Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Country club fire controlled by sprinkler system (Chesterfield, MO) July 6, 2012 viking210 The fire sprinklers in the building turned on in the smoke and fire, and controlled the blaze until firefighters took over. “This could have been quite a catastrophe had the fire alarm system not activated, and had the sprinkler system not controlled the fire until our arrival,” said Monarch Fire Marshal Roger Herin.