Tag Archives: Night (9pm-5am)

Apartment Building, Residential

Fire sprinklers prove effectiveness in apartment complex fire (Vancouver, WA)

August 21, 2012 viking210

Firefighters say a sprinkler system saved an apartment complex from what could have been an overnight fire.
They arrived and found a plastic box and a cardboard box were left on a stove with a lit burner, said Kevin Stromberg, spokesman for the Vancouver Fire Department. The boxes caught fire and activated the sprinkler system. The residents were not home at the time.  The fire could have easily affected multiple families, especially early in the morning, he said.

Other / Not Specified, Other Business

Sprinklers control fire at bowling alley (Tallahassee, FL)

August 21, 2012 viking210

Firefighters forced entry into the rear of the building and found a small fire burning inside a clothes dryer, as well as a sprinkler head flowing water above the dryer.  Firefighters quickly extinguished what remained of the fire burning inside the dryer. Automatic sprinkler systems like the one in use at Capital Lanes are designed to control or suppress a fire during its early stages, greatly reducing the loss of property and possibly life.

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Sprinkler system contains fire at senior apartment complex (Las Vegas, NV)

August 21, 2012 viking210

Firefighters rescued a woman early Tuesday morning after her eastern valley apartment unit caught fire.  Officials said a sprinkler in her kitchen helped contain the fire and may have saved the woman’s life.

Manufacturing, Paper Mill / Saw Mill

Fire controlled by sprinkler system at cedar remanufacture (Langley, BC)

August 16, 2012 viking210

Ember smoldered and ignited some sawdust near a woodworking machine, which lit some nearby wood scraps, and finally set fire to a lift of lumber.  That caused a sprinkler head directly above the blaze to activate.  “The sprinkler system controlled the fire,” assistant fire chief Bruce Ferguson.

Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant

Hotel utility room fire contained by sprinkler system (West Yellowstone, MT)

August 9, 2012 viking210

“A water heater was the cause of the fire,” HBFD Assistant Fire Chief Shane Grube said. The pan on the bottom of a water heater in the hotel’s utility room got too close to the floor, which caused the fire. “The sprinklers began to discharge in the utility room and after some investigating, we found the burn pattern was underneath the water heater,” Waldron said. “The floor was burned completely down through. And it was the sprinkler system that really had done its job,” Grube said.

Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant

Fire extinguished by sprinkler system at concrete plant (DeKalb, IL)

August 7, 2012 viking210

Firefighters found smoke coming from the building and discovered that the building’s sprinkler system had put out the fire, which originated at the top of a product-mixing tank. No one was injured.

Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant

Sprinkler prevents major fire damage at restaurant (Ocean City, MD)

August 6, 2012 viking210

Firefighters were able to get the fire, which originated in the kitchen, under control. Officials say a sprinkler was activated during the blaze, which prevented extensive damages to the rest of the restaurant. Officials say no one was injured.

Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant

Sprinkler system extinguishes fire at cabinet-making business (Sacramento, CA)

July 31, 2012 viking210 2 Comments

A sprinkler system was credited with extinguishing a fire at a Rancho Cordova cabinet manufacturing business Monday night.  After forcing their way inside, firefighters found that a small fire at a work station had activated a sprinkler head and the fire had been extinguished.  No one was in the building when fire crews arrived.

College/University (on campus), School / University

Sprinkler system aids firefighters in college campus fire (Edinburg, TX)

July 30, 2012 viking210

The Edinburg fire chief said sprinkler systems may have stopped an overnight fire on the UTPA campus. He said the fire started around midnight Saturday night in an oven located in a chemistry classroom on the third floor of the science building.  The fire did not spread to the exterior of the building.

Retail, Shopping Mall

Sprinkler system extinguishes fire in mall bathroom (Toms River, NJ)

July 30, 2012 viking210

Crews found the fire started in the employee bathroom, located at the rear of the store, but was extinguished by the fire sprinkler system, Toms River Bureau of Fire Prevention Director James Mercready said. The fire sprinkler system helped control and suppress the “potentially catastrophic” fire, he said. A fire sprinkler head had activated once temperatures in the area reached 155 degrees Fahrenheit and once it kicked on, a fire alarm signal alerted the fire department of the fire, Mercready said.