Sprinkler Stops
Retail - North Wales: 24 June
NORTH Wales Fire and Rescue Service is highlighting the benefits of sprinkler systems after a fire at the Dorothy Perkins store on Broughton Shopping Park on Thursday.
Fire crews from Wrexham and Deeside arrived at the store at 8am, when they found the sprinkler system had been activated.
The fire, which was caused by a faulty electrical light fitting in the ground floor fitting rooms, damaged the light fitting and changing room cubicle.
Kevin Brain, from North Wales Fire and Rescue Service, said: “This incident clearly highlights how sprinkler systems can stop a fire in its tracks – saving lives and protecting property.
Posted on: Tuesday 20 July 2010
Dwelling, Holyhead, North Wales
Sprinklers save three residents following Holyhead flat fire
A Senior Fire Officer from North Wales F&RS is highlighting the life saving properties of sprinkler systems after three people escaped safely from a fire in a flat in Holyhead this morning (Monday May 3 2010).
Crews from Holyhead were called to the property on Waterside at 09:44hrs and used two sets of breathing apparatus to smokelogged property. The fire, affecting a microwave oven in the kitchen of the property, was extinguished by a sprinkler system fitted in the flat.
The fire caused slight fire damage to the kitchen and slight smoke damage to the rest of the flat.It is believed that only one sprinkler head in the kitchen was actuated.
All three occupants escaped unharmed.
The cause of the fire was food left to cook too long in the microwave oven.
Posted on: Wednesday 5 May 2010
Restaurant Kitchen, Chiswick, West London
From Keith Rhodes, Nationwide Sprinklers, 7 March 2010
We are pleased to advise that a hot oil pan fire at Charlottes Bistro in Chiswick yesterday was extinguished by the activation of just one sprinkler. The Bistro was temporarily closed for 45 minutes but reopened before the end of the dinner service.
Posted on: Monday 8 March 2010
Restaurant Kitchen in Entertainment Complex, West Midlands
This very interesting sprinkler stop demonstrates graphically how inadequate fire separation could have allowed a serious fire to develop if the occupancy had not been sprinkler protected. It should also be noted that the presence of the sprinklers compensated for the poor management/housekeeping practices which allowed cooking oil to accumulate.
‘At just after 10pm on Monday 18th January 2010, West Midlands Fire Service attended a fire in a restaurant located in the Star City entertainment complex in Birmingham.
The fire broke out in the cavity of a partition wall situated at the rear of a cooking griddle. It was believed that over time, an accumulation of cooking oils had entered the cavity and eventually ignited. The partition wall did not extend to full ceiling height and so the fire discharged into the void above the false ceiling. Two sprinkler heads, one on each side of the partition wall, activated during the fire and contained the damaged area to the inside of the wall cavity.
A total 6 pumping appliances attended and 400 persons were safely evacuated from the Star City complex.
Following refurbishment, the restaurant was re-opened on Saturday 22nd January while the remainder of the complex continued to operate as normal the following day.’
Posted on: Tuesday 26 January 2010
Fire in Sauna in Novotel, London
Two sprinklers activated when a fire broke out in a sauna in the Novotel, Euston Road, London on the afternoon of 14 December. While the hotel was evacuated as a precaution it is believed that damage was restricted to the 5th floor sauna.
The system was reinstated later the same day by BAFSA member Blue Shield Fire Protection Ltd.
BAFSA notes that this is one of several fires caused by saunas in the past few years. In one of these, damage exceeding £20m was caused to an unsprinklered health club in West London.
Posted on: Wednesday 16 December 2009
Sprinkler Stop - Basement Flat, Hastings, September 2009
Recently East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service received a call from a resident in Warrior Square, Hastings, who was concerned about a smell of smoke. Two fire appliances were dispatched to the building and upon arrival, discovered a fire in the basement flat.
The fire, which had started in the bedroom of the property, had been virtually extinguished by a sprinkler system, which had been fitted as part of a recent refurbishment. The flat was unoccupied at the time of the fire and without the intervention of the sprinkler system, the fire could have spread, causing untold damage to the property and threatening the rest of the occupants and flats within the building.
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the flat to finish extinguishing the blaze and ventilate the property. The building was also fitted with a fire alarm system, which had successfully raised the alarm throughout the building, allowing the other occupants to escape quickly and safely. The sprinkler system was quickly reinstated, ensuring the whole building was once again fully protected from fire.
Adrian Brown, Director of Prevention & Protection said, "Once again we see the benefits of having a properly installed and working sprinkler system, there are many myths about sprinklers, the reality is they save lives and property as we have seen in this instance. This incident demonstrates why the Fire & Rescue Service are keen promoters of sprinklers."
The sprinkler system was quickly reinstated after the incident, ensuring the whole building was once again fully protected from fire.
Posted on: Saturday 3 October 2009
Automotive Components, Uttoxter 27 July
Sprinklers have brought a potentially major blaze under control in a factory fire in the early hours of this morning.
The fire took place in the rural village of Mayfield, near Uttoxeter at approximately 1am this morning. The factory, called Mayfield Yarns, located on Conygree Lane, produces materials for airbag systems.
When crews arrived they were met with two fires, one in an outbuilding storing pallets and corrugated cardboard and the second in a large production and storage building. At the height of the incident there were a total of ten pumps and two aerial ladder platforms, however because of the effective use of the sprinkler systems the incident was soon scaled down to five pumps by 2.30am.
Posted on: Monday 27 July 2009
Factory, Hampshire, 8 November 2008
A FIRE that broke out in a factory has highlighted the importance of sprinkler systems in commercial properties, the fire brigade have said.Firefighters attended a factory fire in Aston Road, Waterlooville, on Saturday, 8 November
Crews from Waterlooville and Cosham were called at 1335hrs to WPL, an 18,000sq ft factory.
The factory, which makes products for rainwater harvesting, sewage management and wastewater processes, contained flammable products, including acetone and fibreglass resin.
However sprinklers helped keep the fire in check and prevent further damage to the property.
Posted on: Sunday 19 July 2009
Bed and Breakfast, West Midlands, 8 December 2008
A large Bed and Breakfast establishment in Erdington suffered a fire on 8 December in a first floor bedroom. The premises were protected by a BS 9251 system which operated and extinguished the fire. Two heads are reported to have opened.
Posted on: Sunday 19 July 2009
Assisted Living (Residential Care) Facility, Miss. USA
Small Fire Disrupts Assisted Living Home
Friday, Dec 19, 2008 @07:30am CST
(Branson, MO) -- Residents of an assisted living facility were startled awake early today by the sound of a fire alarm.
Branson firefighters say the alarm went off shortly before 3:00 am today at the Culpepper Place Senior Living Facility on Gretna Road. When firefighters got there, they found water coming from under the door of one of the resident rooms.
The 90 year old woman living there was sound asleep, as a fire sprinkler was going off in her room.
Branson Fire Division Chief Ted Martin says a small fire in the woman's couch touched off the sprinkler system and alarm.
The fire was in a very small area of the couch and was quickly extinguished. The woman was moved to another open room. None of the other residents in the facility were affected.
"If ever proof was needed that automatic fire sprinklers say lives, it was realized here in Branson today as this resident was alseep, in her home, at night when the fire broke out," said Martin.
Martin said everything designed into the city's fire codes worked to keep the fire from becoming a deadly event.
Posted on: Sunday 19 July 2009