Apartment Building, Residential Apartment fire contained by single sprinkler head (Manassas, KS) July 10, 2013 viking210 Investigators are still trying to find the cause of a fire which began in a bedroom apartment; the end of the fire, however, is not in question. A single fire sprinkler head activated and kept the fire from spreading. No one was injured.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler system extinguishes apartment cooking fire (Leavenworth, KS) October 10, 2012 viking210 A Leavenworth Fire Department official says a fire at an apartment Monday night could have been a lot more serious if it hadn’t been for a sprinkler system. Water from the sprinklers extinguished the flames from a cooking fire at Abernathy Lofts before firefighters arrived. It also was reported that a woman who had fallen asleep in the apartment was awakened when the sprinklers went off, according to Assistant Fire Chief Mark Nietzke. “This is a good example of what a sprinkler system can do,” he said.
Other / Not Specified, Other Business Lumberyard Arts Center damage limited thanks to fire sprinklers (Baldwin City, KS) May 21, 2012 viking210 A fire that started at around 4:30 in the morning on Sunday morning could have been devastating to the collection of art as well as the newly renovated Lumberyard Arts Center. The Center’s fire sprinkler helped suppress and contain the blaze. “Fire protection measures built into the Lumberyard Arts Center proved their worth in the fire,” said Sandy Cardens, Lumberyard Arts Center board secretary and gallery coordinator. “Damage from the fire was limited to the non-renovated north section of the building, which is to be a future theater.” “The (Douglas County) fire marshal said the sprinkler system paid for itself last night,” she said. No injuries were reported from the fire.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Retirement home fire extinguished by fire sprinkler system (Olathe, KS) April 27, 2012 viking210 Fire crews arrived to the scene of a grease fire at a retirement home to find that the building’s fire sprinkler system had already stopped the blaze. No injuries were reported.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Retirement community fire put out by sprinkler system (Olathe, KS) February 6, 2012 viking210 A single sprinkler head activated and extinguished retirement community fire. No one was hurt.
