out from an explosion inside the building, and smoke showing. Once inside, firefighters found heavy smoke conditions, but the building’s fire sprinkler system appeared to have contained the majority of the fire. Damage was confined to the rear warehouse portion of the building. None of the nearby businesses were affected as a result of the incident.
Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Fire contained by sprinkler system at warehouse (Vacaville, CA) October 10, 2013 viking210 A packing company was evacuated following a two-alarm fire on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 9. The warehouse’s fire sprinkler helped to control the fire for the seven fire engines and three fire departments that arrived to the scene. No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Fire put out by sprinkler system at warehouse (Hanover, NH) September 11, 2013 viking210 A single fire sprinkler extinguished the fire that occurred in a warehouse the morning of September 4. Fire crews came to the scene after a fire alarm notification came through a private alarm company. The fire was limited to a diesel fire pump and its electronic controls. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, and there were no injuries reported.
Self-Storage Facility, Storage / Warehouse Sprinklers aid firefighters at storage facility (Chatsworth, CA) July 26, 2013 viking210 A fire in a Chatsworth storage facility today was put out by a sprinkler system, with help from firefighters. Two 6-by-8-foot wooden containers were reported on fire at 2:28 p.m., fire department spokesman Brian Humphrey said. “The containers were stored on tall racks and firefighters used the sprinklers to contain the fire to those crates until they could put it out,” Humphrey said.
Self-Storage Facility, Storage / Warehouse Fire sprinklers activate to keep storage facility fire in check (Watsonville, CA) July 13, 2013 viking210 A fire that broke out in a storage facility during the early morning hours of July 10 was controlled by a single fire sprinkler. Fire crews arrived, cutting through locked rolling doors to get to the blaze, and put out the rest of the fire. No injuries were reported.
Other - Storage / Warehouse, Storage / Warehouse Sprinkler activates to halt storage room fire in chemical supply building (Bristol Township, PA) July 5, 2013 viking210 A chemical supply company had a fire erupt in it’s storage room the afternoon of July 4. The building, which was closed at the time, had a fire sprinkler system that quickly kicked in to contain the fire to the storage room. Fire crews blamed the fire on a short in the light fixture in the room, which then started the cardboard in the room on fire. No injuries were reported, and no chemicals were released.
Self-Storage Facility, Storage / Warehouse Sprinklers stop self storage facility fire (Toms River, NJ) June 11, 2013 viking210 1 Comment When fire crews arrived to a fire at a self storage facility, they found that the flames had already been extinguished by the building’s fire sprinklers. The cause of the fire was inappropriate disposal of smoking materials. Bureau of Fire Prevention Director James Mercready said, “A properly designed and maintained fire sprinkler system is an essential component in fire protection in both residential and commercial structures.”
Self-Storage Facility, Storage / Warehouse Storage unit fire squelched with help of fire sprinklers (Las Vegas, NV) May 30, 2013 viking210 Faulty power strips were to blame for the fire that erupted the evening of May 28 in several self-storage units. The building’s fire sprinklers quickly contained the blaze until fire crews arrived. No injuries were reported.
