In the News - May Dryer fire damages Amherst nursing home 5-27-11 Buffalo News Volunteer firefighters from Main-Transit Fire Department found a dryer on fire in a laundry room and heavy smoke filling the facility. A single fire sprinkler head was operating, and it contained the fire to the laundry room. ... Henrietta Fire District holds fire demonstration 5-22-11 Henrietta Post The Henrietta Fire District and national nonprofit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition hosted a live, side-by-side fire and sprinkler burn demonstration Saturday, May 7, at the Henrietta Training Center. Police blotter- Building's sprinklers quell fire in Will County 5-21-11 Chicago Sun-Times Minooka firefighters responded to a small fire Saturday at the Akzo Nobel plant on Tabler Road in the Minooka-Morris area. The small fire was contained by the sprinkler system, ... 'They save people's lives' 5-20-11 BBC News Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service has launched the national campaign to change the legislation. Wales was thought to be the first country in the world to make fire sprinklers compulsory in all new homes after it was passed by the Welsh Assembly in ... Will sprinklers in a burning home help you get out alive- 5-20-11 Northwest Cable News The lesson for the day is about fire sprinklers in homes and the growing evidence that they truly do save lives. At the training center, there are two identical living rooms set up with furniture from thrift stores -- one without a sprinkler, ... Sprinklers Save Another St. Paul High-Rise 5-16-11 FOX 9 News A fire sprinkler saved another high-rise apartment building in St. Paul early Monday morning, just days after a sprinkler put out a fire on the top floor of another high-rise. Around 1:10 am Monday, St. Paul firefighters were called to an eight-story, ... Fire Official Says Alcohol, Lack of Sprinklers Likely Factors in Fatal Fire 5-16-11 Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun Svante Myrick '09 (D-4th Ward) echoed Stewart's sentiments and added that the lack of fire sprinklers in many houses in Collegetown and on the Cornell campus — including at 107 Cook Street — is a major concern for public officials. ... Two recent Coon Rapids fires show importance of sprinklers 5-12-11 Coon Rapids Herald by Peter Bodley It was a sprinkler in a third-floor hallway of the Tralee Terrace apartment building, 9900 Redwood St. NW, Coon Rapids, that knocked down a fire that had been deliberately set. ... Sprinkler douses fire 5-10-11 Vancouver Sun By Amy Judd, The Times May 10, 2011 Pitt Meadows fire chief Don Jolley said the events of Monday night are yet another example of why sprinkler systems are needed in homes and apartment. ... West Henrietta firefighters auxiliary holds barbecue today 5-7-11 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle This morning at that site, the Henrietta Fire District and the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition demonstrated the speed of a typical house fire and how destructive it can be. Sprinkler puts out fire at Queen Anne Apartments 5-4-11 Lebanon Express Most importantly, do not use water on a grease fire. Pouring water on burning grease or oil will not extinguish the fire. It will only cause the burning oil to splash, spreading the grease fire around. Sprinklers can put out grease fires because of the ... ABC News 4Fire demo shows importance of home sprinklers 5-2-11 ABC NEWS 4 Two identical rooms were set on fire by the North Charleston Fire Department in the parking lot of the fire museum. One room contained a home fire sprinkler and the other, just a smoke detector.