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Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Fire sprinklers display worth in nursing home fire (Nashville, TN)

May 11, 2012 viking210

Fire sprinklers extinguished a fire that started in the laundry room dryer of a nursing home. None of the residents reported injuries.

Morning (7am-12pm)Tennessee

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Senior living facility fire contained by sprinklers (Salt Lake City, UT)

May 10, 2012 viking210

A fire broke out on the 10th floor of a senior living facility, and fire sprinklers were able to keep the flames in check. According to Salt Lake City Fire Department spokesman Jasen Asay, “The fire was … contained by the apartment’s sprinkler system until our firefighters arrived on scene and extinguished it.” No serious injuries were reported.

Morning (7am-12pm)Utah

Child Care Facility, Hospital/Care Facility

Fire at day care facility controlled by fire sprinklers (Tacoma, WA)

May 3, 2012 viking210

A fire sprinkler system quickly controlled a fire that began at a day care facility where someone threw a container of gasoline through the building’s window. The fire was suppressed quickly, and no injuries were reported.

Morning (7am-12pm)Washington

Apartment Building, Residential

Sprinkler system aids firefighters at apartment fire (Trenton, NJ)

April 26, 2012 viking210

No one was injured in an apartment fire that began and ended in a second floor apartment. According to Battalion Chief Hank Gliottone, “The building’s sprinkler system extinguished most of the fire, and firefighters used a hose line to douse the rest.”

Morning (7am-12pm)New Jersey

Department Store, Retail

Garage fire displays fire sprinkler effectiveness (Benicia, CA)

April 26, 2012 viking210

A fire that started in the garage of a tire store was contained by the building’s fire sprinkler. The store manager Ivan Schuplinsky credits the new sprinkler system with controlling the fire without damaging their computerized equipment.

California Morning (7am-12pm)

Apartment Building, Residential

Sprinklers prove worth in two apartment fires (Charleston, WV)

April 18, 2012 viking210

The Charleston Fire Department responded to two apartment fires, both of which were promptly extinguished by each of the units’ fire sprinklers. According to reports, no one was injured

Morning (7am-12pm)West Virginia

Residential, Residential High Rise

Sprinklers extinguish high rise fire (Columbia, MO)

April 14, 2012 viking210

Fire sprinklers put out a fire that broke out in a high rise apartment. “This is the second time this month that fire sprinklers have prevented what could have been a large-loss fire, both in terms of lives and property,” Columbia Fire Department Captain John Metz reported to the Columbia Daily Tribune.

Missouri Morning (7am-12pm)

Other Business, Recycling / Waste Facility, Residential

Sprinkler system controls fire at recycling center (Columbia, MO)

April 6, 2012 viking210

The fire was in a paper storage area and when firefighters got to the scene the automated sprinkler system had already been activated.

Firefighters said the sprinkler system kept the fire under control until they were able to completely extinguish it.

Missouri Morning (7am-12pm)

Residence Hall/Dormitory

Dorm room fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Waterville, ME)

April 5, 2012 viking210

Fire Chief David LaFountain said a working sprinkler system extinguished the fire in the first-floor dorm room and kept it from spreading to the rest of the building, known as East Quad. “What could have been a big issue is not,” LaFountain said at the scene. “We didn’t apply water to this; the sprinklers took care of it.”

Maine Morning (7am-12pm)

College/University (on campus), School / University

University fire extinguished by fire sprinkler system (Tempe, AZ)

April 5, 2012 viking210 1 Comment

After a fire broke out at Arizona State University, the fire system kicked in and put out the fire by the time the fire department arrived, Tempe fire investigator Mike Reichling told the East Valley Tribune. No injuries were reported.

Arizona Morning (7am-12pm)

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