Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Sprinklers extinguish early morning bar fire (Wilkes-Barre, PA) November 8, 2012 viking210 A fire that erupted early this morning at a themed Bar was the result of varnish rags that caught fire amid a reconstruction project, fire officials said. Most of the fire had already been extinguished by the time fire crews responded, said city Fire Chief Jay Delaney. “Very fortunately, they have a good fire alarm system and a sprinkler system in place that prevented a lot of damage,” Delaney said Blog editor’s note: A fire alarm system does not trigger a sprinkler, but only rather the substantial heat from a fire.
Residence Hall/Dormitory, Residential Kitchen fire at college dorm controlled by sprinkler system (Philadelphia, PA) September 24, 2012 viking210 A fire broke out in a fourth floor college dorm room late Saturday evening. According to House Dean Trish Williams, a resident was cooking, and a toaster had set off the fire. University Police Sergeant Lawrence Salotti said the building’s sprinkler system had been activated. All building occupants were evacuated, and there were no injuries.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Small fire suppressed by sprinklers at retirement facility (Wilkes-Barre, PA) July 27, 2012 viking210 Officials at the center briefly evacuated about 30 residents when a faulty light fixture caught a bathroom on fire. Sprinkler systems were immediately activated, and the fire department was on hand within 10 minutes of the fire being reported. No injuries were reported and the damage is said to be minimal.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler system controls apartment cooking fire (Allentown, PA) June 4, 2012 viking210 Sprinklers took care of whatever had flared on the stove of the second-floor apartment. No one was injured.
Other - Retail, Retail Sprinklers credited with keeping fire contained at furniture store (Kutztown, PA) May 29, 2012 viking210 1 Comment Thanks to the building’s fire sprinklers, a fire that began in a used furniture store was contained to a small area until fire crews arrived, said Chief Troy Arndt of the Kutztown Fire Company. When the firefighters arrived, they found the fire smoldering behind the sales counter, and they put out the rest of the flames.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Firefighters cite sprinklers value in factory fire (New Holland, PA) May 5, 2012 viking210 Firefighters report that the fire at a New Holland factory could have been a lot bigger, but the building was spared by something very small – the building’s fire sprinklers. “They had a sprinkler head inside the unit itself,” said Deputy Chief Jeff Martin of the Liberty Fire Company. “It got hot enough to activate that sprinkler head so actually the sprinkler head didn’t complete out, but it controlled the fire and held it into tact until we could get into it and completely extinguish it. That goes to show you, sprinkler systems do save property and they save jobs for employees, too.”
Residence Hall/Dormitory, Residential Sprinkler puts out college dorm room fire (Philadelphia, PA) May 4, 2012 viking210 A fire that started on the ninth floor of a college dormitory was doused by it’s fire sprinklers. No injuries were reported.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinklers control apartment fire above restaurant (Media, PA) March 8, 2012 viking210 Lower Merion Chief Fire Officer Charles McGarvey said the resident of the apartment had left a pot on the stove then gone out. The sprinkler activated and kept the fire in check until firefighters arrived.”I am convinced if it had not been for those sprinklers, we’d still be there,” McGarvey said Wednesday morning.
Apartment Building, Residential Arson causes fire; sprinkler system contains it (Pittsburgh, PA) February 23, 2012 viking210 About two dozen residents were forced to evacuate their apartments after a man who had been fighting with his girlfriend set fire to mattresses in her bedroom. The sprinkler system inside the building kept the fire from spreading beyond the room.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Building’s sprinkler system put out IHOP fire (Philadelphia, PA) January 30, 2012 viking210 Fire officials say the building’s sprinkler system kicked in and the fire was essentially put-out by the time they arrived. There was no major damage and no injuries.
