Greencastle, IN – Fire in new dining hall building at DePauw University suppressed by sprinkler system
Quincy, MA – Fire on top floor of office building held in check by sprinkler system
Langford, BC, Canada – Early morning fire at paint store controlled by sprinkler system
Austin, TX – Sprinkler system helps limit spread of 3rd floor apartment fire
Chilliwack, BC, Canada – Industrial machinery fire contained with help from sprinkler system
Lowell, AR (No Media Coverage) – Two sprinkler heads extinguish fire in building products warehouse
***FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED – NO MEDIA COVERAGE*** The Lowell Fire Department responded to an automatic alarm at 310 Commercial Avenue on April 4, 2017 at 19:35. Upon arrival, nothing was showing from the exterior. Upon investigation, firefighters found water running out overhead door and then noticed smoke when entering the building. The fire was extinguished by two sprinkler heads and confined to the area of origin burning two bundles of wood products. Firefighters just had to extinguish smolder embers after finding the seat of the fire. This building was a 25,000 square foot warehouse of building products unoccupied by employees at the time of the fire.
Alliston, ON, Canada – Sprinkler system helps extinguish intentionally-set fire at Walmart
The Walmart was closed for clean up after multiple fires were set inside the store on April 7.
“The first thing we had to do and address was to work with health department,” Jeyes said.
The health department identified what had been damaged by smoke, he said.
“We were able to donate almost $700,000 worth of product,” Roberton said.
The whole store was cleaned and the past week has been spent bringing merchandise back in.
When the doors open again, some product will still be unavailable.
Longview, WA – Laundry fire at homeless shelter contained by sprinkler system
Another shelter resident, James Jenne, is a former paramedic of 10 years. When he heard about the fire, he said he rushed inside and began helping evacuate the second floor. Jenne said he began making sure rooms were empty and doors were closed. “You get into that mindset and instinct just takes over,” he said. “Just making sure everybody was safe was my main concern. That’s all it ever is.”
Jenne said he hopes the community helps CHOB residents recover from the fire. He said many people were affected emotionally. He said he planned to continue walking around the common area soothing peoples’ worries and making sure they had the support and comfort they need. “I hope the community sees how much their help is needed now … to put things back to normal,” Jenne said. “Don’t look so down on these people because there’s some good people in there and we’re going to need some help redoing this.”