|
Fire
Sprinklers in the News - March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crews demolish burned landmark |
3-25-06 |
Capital News 9 -
Albany, NY, USA
... National Fire Sprinkler Association Region
Manager Dominick Kass said, "If this [building] had fire
sprinklers, they would have been back open after maybe a
... |
|
|
Tyco offers free sprinkler training to home builders |
3-24-06 |
Contractor
Magazine - Des Plaines, IL, USA
LANSDALE, PA. — Tyco Fire & Building Products said in
mid-February that it will offer free residential fire
sprinkler training to home builders and developers
... |
|
|
|
|
Donated sprinklers keep Chandler elderly fire-safe |
3-23-06 |
Arizona Republic -
Phoenix, AZ, USA
It took him more than a year and dozens of phone calls,
but Chandler Fire Marshal John Gardner found a company
willing to install a fire sprinkler system in ... |
|
|
|
|
Small fire reported in Grambling State dormitory |
3-15-06 |
Shreveport Times -
Shreveport, LA, USA
Grambling State University officials believe a small
fire in a men’s dormitory ... small flames were quickly
extinguished by the hall’s sprinkler system, but ... |
|
|
Trailer homes must have sprinklers now |
3-15-06 |
Chicago Tribune -
United States
JUSTICE -- All manufactured homes coming into town must
now be outfitted with sprinkler systems for fire
prevention. Last year the ... |
|
|
Most nursing homes now have sprinklers |
3-14-06 |
Maryville Daily
Times - Maryville, TN, USA
NASHVILLE -- There are only five nursing homes left in
Tennessee without fire sprinkler systems after a state
law required them following a pair of fires that ... |
|
|
Fire damage limited to $500 |
3-14-06 |
Hagerstown Morning
Herald - Hagerstown, MD, USA
... The fires were quickly extinguished by the
building's automatic fire sprinkler system. About $500
in damage was caused by the fire. ... |
|
|
KY Mobile Home Fire kills 5 |
3-13-06 |
Lexington Herald-Leader
via Firehouse.com
... When firefighters in
Leslie County arrived at a deadly mobile home fire early
yesterday, they did not know where to start fighting the
blaze... |
|
|
|
|
Home buyers may get option for sprinklers |
3-10-06 |
Arizona Republic -
Phoenix, AZ, USA
... All real estate agents for new homes would
take part in a fire-sprinkler education program offered
by the Avondale Fire Department. ... |
|
|
Sprinkler system keeps business fire to minimum |
3-10-06 |
Rockford Register
Star - Rockford, IL, USA
ROCKFORD — An overhead commercial sprinkler activated by
an automatic fire alarm limited damage to about $1,000
when an office fire occurred early Thursday ... |
|
|
Woman Severely Burned In ALF Fire |
3-9-06 |
CBS 4 - Miami, FL,
USA
... So far, there’s no word on how the fire
started but officials do say the building’s fire alarm
did go off and so did the sprinkler system which helped
... |
|
|
Four children killed in apartment fire |
3-8-06 |
Access North
Georgia - Gainesville, GA, USA
... Fire officials said there was no sprinkler
system in the building. They were trying to determine
whether there was a working smoke detector. |
|
|
No Injuries In Nursing Home Fire |
3-8-06 |
CBS 3 -
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Officials say the sprinkler system contained most of the
blaze before they were called. The fire was placed under
control at 12:47 am Wednesday. ... |
|
|
Woman injured in Garton Apt. fire |
3-8-06 |
Sheboygan Press -
Sheboygan, WI, USA
... A fire sprinkler went off in the bedroom,
which kept the fire contained to that room. "The
sprinkler system did its job," Hermann said. ... |
|
|
Minor Fire at Cooper’s Melksham Plant |
3-8-06 |
Tyres &
Accessories - Essex, UK
... Cooper’s Sarah McRoberts told Tyres &
Accessories that the fire was successfully contained by
the factory’s sprinkler system. ... |
|
|
|
|
Sprinkler warning after Tauranga fire |
3-7-06 |
Newstalk ZB - New
Zealand
... fire chief Ron Devlin says yesterday's fire
in Koromiko street would have been contained early on,
if the building had been equipped with a sprinkler
system. ... |
|
|
Fire closes store at Pierre Bossier Mall |
3-6-06 |
KTBS - Shreveport,
LA, USA
... Firefighters say the fire started in a sink
inside the Rave clothing store. Fortunately, the store's
sprinkler system put out the flames before they could
... |
|
|
|
|
Deadly fire likely started in basement |
3-3-06 |
The Union Leader -
Manchester, NH, USA
... State Fire Marshal William Degnan said that
the home did not have an interconnected system with
smoke detectors on every ... Also, there was no
sprinkler system. ... |
|
|
|
|
Fires a hot topic at family housing site |
3-1-06 |
SIU - Daily
Egyptian - Carbondale, IL, USA
... residents of family housing sites are at
extra risk of fire because of ... Recent state
legislation is requiring all universities to establish
sprinkler systems in ... |
|
