Child Care Facility Appleton, WI – Sprinkler system prevents further damage in day care stove fire March 1, 2019 viking210 A single sprinkler head was able to extinguish fire from a stove top at an Appleton child care facility on Monday. At around 11:45 a.m., the Appleton Fire Department was sent to Appleton KinderCare on S. Oneida Street for a report of a fire in the kitchen. All staff and 65 children at the day care were able to safely evacuate the facility. When crews arrived, they had found that a sprinkler head was able to completely extinguish the fire, which had only damaged some nearby cardboard boxes. Officials say the fire started when a worker had placed empty boxes on top of the stove and a burner may have been inadvertently turned on. According to the Appleton Fire Department, this is the second incident in the past two months in which a sprinkler extinguished a fire in an Appleton building.
Auto Dealership, Retail Gaithersburg, MD – Sprinkler system prevented fire from spreading at auto repair shop; No injuries reported February 26, 2019 viking210 Two cars are left damaged after a fire started in a Gaithersburg auto repair shop. According to the Montgomery County Fire Department, the fire broke out Thursday at about 7 am at J B Auto Repair on Rickenbacker Drive. About 50 firefighters were on scene and found that the fire started in the engine compartment of a BMW vehicle, and extended to at least one other car. Officials say the sprinkler system helped prevent the fire from spreading to other cars under repair inside the garage. “Good thing it happened at the end of the shop. There were like 14 cars inside the shop, so two of them were the two last cars that got damaged. We were able to, I guess, get the issue solved early, but a lot of clean up to do,” explained J B Auto Repair owner, Jose Benitez. Fire officials determined the cause to be accidental, but say they are aware that the BMW vehicle model does have a history of issues with fires starting in the engine area and believe that to have been the cause. No employees or firefighters suffered injuries.
Other - Retail, Retail Richfield, WI – Fire at Cabela’s extinguished by sprinkler system February 25, 2019 viking210 1 Comment Firefighters on Thursday night, Feb. 21 responded to the scene of a fire at Cabela’s in the Village of Richfield. The call came in around 11:15 p.m. Officials say the fire originated in an arcade game on the second floor — and was extinguished by the sprinkler system. The fire appeared to be electrical. It was estimated by fire personnel that approximately 3,000 gallons of water was expelled from the sprinkler system. The incident remains under investigation, and no one was injured as a result the fire.
Office Building, Other Business Overland Park, KS – Fire in loading dock area of office building held in check by sprinkler system February 23, 2019 viking210 No injuries were reported after an electrical fire Monday morning at the Black and Veatch building. Crews from Overland Park and Leawood fire departments were called just after 8 a.m. Monday to the 114th block of Lamar Avenue. First units on the scene reported light smoke in the loading dock area. Building maintenance reported a fire in one of the building’s electrical control panels located on the first floor. The building was later evacuated. It took crews about 90 minutes to bring the fire under control. Because the fire sprinkler system was keeping the fire in check, crews were able to isolate power to the effected panel. Black and Veatch sent their employees home for the day while they work to access damage to the electrical systems. The exact cause of the fire is under investigation.
Apartment Building, Residential Plymouth, NH – Apartment fire extinguished with help from sprinkler system February 21, 2019 viking210 Dozens of residents of a Plymouth apartment building were displaced after a fire Saturday morning. The fire started in a kitchen on the third floor of Plymouth Terrace Apartments, a 30-unit building at 36 Adrians Way, the Plymouth Fire Department said in a press release. An automatic sprinkler system knocked down most of the blaze, and fire damage was contained to the unit. The Red Cross and the town have set up shelter at Plymouth Town Hall to help those displaced.
Apartment Building, Residential Charleston, SC – Sprinkler system activated for porch fire at apartment complex February 21, 2019 viking210 Port Royal fire crews respond to a porch fire at a Lowcountry apartment on Friday morning. Firefighters with the City of Beaufort-Town of Port Royal Fire Department and the Burton Fire District responded to the 1000 building at the Preserve at Port Royal apartment community. Upon their arrival, fire crews say found a porch fire on the second story of the apartment building. Fire crews say “damage was mostly limited to the porch but the heat also broke the windows between the porch and the apartment so there was smoke and minor heat damaga inside the apartment along with some water damage.” Deputy chief of operations, Tim Ogden, says porch fires are an area of concern for the fire crew “At the time these units were constructed the code required a residential sprinkler system which is in each apartment here,” Ogden said. “However, residential systems are designed by code to save lives by giving occupants time to escape a fire, not fully protect the property. The code did not require a sprinkler head on the porch and these porches are thus unprotected and susceptible to fire damage.” The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Winona, MN – Fire at manufacturing plant contained by sprinkler system; No injuries reported February 21, 2019 viking210 A pallet loaded too close to a radiant heater in the storage shipment area of Behrens Manufacturing caught fire early Friday morning, triggering three sprinkler heads and causing some structural and water damage. The Winona Fire Department responded to the scene at 1250 E. Sanborn St. at 5:13 a.m. after being notified by the building’s internal alarm system, according to fire chief Curt Bittle. The department paged in all of its off-duty firefighters to total 18 responding. The scene was cleared at 7:37 a.m., Bittle said, with much of the time devoted to clearing up water damage from the sprinklers that had kept the flames contained to the storage area. Firefighters put out what was left of the blaze upon their arrival. There were no injuries and the fire was an accidental one, according to Bittle. A monetary assessment of the damages had not been done as of Friday morning. After the crew conducted air monitoring to determine whether the building’s day shift could report to work, Behrens chose to cancel its 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. shift, Bittle said, but he expected the shift beginning at 3 p.m. would run as usual.
Retail, Shopping Mall Winnipeg, MB, Canada – Sprinkler system controlled fire at fitness center before fire crews arrived February 16, 2019 viking210 No one was injured after a small fire at a fitness centre on Portage Avenue Sunday morning. The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said firefighters were called to the scene of a strip mall in the 900 block of Portage Avenue at about 7:57 a.m. Smoke was coming from the eaves from Valentine’s Fitness and Weight Loss Centre, so firefighters went inside to launch an attack and the fire was quickly put out. The building’s sprinkler system helped control the fire before firefighters got there, said the WFPS. The building suffered minimal fire damage but the business saw extensive smoke damage, they added. No one was in the building at the time, and the fire was caused by a broken bathroom fan. There are currently no damage estimates.
Apartment Building, Residential Bristol, VA – Sprinkler system activated for fire at apartment building; No injuries reported February 16, 2019 viking210 Fire officials say one apartment was damaged by fire Friday morning at the Village at Oakview public housing complex in Bristol, Virginia. But thanks to a water sprinkler system, the fire on Oakview Street was put out quickly and damage was limited to that apartment and another that had water damage. Fire officials were investigating the cause of the fire. They said it appeared that it started under a bed. No one was injured.
Apartment Building, Residential Milwaukie, OR – Third floor apartment fire contained by sprinkler system; No injuries reported February 15, 2019 viking210 Firefighters used oxygen to revive a cat found inside a burning Milwaukie apartment on Wednesday morning, officials said. Crews were called out about 10:30 a.m. on reports of a fire on the third floor of the Hillside Manor apartment building. There were no reports of injuries. Arriving fire crews worked to evacuate the building and quickly contain the fire to the third floor. 31 people have been rescued from their homes due to the water from the fire hoses and from the building’s sprinkler system. The Red Cross is going to offer temporary housing for those people.
