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Sprinkler system knocks down fire in
Clackamas County |
1-25-12 |
KPTV.com
By FOX 12 Staff - email A sprinkler system extinguished
a fire that appears to have been intentionally set
inside a former Black Angus location in the Oak Grove
community in Clackamas County, investigators said.
According to the Clackamas County Fire ... |
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Burning down the house, again |
1-24-12 |
Chicago Sun-Times
“Since everything in the fire service has been largely
based on tradition, now it's more science-based, but
before they accept any new options, they want to see the
data,” said Daniel Madrzykowski, a fire protection
engineer at the National Institute ... |
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Deadly Lake Shore Drive Fire Raises
Doubts About High-Rise Safety |
1-24-12 |
CBS Local
Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board
executive director Tom Lia calls the 2004 ordinance so
weakly enforced to be “virtually useless,” and says
sprinkler systems should be required with no alternative
to satisfy the law, the Tribune reported ... |
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Townhouse Fire Stopped By Sprinklers |
1-23-12 |
Leesburg Today
A similar fire, left uncontrolled by sprinkler,
typically generates significantly higher damages,
according to the fire marshal's office. According to the
US Fire Administration, when residential fire sprinklers
are installed, the chances of dying in a ... |
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Sprinklers installed, preschool breathes
sigh of relief |
1-21-12 |
Ahwatukee Foothills News
After more than three years of fundraising, Children of
Hope Child Development Center was finally able to
install a sprinkler and alarm system. The Phoenix Fire
Department came out to teach the kids about fire safety
after the first phase of sprinkler ... |
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Sprinkler system extinguishes Villa Park
apartment fire |
1-21-12 |
Suburban Life Publications
19 at 2300 Ovaltine Court, and upon arriving, found a
grease fire that had started on the stove and spread to
kitchen cabinets. Before the fire department arrived,
the sprinkler system in the kitchen had been activated
and kept the fire under control ... |
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Bessemer business fire doused by
sprinklers |
1-19-12 |
al.com (blog)
By Carol Robinson -- The Birmingham News BESSEMER,
Alabama - A fire broke out at the Foundry Super Thrift
Outlet on Bessemer Super Highway early today, but
firefighters say the building's sprinkler system
prevented major damage. ... |
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Could sprinklers cut house fire
fatalities- |
1-18-12 |
Ashbourne News Telegraph
Sprinklers do save lives but they also minimise property
damage and, in the case of the demonstration, the
bedroom after the fire was soggy but otherwise almost
completely saved. Fitting a fire sprinkler system to a
new building can cost around £200 ... |
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'Think Sprinkler' Campaign Launched By
Derbyshire Fireservice |
1-16-12 |
Chesterfield Post
Caroline suffered 75% burns in a house fire in 1988
trying to save her sister. Other specialists in the
field of fire prevention and sprinkler systems were also
in attendance. Two live demonstrations were carried out
to show the effects of a fire in a ... |
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Baltimore fire deaths drop to lowest on
record |
1-14-12 |
Baltimore Sun
John Hall, the director for analysis and research for
the National Fire Protection Association, a nonprofit in
Massachusetts, said Maryland's sprinkler law makes it
one of the leading states in fire prevention. He added
that cities across the country ... |
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Sorority house fire extinguished by
sprinkler system |
1-11-12 |
KVOA Tucson News
TUCSON - Tucson Fire responded to a fire at the Alpha Pi
sorority this afternoon, but the house's sprinkler
system had extinguished the flame before firefighters
arrived. At about 4:23 pm today, TFD responded to the
sorority, located on the University ... |
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Sprinkler puts out retirement home fire |
1-9-12 |
WHIO Radio
A fire early Monday morning at a Dayton retirement home
was safely put out by a sprinkler system before crews
arrived. The fire broke out in a resident's room at
Lamplight Inn of Dayton shortly after 4:30 am, according
to Lt. Dale Fahrney of the Miami ... |
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Home Fire Sprinkler Question Sparks
Debate |
1-4-12 |
abc40
As for those 'false alarm' misfires, Chief Madison goes
on to say fire sprinkler technology has come a long way.
“Residential fire sprinklers don't operate the way they
do in Hollywood,” he contends, “A fire sprinkler is only
activated when activated ... |
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