Apartment Building, Residential Garage fire suppressed by fire sprinkler system (Vancouver, WA) April 19, 2012 viking210 Firefighters arrived to the scene of a fire at the garage an apartment complex to find that “the fire was almost completely extinguished by sprinklers,” reported Captain Dave James, a Vancouver Fire Department spokesman. The fire did not spread beyond the garage, and no injuries were reported.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinklers control apartment fire (Denver, CO) April 16, 2012 viking210 A fire that broke out in an apartment building was contained to just one apartment thanks to its fire sprinkler system. No injuries were cited.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Nursing home blaze controlled by sprinklers (Middletown, OH) April 11, 2012 viking210 50 residents were evacuated from a nursing home as firefighters and the unit’s fire sprinkler controlled the blaze.
Hospital/Care Facility, Hospital/Medical Clinic Sprinkler system aids firefighters in hospital fire (Kamploops, BC) April 11, 2012 viking210 A fire that broke out in a hosptal caused “a full emergency response because of the life risk,” said Fire Chief Dave McMahon. Thanks to the fire sprinkler and the firefighters, the flames were quickly doused. McMahon went on to say, “The sprinkler did its job, it suppressed the fire and kept it to a minimum.” No injuries were reported.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Hoover factory fire doused by fire sprinklers (Canton, OH) April 9, 2012 viking210 Sprinklers activated and doused a fire that broke out in a Hoover, Inc. factory where sweeper bags are produced, Battalian Chief Ray Harple reported. No injuries were reported.
Child Care Facility, Hospital/Care Facility Fire at U.S. State Department daycare building extinguished by sprinkler system (Washington, DC) March 20, 2012 viking210 A fire hit the State Department building that houses the day care center early Tuesday morning, but no injuries were reported. A State Department official told The Cable that the cause of the fire appeared to be electrical, and the sprinkler system extinguished it.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Las Vegas hotel room fire put out by sprinkler system (Las Vegas, NV) February 17, 2012 viking210 Women fell asleep while smoking a cigarette catching the mattress on fire. The woman woke up and ran out of the room. The fire was doused by an automatic sprinkler.Firefighters said they evacuated the second floor but had allowed guests to go back in their rooms. No injuries were reported.
Food Processing, Manufacturing Fire causes minimal damage at packaging plant (Batava, IL) February 10, 2012 viking210 A fire early Friday at Portollo Packaging at 951 Douglas Road caused a minimal amount of damage. The company’s sprinkler system contained most of the fire; minimizing dollar loss and operations of the business.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Sprinkler system keeps fire from spreading at popular restaurant (Honolulu, HI) February 10, 2012 viking210 Sprinkler system keeps fire from spreading at popular Aiea restaurant. Fire officials say the fire started just before 3 a.m. in a plastic trash container in the kitchen.
Other / Not Specified, Other Business Sprinkler system helped to put out lumberyard fire (San Rafael, CA) February 9, 2012 viking210 Fire was quickly controled by firefighters and sprinkler system, limiting the amount of damage done to the structure. Fire Chief Chris Gray said no civilian or firefighter injuries were reported.
