Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Christmas Eve fire at assisted living center snuffed out by sprinklers (Bloomington, IL) December 27, 2013 viking210 A fire sprinkler system is being credited with extinguishing a Christmas Eve fire even before firefighters arrived. Bloomington Fire Department Public Information Officer Brad McCollum said that at 7:43 p.m. Tuesday, firefighters responded to the third floor of The Downtowner, a 36-unit, eight-story, assisted-living apartment building and found the apartment’s resident in a hallway that was filled with light smoke. “Upon entering the apartment, they found an overstuffed chair and end table that had sustained damage from a fire that had been completely extinguished by the sprinkler system,” .McCollum said the outcome could have been tragic for the resident if not for the effectiveness of the sprinkler system.
Residential, Townhouse / Condominium Christmas tree fire extinguished by sprinkler system (North Vancouver, BC) December 22, 2013 viking210 Firefighters responded to a call around 6:20 p.m. Thursday after a Christmas tree caught on fire in a townhome. “Luckily the townhouse unit has a sprinkler system in the building,” said Dan Pistilli, fire chief at the City of North Vancouver fire department. The tree ignited when the homeowner lit a sparkler for their young child and got too close to the tree. Pistilli said the situation could have been much worse. “If the unit did not have a sprinkler system it would have been a different result,” he said.
Residential, Single Family Home Home fire put out by residential sprinkler system (Portsmouth, NH) November 30, 2013 viking210 A Thanksgiving Eve fire at an Osprey Drive home was sparked by a lamp and displaced the residents, but sprinklers “saved the house,” said Deputy Fire Chief Carl Roediger. Firefighters were called to the home at about 9 p.m. Wednesday, when one of the residents said he just returned home and found his couch on fire, Roediger said. The fire had been “pretty much put out” by the residential sprinkler system and firefighters removed the smouldering couch from the home, according to the deputy chief.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Sprinklers contain fire at business after holiday shutdown (Fort Wayne, IN) November 30, 2013 viking210 Firefighters were sent to business at 9:20 p.m. Wednesday for a report of a fire inside the building. When crews arrived, they found extensive smoke throughout the building. A manufacturing machine and a pallet of the product were on fire, according to a statement issued by the Fort Wayne Fire Department. Crews were able to extinguish the fire quickly. The fire department said the fire was contained because of the sprinkler system activating.
College/University (on campus), School / University Sprinkler system helps to put out fire at university (Charleston, SC) November 22, 2013 viking210 A fire began in a first floor restroom at the Medical University of South Carolina on Wednesday, November 20. When firefighters arrived to the scene, they discovered that the fire had been almost completely extinguished by the fire sprinkler system. The building did not need to be evacuated, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Sprinklers make the difference in hotel fire (Rockford, IL) November 11, 2013 viking210 The sprinkler system in a Hampton Inn quickly eliminated an electrical fire which broke out in the hotel’s office on Sunday evening. The fire was confined to the office area, and no one was injured. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Manufacturing, Power / Energy Facility Sprinkler system puts out fire at nuclear power plant (Shippingport, PA) November 8, 2013 viking210 A nuclear power plant had an explosion as well as an electrical wiring fire occur on the evening of Tuesday, November 5. No one was injured, and the plant did not need to be evacuated; the plant did shut down to assess the incident. The plant’s fire sprinkler system, a deluge system, put out the fire, and the reactor at the plant was manually shut down. The exact cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Apartment Building, Residential Fire at apartment complex controlled by sprinkler system (Murfreesboro, TN) November 1, 2013 viking210 Murfreesboro Fire & Rescue Department’s District 9 responded to a kitchen fire at Victory Station Apartments just before 7:30 Tuesday evening. When crews arrived to the apartment complex, the fire was already extinguished by the sprinkler system. Two families were displaced due to water damage, but did not require assistance from the Red Cross. According to Captain/Shift Inspector Mark McCluskey, the fire appeared to have started in the kitchen area. “The sprinkler system kept fire damage to a minimum,” McCluskey said.No one was injured during this incident.
Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail Sprinkler system aids firefighters in suspicious fire at grocery store (Phoenix, AZ) October 30, 2013 viking210 Three separate fire appear to have been intentionally in a grocery store at about 8 p.m. on Monday, October 28. The sprinklers in the building were activated by the heat from the fire and kept the fire from spreading. Investigators are calling the fire suspicious, and the investigation remains ongoing. No injuries were reported.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler system aids firefighters in apartment fire (Kennewick, WA) October 23, 2013 viking210 There were no injuries in a fire that occurred in an apartment on Monday, August 21. A resident was cooking that afternoon when the fire erupted near the stove, which then set off the building’s fire sprinklers. The sprinkler system contained the fire to the kitchen and put out the flames.
