Houston, TX – (no media coverage) Unattended cooking fire at apartment extinguished by single fire sprinkler head
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Pearland, TX – (no media coverage) Apartment kitchen fire extinguished by fire sprinkler
On Friday August 9, 2019 at approx 12pm, The Pearland Fire Department responded to the 6500 Blk of Broadway St. Pearland, TX for a fire alarm at an apartment complex. While units were arriving on location’s security gates, dispatch advised that FD could disregard response, and that property management advised that it was a false alarm. PFD engine checked by the scene instead of disregarding, and found a maintenance person running down the stairs advising that he kicked the door into one of the units and the apartment was filled will smoke. Firefighters investigated and found that an unattended pot was left on the stove. The sprinkler head in the kitchen activated and extinguished the fire on the stove, The fire was contained to the stove and overhead microwave area.
Aldine, TX – (No media coverage) Commercial building fire suppressed by fire sprinkler system
8/4/19
Fire in a commercial building; Aldine FD AES save
16400 Air Center Blvd
Fire in a commercial building
1908-00014
Lt. Lopez
FD responded to an alarm and on arrival, they noticed water coming from under the roll up doors. They smelled smoke and saw smoke coming from a large vent on the side of the building. Access was made inside and discovered boxes and other items had burned and suppresses by the sprinkler system. The sprinkler system was turned off and Inspections notified. The boxes and other items were a trash pile that employees designated the area because they were no dumpsters yet. Employees were moving in over the weekend to set up their offices. There was a table being built that was stained and pieced of wood were in the trash pile. There are two possibilities for the cause of the fire; discarded smoking material or discarded rags with wood stain. At this time the fire is undetermined.
Temple, TX – Fire in nature gas turbine at power plant contained by fire sprinkler system
Temple Fire Chief Mitch Randles said the fire suppression system at the plant contained the fire but firefighters stayed on scene to make sure it did not spread.
Randles could not say for sure how the fire started but he said no one was injured.
When firefighters got to the plant, two engine crews had to hook up their hoses inside the plant, Christian said. The first crew put out most of the fire, with the help of the plant’s sprinkler system and fire suppression system.
Firefighters still had to work for at least an hour to put out hot spots once the main fire was under control.
Christian said there are always concerns with fires at power plants, but putting out this one was a smooth operation.
“Once they had a fire in the system, they shut down the whole turbine and generator,” he said. “Everything in the system was shut down.”
Five engines, one ladder truck and one command vehicle went to the scene. Christian said the plant has four turbines in total, and the other three are still working.
The Panda Temple Power Plant is a clean natural gas-fueled, 758-megawatt combined-cycle facility, according to the company’s website. The plant can supply the power needs of up to 750,000 homes, the website says.
The department will investigate how the fire started.
Annaville, TX – Motel room fire contained to one room thanks to fire sprinklers; No injuries reported
Fire investigators are looking into what started a fire in a motel room.
According to Robin McGill with the Corpus Christi Fire Department, the fire started around 5:30 a.m. on a bed at the Motel 6 on the 6300 block of Interstate 37 and Valero Way.
Luckily, the fire set off the sprinklers in the room. The sprinklers kept the fire contained to one room and put out the flames before they could spread to other rooms.
No one was injured.
Waco, TX – Sprinkler system contains apartment fire to single room
Fire crews arrived to an apartment fire around 8 pm in the 800 block of Colcord.
The fire department tweeted the sprinkler system contained the fire to the room where it started.
McKinney, TX – Apartment fire stopped from spreading by fire sprinkler activation
“Fire sprinklers have been around for more than a century in public and commercial buildings,” said McKinney Fire Marshal Mike Smith. “That same lifesaving technology is just as effective when it comes to protecting your home.”
The NFPA reports that unattended cooking is a factor in one-third of home cooking fires and half of the associated deaths.
Cleburne, TX – Sprinkler system extinguishes fire at high school; No injuries reported
Cleburne firefighters responded to an alarm call at 10:27 p.m. June 20 at Cleburne High School.
Upon arrival they discovered that training supplies stacked in a storage room had caught fire. Firefighters described the items as “football type rubber training pads.”
The sprinkler system had activated and extinguished the fire before firefighters arrived. Firefighters described the damage as minimal, limited to the rubber pads, though some water damage occurred, according to reports. The water damage, however, was limited to the school’s “inside rubber type football field,” according to reports.
School officials and construction personnel were on hand when firefighters arrived. Reports list no cause for the fire and no injuries were reported.
Rosenberg, TX – (no media coverage) Apartment grease fire controlled by fire sprinklers
Bowie, TX – Sprinkler system contains fire at local pizzeria
Fire Chief Doug Page said the fire call came in at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday. The alarm company reported a water flow alarm indicating the system had been activated.
Firefighters found the outside indicators show water was flowing in the system.
Page said the firemen made entry and found a single sprinkler and the fire it contained on a back stairway in the building going to the third floor.
“There were two, five-gallon buckets filled with kitchen rags on the stairwell and at this time we believe there was spontaneous combustion that started a fire. For restaurants this is a common finding which is why there are recommendations on how to store them,” said Page.
There was very little damage added the chief other than a burn on the landing and the plastic had melted.
“Without the sprinkler system going off the fire could have easily run the building before it was found. This is the second building in downtown where a sprinkler system contained a fire,” concluded the chief.
