Residential, Residential High Rise Firefighters, sprinkler system stop sixth-floor condo fire (St. Petersburg, FL) March 9, 2012 viking210 When firefighters arrived on the sixth floor of the 10-story building, they saw smoke in the hallways and finished off the fire within minutes. The fire was caused by a box left on a burner that had been inadvertently turned on. 200 residents live in the building. No injuries were reported and damage was contained to one apartment.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Restaurant grease fire contained by sprinkler system (Gainesville, FL) March 8, 2012 viking210 Alachua County Fire Marshal Mark Smith said the fire was caused by a pot with grease that had been put on a range to cool. The fire activated a sprinkler system, which kept the fire from causing more damage, Smith said. The fire was contained to the kitchen area. “If the sprinkler system hadn’t been installed, things would have been a lot worse,” Smith said.
Apartment Building, Residential Automatic sprinkler system contains apartment kitchen fire, no one was home (Navarre, FL) February 27, 2012 viking210 The fire started when a moving box was placed on the stove and a burner was accidentally turned on. No one was home at the time of the fire. “For the most part, we just had to do some final extinguishing, major part was put out by sprinkler system,” Holley-Navarre Fire Chief Ron Norton said.
Apartment Building, Residential Apartment meth lab fire extinguished by automatic sprinkler system (Panama City Beach, FL) February 20, 2012 viking210 An automatic sprinkler system at the Lake Town Wharf condominiums extinguished a meth lab fire.
Government/Military, Other-Government/Military Fire Controlled by Single Spinkler (Ocala, FL) January 6, 2012 viking210 Heat lamp inside snake cage causes small fire at state park. Fire controlled by single sprinkler.
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
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler System Contained Apartment Fire to Kitchen (Fort Pierce, FL) December 19, 2011 viking210 Firefighters said the blaze happened because of items left on the stove.
Athletic Club/Sports Facility, Other Business Fire at TPC Clubhouse extinguished by sprinkler system (Jacksonville, FL) December 16, 2011 viking210 Upon investigation of the room, it appears the fire started in a laundry bin and was quickly extinguished by the activation of two (2) fire protection sprinklers located in the storage room.
