Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Burlington, NC – Fire in linen closet at senior living facility snuffed out by sprinkler system January 28, 2019 viking210 Sprinklers put out a fire in a linen closet Wednesday, Jan. 23, at a Burlington senior living facility. The Burlington Fire Department responded to Brookdale Burlington, 3615 S. Mebane St., about 4:45 p.m. All occupants had been evacuated to safe areas, and the sprinkler system had confined the fire to the closet. Damage was estimated at $500 to the structure and contents. “This incident highlights the benefits of having a functional automatic fire sprinkler system where damage was very minimal and no injuries to occupants or firefighters occurred,” the Fire Department said. Eighteen fire personnel were involved in the response and investigation.
Other - Manufacturing, Other Business Lacassine, LA – Sprinkler system contains fire at textile mill January 22, 2019 viking210 State Fire Marshal deputies are on the scene of a fire at an industrial business in Lacassine The call to investigate the origin and cause of the fire came in just after 2:15 p.m. to Zagis USA. The business is a textile mill located in the 21000 block of Louisiana Cotton Drive which is near Iowa. Fortunately, the Marshal’s Office reports that the facility’s sprinkler system activated to limit the extent of the fire and the fire alarm alerted employees to the danger, preventing injuries.
Other Business, Recycling / Waste Facility Janesville, WI – Fire a recycling facility controlled by sprinkler system while firefighters battle challenging blaze January 19, 2019 viking210 Firefighters were waiting out a smoldering fire at a Janesville recycling facility Tuesday night because heavy bundles of cardboard blocked their access to the flames. At about 3:33 p.m. Tuesday, Janesville firefighters were called to the Waste Management Recycle America-Janesville Recycling Center, 340 Black Bridge Road. Employees were evacuated from the scene, and fire departments from Edgerton, Milton, Beloit, town of Beloit, Evansville and Footville were called in to assist. Black Bridge Road was blocked off from North Parker Drive to Mayfair Road starting at 4:45 p.m. At 5 p.m., white smoke could be seen billowing out of the garage in front of the building and from openings on its west side. At 9:30 p.m., firefighters were still on scene, and Janesville Fire Department Battalion Chief Ron Bomkamp predicted they could be there for a while. Firefighters were having trouble getting to the “seat of the fire” because it was surrounded by heavy bundles of cardboard. The cardboard bales weighed several hundred pounds each and couldn’t be moved easily, Bomkamp said. The sprinkler system was keeping the fire under control while firefighters tried to get to it, Bomkamp said.
Retail Annapolis, MD – Storage room fire at nail salon contained by sprinkler system January 15, 2019 viking210 Firefighters were called to a Safeway store on the 1700 block of Forest Drive shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday, Cpt. Phil Morris said. Crews were responding to a “water flow alarm” at the grocery store, Morris said. But when firefighters arrived, they found the fire in the adjacent nail salon, Vy Nails. The fire, located in a storage room at the rear of the salon, set off a single sprinkler head, Morris said. That contained the fire, but fire crews had to use their hoses to extinguish it. No injuries were reported.
Apartment Building, Residential Virginia, MN – Apartment fire contained to one unit by sprinkler system January 15, 2019 viking210 The Virginia Fire Department told the Northland Fire Wire several people have been displaced from an apartment building following a fire on Sunday afternoon. Crews were called to the fire in the Ivy Manor Apartments on First Street North around 4:30. The Virginia Fire Department told The Northland Fire Wire the building’s sprinkler system contained the fire to one apartment. The people displaced are receiving assistance from the American Red Cross. Virginia, Eveleth, and Mountain Iron firefighters responded to the call. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Apartment Building, Residential Reno, NV – Apartment kitchen fire extinguished by sprinkler system; No injuries reported January 14, 2019 viking210 A sprinkler put out a fire at a downtown Reno apartment. A half dozen units are unable to be occupied and some residents may need American Red Cross help to find a a place to stay Thursday night. The Reno Fire Department responded to the Siegel Suites Nevadan at 133 N. Virginia Street about 5:35 p.m. January 10, 2019 after a fire alarm sounded. There was a small fire in a unit on the 14th floor – possibly caused by a microwave oven – but the fire sprinklers extinguished it, Battalion Chief Robert Casos said. Ten fire trucks and engines and about 30 fire personnel responded and Virginia Street was closed for about two hours, Casos said. Siegel Suites had available units for some of the people who were displaced but it appears the fire chaplain will have to help some of the tenants find a place to stay at least for Thursday night, Casos said. “We’ll make sure that everybody finds a place.”
Other - School / University, School / University Westmont, IL – Sprinkler system activated for fire at school bus depot January 7, 2019 viking210 A bus depot caught fire in Westmont after a worker used a torch that accidentally ignited a seat on a school bus Wednesday. Firefighters rushed to First Student Bus Company at 250 W. 63rd St. after a resident reported seeing heavy smoke coming from the building just before 3 p.m. When fire crews arrived, the building’s alarm and sprinkler systems had been activated. Officials say everyone had been evacuated safely, but one person suffered smoke inhalation and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. More than two dozen firefighters battled the blaze, with crews coming in from Downers Grove, Tri-State, and Clarendon Hills to assist the Westmont Fire Department. The building and bus sustained a total of $150,000 in damage and the building was declared uninhabitable because of extensive smoke and water damage.
Apartment Building, Residential Fresno, CA – Apartment fire quickly extinguished by sprinkler system January 2, 2019 viking210 A woman was displaced from her apartment Sunday after accidentally starting a fire while putting away Christmas decorations, according to Fresno Fire Department Battalion Chief Thomas Cope. Fire crews arrived to the CityView Apartments on Van Ness Avenue and Inyo Street just before 3 p.m. They immediately evacuated the whole building, Cope said. The woman told firefighters she was putting Christmas decorations into a box and temporarily placed the box on the stove top, starting the fire. The sprinkler system extinguished the fire quickly, but because of smoke damage, it will be unlivable for some time.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Windsor, ON, Canada – Sprinkler system activated at rubber processing plant December 30, 2018 viking210 Windsor Fire and Rescue Services firefighters at the scene of a fire at Windsor Rubber Processing Ltd. at 1680 Kildare Road on Dec. 27, 2018. Emergency crews were called out during the noon hour after a machine that shreds rubber overheated, igniting fine fibres in the air. The plant’s sprinkler system extinguished a small fire before fire crews arrived. Firefighters spent nearly two hours at the scene, chasing down glowing embers in the rafters of the evacuated industrial facility. Total damages were described as minor by city fire officials.
Auto Dealership, Retail East Brookfield, MA – Sprinkler system activated for truck fire in garage of Ford dealership December 30, 2018 viking210 Overhead sprinklers helped knock down a small truck fire in the garage of a Ford car and truck dealership. Shortly before 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, a truck being serviced at Lamoureux Ford, 366 E. Main St., somehow caught fire, police Lt. William Gregoire said. At the time of the fire, the truck was on a lift that was raised in the air and being worked on, Lt. Gregoire said. Lt. Gregoire said the sprinkler system in the building took care of the fire pretty quickly, with the aid of fire extinguishers. “The sprinkler system was the savior of the day,” Lt. Gregoire said. “It worked as it was supposed to.” The garage was filled with smoke. No one was hurt, according to police.
