Apartment Building, Residential Fire sprinkler helps fire crews extinguish apartment fire (Normal, IL) April 6, 2013 viking210 An unattended candle was the culprit in an afternoon apartment fire. Fire crews arrived to the scene and found that the fire sprinkler had stopped the flames from spreading and had limited them to a small fire in the rear bathroom. There were no injuries reported.
Other / Not Specified, Other Business Fire sprinkler contains chemical laboratory fire (Des Plaines, IL) April 5, 2013 viking210 When fire crews arrived to a chemical fire at a laboraty, the building was already evacuated, and they found the fire limited thanks to building’s fire sprinkler. Fire crews were able to eliminate the rest of the fire within a half hour. No one was reported injured from the fire.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Fire sprinklers credited with extinguishing hotel fire (Kiawah Island, SC) March 31, 2013 viking210 Guests who were staying at the Sanctuary Hotel were evacuated when a fire began in the hotel’s storage room. The sprinkler system extinguished the fire keeping the damage to that single room. No injuries were reported. “Fire sprinklers have proven themselves yet again as an invaluable tool to improve property and life safety,” said Fire Marshal Mike Julazadeh. “A single fire sprinkler head activated and controlled the fire until the fire department arrived.”
Other - Residential, Residential Multi-family residence kitchen fire extinguished by fire sprinklers (Lake Havasu City, AZ) March 21, 2013 viking210 A cooking fire that broke out in a multi-family residence was quickly eliminated by the unit’s fire sprinkler system. The fire crew that arrived to the afternoon incident reported that the occupants were able to escape the unit unharmed.
College/University (on campus), School / University Fire on college campus put out by fire sprinklers (Piscataway, NJ) March 15, 2013 viking210 Fire sprinklers extinguished a fire in the academic building of Rutgers University. The afternoon fire, which was deemed as accidental, was eliminated by one sprinkler by the time fire crews arrived. No injuries were reported as a result of the fire.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Fire sprinkler system contains manufacturing plant blaze (Auburn, ME) March 12, 2013 viking210 An afternoon fire that began in one of the processing machines at a fabric manufacturing plant was limited by the building’s fire sprinkler system. Firefighters arrived soon thereafter to douse the remaining flames. “This is exactly what should have been done,” Fire Chief Frank Roma stated. No one was reported injured as a result of the incident.
Apartment Building, Residential Apartment saved thanks to fire sprinklers (Concord, CA) March 9, 2013 viking210 Fire crews who responded to a mid-day apartment fire found it largely extinguished thanks to the unit’s fire sprinklers. The fire, which started in the apartment’s kitchen, was deemed under control within fifteen minutes, and no injuries were reported in connection with the fire. “Fire sprinklers saved lives and property today.” the Contra Costa Fire Protection’s Twitter feed stated.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Fire sprinkler system suppresses elementary school fire (Milwaukie, OR) February 27, 2013 viking210 Clackamas Fire Units were dispatched to Linwood Elementary School to a report of a fire in the building. Crews quickly arrived to find that a small fire had occurred in the bathroom and was quickly extinguished by the fire sprinkler system. All students made it out of the building safely and no injuries were reported. Clackamas Fire Investigators have determined that the fire was intentionally set. The fire damage in this case was limited due to the early detection and extinguishment by the fire sprinkler system that was in place.
Apartment Building, Residential Apartment electrical fire contained by sprinkler system (Novato, CA) February 15, 2013 viking210 A stacked washer-drier unit in an exterior closet caught fire next to a downtown Novato apartment, and the only loss was a few clothes. Firefighters responded to the call and found that a sprinkler system had done most of the work on the electrical fire, which took place on the patio of an apartment. Battalion Chief Jeff Veliquette said the fire remained contained to the exterior closet. “The sprinklers knocked it down,” Veliquette said. “The take-home message is that sprinklers did their job and held it off long enough for us to do our job. Otherwise this could have easily spread into the apartment.”
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Sprinkler system puts out fire at high school (Fife, WA) February 11, 2013 viking210 Crews were called to the scene of a reported fire at Fife High School, according to Tacoma Fire. The fire appears to have been put out by the school’s sprinkler system, Fire officials said. The fire started in a wood lathe machine in the shop facility and was quickly contained, according to Tacoma Fire. No one was injured.
