Sprinkler system assists firefighters at hotel fire (Sioux Falls, SD)
Fire sprinkler system proves worth in apartment kitchen fire (Des Moines, IA)
A sprinkler system saved a Des Moines apartment from further damage after a fire started in the unit’s kitchen, officials said. A fire had started while one of the occupants was cooking, officials said.
Fire officials called the incident a “perfect example of how the fire protection systems required in these residential structures can save lives and property.”
Baseball stadium fire contained by fire sprinkler system (York, PA)
An early morning fire at a concession stand in Santander Stadium was extinguished Saturday with little damage done, said York City Fire Department Chief David Michaels. A compressor in the cooling unit of the first-base-side concession stand overheated and caught fire around 6 a.m., Michaels said. He said the fire was contained by the park’s sprinkler system. The damage was minimal enough that planned events at Santander Stadium were able to go on as normal on Saturday, he said.
“If not for the sprinkler, it would have been a totally different outcome,” Michaels said. “It could have been a significant fire.”
Sprinkler system saves manufacturing plant from sustaining major damage (Thomasville, NC)
A sprinkler system saved a manufacturing plant from sustaining major damage, said Robbie Binkley, battalion chief for the Thomasville Fire Department. Rocky Watts, division chief of code enforcement/fire marshal for the TFD, said the plant housed 100 gallons of sulfuric acid mixed with water in a chemical open system. He explained the fire was around the system. Watts said it appears the fire was a result of a shortage in the electrical wiring in the heating element of a chemical holding tank. There was no structural damage and minimal smoke damage, the battalion chief reported.
A fire destroyed the same business 10 years ago, at which time it did not have a sprinkler system, he said. The sprinkler system “kept the fire in check and saved the building,” Binkley said. Watts said the company cleans racing parts and places a coating on them.
Fire sprinkler system extinguished industrial fire at recycling plant (Sidney, OH)
Sprinklers keep fire from spreading at hotel (Houston, TX)
Apartment fire knocked down by sprinklers (Yuma, AZ)
Sprinklers prove effectiveness in senior living facility fire (Venice, FL)
Fire sprinklers prove worth in college dormitory fire (Burlington, VT)
Fire departments responded to a fire at a college dormitory at about 2:45 a.m. on Thursday. The apartment, which was being renovated, was saved from extensive fire damage by the installed fire sprinkler system. The sprinklers, upon activation from the heat of the fire, then automatically alerted the local emergency response units. The fire was extinguished within ten minutes. Investigators have deemed the fire as arson.