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In the News -
August |
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Riverview Plaza Office Building Fire |
8-6-08 |
WKRG-TV - Mobile,
AL, USA
Fire Investigators discovered that a small desk top
copier machine, which was sitting on the floor, had
caught fire and activated a single sprinkler head ... |
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Fire Forces Mall Restaurant Evacuation |
8-5-08 |
WTKR Your
NewsChannel 3 - Norfolk, VA, USA
Mall Security responded with an extinguisher and with
the help of the sprinkler system, were able to knock the
fire out quickly. ... |
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Electrical short caused fire at Kimberly-Clark |
8-5-08 |
Waterbury
Republican American - Waterbury, CT, USA
Firefighters received a call at 8:29 am, but the plant's
sprinkler system had the fire under control, Alward
said. One machine was damaged and there was ... |
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Sprinklers put out fire at senior center |
8-5-08 |
Denton Record
Chronicle - Denton, TX, USA
By Donna Fielder / Staff Writer A sprinkler head did its
job Monday afternoon at the Denton Senior Center and
extinguished a fire in a kiln room before it ... |
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Sprinkler system saves Bromley plant from blaze |
8-5-08 |
BlueRidgeNow.com -
Hendersonville, NC, USA
The building suffered no damage, thanks to the sprinkler
system. "This is another example of the value of fire
sprinklers. It could have been a great loss," ... |
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Department Store Evacuated When Fire Starts |
8-3-08 |
Action 3 News -
Omaha, NE, USA
About 20 workers and several customers were inside, when
the fire set off a sprinkler in the front of the store.
"the sprinkler system worked as it should ... |
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Generator causes parking garage fire |
8-3-08 |
Kansas City Star -
MO, USA
The sprinkler system contained the blaze, fire officials
said. Initial reports indicated that several persons
were stranded at the top of the facility, ... |
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Spontaneous combustion sparks school fire |
8-2-08 |
Idaho
Press-Tribune - Nampa, ID, USA
The Nampa Fire Department responded to an automatic
alarm about 4:10 pm and arrived on the scene within
minutes. By the time they went inside, the sprinkler ... |
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NVFC Backs Sprinkler Rule |
8-1-08 |
Fire Chief -
Chicago, IL, USA
The National Volunteer Fire Council adopted a resolution
supporting a change to the International Residential
Code to require fire sprinklers in new ... |
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Sprinkler Stops Fire in Clothing Store |
8-1-08 |
Sun-Sentinel.com -
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
"And I saw the sprinkler turn on and ... the smoke was
everywhere." The sprinklers ultimately put out the fire,
which was contained along the one rack of ... |
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In the News -
July |
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Minor Fire Evacuates Boardwalk Hotel |
7-31-08 |
The Dispatch -
Ocean City, MD, USA
“We put out the fire out rather quickly,” said Price,
adding that the presence of at least one sprinkler head
within the storage room kept the fire under ... |
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Fire At Palm Harbor Assisted Living Facility |
7-30-08 |
Suncoast News -
Clearwater, FL, USA
The fire sprinkler system activated and extinguished the
fire before units arrived, Montforti said. Twenty-nine
residents were relocated to other rooms in ... |
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Downtown Reno condo tower fire stopped quickly |
7-30-08 |
Carson Times -
Reno, NV, USA
Battalion Chief Brent Swearingen said one sprinkler head
activated in the south tower. "All of the built-in fire
protection systems did what they were ... |
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Sprinklers Extinguish Industrial Fire |
7-27-08 |
San Jose Mercury
News - CA, USA
City and county hazardous materials teams subsequently
determined that the small fire had been extinguished by
the building's sprinklers. ... |
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Office Fire At Seafood Distributorship |
7-25-08 |
CBS 4 - Miami, FL,
USA
They discovered the fire had started in one of the
offices but the sprinkler system contributed toward
keeping the flames in control. ... |
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Firefighters- Sprinklers in homes needed |
7-21-08 |
Tuscaloosa News
(subscription) - Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Tuscaloosa Fire Chief Alan Martin has been pitching
residential sprinkler systems to the City Council Public
Safety Committee. ... |
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Sprinklers save home in Incline Village on Lakeshore |
7-20-08 |
North Lake Tahoe
Bonanza - Incline Village, NV, USA
Mulvihill said an official cause of the fire has not
been determined but expects one early next week. “This
is a great advertisement for fire sprinkler ... |
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Representative offering sprinkler legislation |
7-18-08 |
Worcester Telegram
- Worcester, MA, USA
“Any sprinkler alarm system is helpful because it saves
lives and any sprinkler bill has our support,” said
Worcester Fire Chief Gerard A. Dio, ... |
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Sprinkler systems save lives and money |
7-18-08 |
Sun Shopper -
Prescott, AZ, USA
Over the past year, two incidents of commercial
sprinkler system activations not only have saved lives,
but also have averted potentially high-dollar fire ... |
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Escaping The Ring of Fire |
7-17-08 |
TFM - Tinton
Falls, NJ, USA
One common issue with those two blazes, and the
resulting damage, was the lack of automatic sprinkler
systems. Depending on the city and various fire and ... |
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Comet Bowl survives fire |
7-16-08 |
Charles City Press
- IA, United States
Sweet said the sprinkler system worked as designed, with
just the sprinkler head over the fire going off and not
every sprinkler in the building —?which ... |
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Fire damages Auburn apartment |
7-16-08 |
Auburn Reporter -
Auburn, WA, USA
Ten Valley Regional Fire Authority units responded to
report of a sprinkler head activation inside an
apartment at the 1900 block of A Street Southeast at ... |
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Sprinkler battle continues for Klein |
7-16-08 |
Portage Daily
Register - Portage, WI, USA
By Matthew Call A city business owner's quest to change
Portage's fire sprinkler laws continues on two fronts,
with a building project variance request this ... |
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Small fire ignites in Main Ave. condo |
7-15-08 |
Durango Herald -
Durango, CO, USA
"Thank goodness for the sprinkler system," Abercrombie
said. The owner of the condo declined to comment.
Firefighters said the fire occurred in unit 206B, ... |
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Sprinklers to the Rescue |
7-14-08 |
FireFighting
News.com - USA
The fire, which was extinguished by a built-in sprinkler
system, was above a toilet and shower block in the
Guardian At Rossendale residential care facility ... |
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Pushing fire sprinkler systems |
7-12-08 |
Live 5 News -
Charleston, SC, USA
Two Habitat For Humanity-built homes in the City of
Beaufort are now outfitted with fire sprinkler systems
as part of a state-wide effort to get sprinkler ... |
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Fire hits boat building company in Milton |
7-9-08 |
Fox44 News -
Colchester, Vermont, USA
Fire Chief Andy Lucier says the building's sprinkler
system helped prevent even worse damage. Business owner
Robert Bourdeau said about five boat hulls and ... |
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Fireworks Spark Sanford Apartment Fire |
7-6-08 |
WMTW - Auburn, ME,
USA
SANFORD, Maine -- Firefighters said a sprinkler system
probably saved an apartment building in Sanford from
burning down. The fire at 907 Main St. broke out ... |
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Fire Breaks Out At Webster Lowe's |
7-1-08 |
WROC-TV -
Rochester, NY, USA
They say the fire started in the garden area where wood
chips caught fire. The store's sprinkler system helped
keep things under control. ... |
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