Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Nursing Home Fire Contained By Sprinkler System (Orland Park, IL) December 28, 2011 viking210 Small Fire At Alden Estates Nursing Home Contained Without Injuries or Evacuation
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Sprinkler System Contained Van Fire at Westin Hotel (Charlotte, NC) December 27, 2011 viking210 “Charlotte fire Chief Kent Davis said a sprinkler system contained the van fire and there were no injuries reported nor damage to any hotel rooms.”
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Dishwasher Fire at a Reno Hotel-Casino Contained by Sprinkler System (Reno, NV) December 27, 2011 viking210 “Firefighters say an automatic sprinkler system activated and helped contain the fire to one room on the second floor. No guests were evacuated.”
Department Store, Retail Sprinkler System Saved the Day During Target Store Fire (Edwardsville, IL) December 27, 2011 viking210 Capt. Bob Morgan of the Edwardsville Fire Department said the automatic sprinklers in the loading area of the store saved the day. “If it weren’t for the sprinklers, we would have had a very serious situation on our hands, he said.”
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Trash Fire Contained at Wood Shutter Factory (Montgomeryville, PA) December 27, 2011 viking210 “Rick Lesniak, Fire Service Director and Fire Marshal for Montgomery Township, said the sprinkler system contained the fire to a small area.”
Residential Spinkler System Contained Apartment Fire to Dryer (Chapel Hill, NC) December 27, 2011 viking210 “Chapel Hill firefighters credited a sprinkler system with saving a family and their Christmas celebration from a dryer fire Saturday evening.”
Office Building, Other Business Sprinkler Douses Office Building Fire (Bend, OR) December 27, 2011 viking210 “An automatic fire sprinkler system saved a northwest Bend office building from major damage Thursday morning, fire officials said.”
Residential Hotel Room Kitchen Fire Extinguished by Sprinkler System (Annapolis, MD) December 27, 2011 viking210 “The fire, which had been in the kitchen area, was extinguished by the hotel’s sprinklers. There were no injuries.”
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Sprinkler System Contains High School Electrical Fire Christmas Morning (Valrico, FL) December 27, 2011 viking210 Sprinkler system contains high school electrical fire to media room Christmas morning
Other / Not Specified, Other Business Sprinkler System Controlled Chemical Fire (Portsmouth, NH) December 22, 2011 viking210 Because sprinklers and alarms worked as designed, Achilles said, the fire serves as a good reminder of the importance of fire prevention devices. He said if the rags had ignited in the same location 20 or 30 years ago, when fire codes did not require sprinklers and alarms, “it could have gone to two or three alarms.”
