A historic building which houses several apartments had a fire begin in a fourth floor unit. The fire began when items that were cooking on the stove were left unattended. The sprinkler system, reacting to the heat from the fire, activated and eliminated the blaze.
There were no injuries reported from the incident.
Fire sprinklers quickly douse fire at high rise apartment building (Vineland, NJ)
Country club fire contained by sprinkler (Tinley Park, IL)
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On Wednesday, February 12, a fire began in the kitchen office of a country club. The fire sprinklers activated from the heat of the fire and were able to contain the fire to where it started. No injuries were reported, and the facility is still open for business. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Fire at supercenter put out by sprinkler system (Brooksville, FL)
Sprinklers help extinguish fire at fast food restaurant (Delray Beach, CA)
Single sprinkler head eliminates fire at retirement housing facility (Columbus, GA)
Investigators believe that the fire which began at Farrfield Manor, a retirement home, was started by unattended food that was cooking on the stove of one of its units. Thankfully, the heat from the fire activated a single sprinkler head, which then put out the fire.
“It went out immediately,” Captain Brian Russell of the Columbus Fire and Emergency Medical Services said.
No one was injured in the incident, and everyone was able to go back to their apartments shortly after the incident.
Fire squelched by sprinkler system in multi-story apartment building (Baton Rouge, LA)
** Blog Editor’s Note – Please let us know what you think of the coverage by reporter Andrew Nomura and CBS 9News, which focused on water damage rather than the lives and property saved by the automatic fire sprinkler system **
Assisted living facility fire contained by sprinkler system (Oak Ridge, TN)
According to Tennessee fire officials, the residents of Park Ridge Assisted Living are grateful for the sprinkler system in their building after a fire began on Friday, January 31. Thanks to the fire sprinkler system, residents were able to safely evacuate the building, and the damage to the building was contained to one room.
“The damage to the building was minimal, and no residents were displaced,” Oak Ridge Fire Department Chief Darryl Kerley said. “Without the sprinkler system, we believe the outcome would be very different.”
Since 2003 the state of Tennessee mandated that fire sprinkler systems be installed in all nursing homes.
“The adoption of sprinkler system legislation has no doubt saved countless lives,” said Assistant Commissioner for Fire Prevention Gary West. “The lifesaving capabilities of these systems can be the difference during a fire.”
Sprinklers douse apartment fire started by small child (Vancouver, WA)
An eight-year old child started a fire in the bedroom of an apartment on Monday evening while using a lighter. The unit’s fire sprinkler activated and put out the majority of the fire before fire crews arrived.
“Automatic fire sprinklers keep fires small,” Vancouver Fire Marshal Heidi Scarpelli said. “The (loss) potential was really great.”
