Sprinkler Stops
Domestic Premises, 27 December 2008
A domestic system successfully operated on 27 December 2008. A single sprinkler head in a bathroom operated to extinguish a fire in a towel which was caused by the ignition of paper by a recessed ceiling light.
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
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
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