Industry News
Sprinklers Make a Difference in 3 PG Fires
(Fox News, 02/05/2012)
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. - Inspectors from the Fire Marshal's Office will be back at the Spellman House Apartments in College Park later this week to check on the fire alarm. It malfunctioned Saturday, putting residents at risk during a fire.
What may have actually saved lives was the sprinkler system.
Sprinklers Saved Life of Laconia Man Smoking While on Oxygen
(UnionLeader, 01/29/2012)
The Laconia man engulfed in flames when his portable medical oxygen tank ignited when he apparently fell asleep drinking and smoking remains in a Boston hostpital Sunday with second and possibly third-degree burns, the fire chief said.
Fire Sprinklers Credited for Saving Lives
(Keloland TV, 02/02/2012)
Fire investigators credit a 40-year-old sprinkler system with saving countless lives this week. A kitchen fire broke out in the tallest apartment in downtown Sioux Falls and as if it hadn't been for the decades old equipment, the outcome could have been a lot worse.
Propery, Lives Saved by Apartment's Sprinkler System
(Owatonna People's Press, 10/02/2012 )
Fire officials say a single sprinkler head saved property and potentially a life or two when it contained a grease fire in a unit at Kay Knutson Apartments Tuesday night. A tenant was waiting for a pan of grease to heat up so he could prepare a meal when he looked over at his stove and saw the pan was engulfed in flames, according to apartment caretaker Doug Jones. The tenant grabbed the pan and set it in his sink, hoping to extinguish the fire, and even used salt to try to put it out. But before the man could think of another way to put out the fire, he found himself drenched.
