Sprinkler system at Sharon manufacturer handles afterhours blaze
[11/28/2008] - SHARON — The sprinkler system at a manufacturing company extinguished a fire that broke out after the building had shut down for Thanksgiving, fire officials said. Sharon Fire Capt. Bert Cummings said the blaze at Temptronic, a thermal-component company at 4 Commercial St., began about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. link

Investigators question witnesses about factory fire
[11/24/2008] - HURON COUNTY, OH (WTOL) - State investigators will be questioning witnesses, Monday, about a fire at a factory. It broke out early Sunday at Progress Plastic Products on Monroe Street. link

Sprinklers limit Sheldon damage
[11/24/2008] - A woman escaped serious injury in a fire at Sheldon Towers in Rutland that started when a cigarette she was smoking in bed came in contact with an oxygen tube she uses to breathe, according to fire officials. Rutland Fire Department responded Saturday night to a bedroom fire at Sheldon Towers. Firefighters received the call at 9:39 p.m. and within two minutes responded to the 10-story tower, said Chief Robert Schlachter. link

The Insurance Buzz by Buzz Garvin
[11/24/2008] - Nationwide, more than 4,000 people die in fires each  year. Home fire sprinklers can contain and may even extinguish a fire in less time than it would take the fire department to arrive on the scene. Fire sprinklers are not a new idea. Developed in the late 19th century, sprinkler systems protect much of the world’s commercial risks. Now similar technology is being installed in homes where, unfortunately, most of the fire deaths occur. link

Downtown Fire Damages Apartment
[11/24/2008] - OMAHA, Neb. -- Fire crews told KETV NewsWatch 7 that a water heater on a third floor apartment near 21st and Leavenworth streets caught on fire around 8 p.m. Saturday. link

Children with lighter ignite apartment fire
[11/21/2008] - KALAMAZOO -- Two children playing with a lighter ignited a fire Thursday that damaged an apartment on the city's south side, police said. Smoke was coming from a unit at the Rosewood Community, 4774 Horton Drive, when Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers responded at 8:04 p.m. to a report of an apartment fire, a news release said. Police said the fire was confined to a first-floor bedroom and the apartment's automatic sprinkler system had extinguished the flames by the time officers entered the residence. link

Fire Hits Trendy Hollywood Clothing Store
[11/20/2008] - HOLLYWOOD -- Fire broke out on the second floor of a two-story clothing store in Hollywood early Thursday. link

Sprinkler System Extinguishes Accidental Fire in Lex. Park
[11/18/2008] - LEXINGTON PARK, Md. (Nov. 18, 2008) – An accidental fire was extinguished this morning by an automatic fire sprinkler system. The 7:58 A.M. fire at 22027 Oxford Court, Lexington Park was reported to 911 by a neighbor. link

Owensboro Warehouse Catches Fire
[11/15/2008] - OWENSBORO, KY - Fire investigators are investigating the cause a fire that broke out at an Owensboro warehouse. Investigators say the fire started when a large piece of equipment ignited at the Omico Plastics Plant. link

NCSU to get money for dorm sprinklers
[11/14/2008] - CHAPEL HILL - N.C. State has received approval to spend $3.7 million to install sprinklers in 17 residence halls. link

Fire at Victaulic plant in Leland
[11/12/2008] - As fires go, it was not much of one. Where and how it occurred is a different matter; at a company that makes fire protection systems. We have all seen them. In most cases we ignore them. They are the sprinkler heads you see overhead when you are in a restaurant or commercial business. link

MURRIETA: Arson fire damages business
[11/12/2008] - MURRIETA ---- A small fire that broke out early Wednesday in a postal business on Murrieta Hot Springs Road is being investigated as arson, authorities said. The blaze, which broke out in the business about 2:30 a.m., was quickly put out by the building's sprinkler system, Murrieta police Lt. Dennis Vrooman said. link

Heat gun sparks small St. Charles fire
[11/11/2008] - ST. CHARLES -- A sprinkler located above the spot where a malfunctioning heat gun started a fire at a west suburban food bottler Tuesday morning controlled the blaze, which was completely extinguished soon thereafter by firefighters. link

UNC campus building damaged in fire
[11/9/2008] - CHAPEL HILL (WTVD) -- Fire officials were called early Saturday morning to UNC's campus to extinguish a building fire. Assistant Fire Marshal Tommy Gregory says the Chapel Hill Fire Department responded to an automatic fire alarm at Gerrard Hall on E Cameron Ave. around 3:15 a.m. Saturday. link

Sprinklers Help Squelch 2 Tampa Apartment Fires
[11/7/2008] - TAMPA - Sprinklers helped save the day for more than 40 Tampa apartments in the past few days, Tampa firefighters say. On Thursday night, New Tampa Fire Engine 21 was called to a fire at Bridlewood Apartments off Highwoods Preserve Parkway. A kitchen in a third floor apartment at 18145 Sterling Gate Circle had a small grease fire. A sprinkler head opened, extinguishing the blaze. link

Fire quickly doused at Madison apartment building
[11/6/2008] - A sprinkler system activated at The Jefferson, 9401 Old Sauk Road, and extinguished a fire accidentally sparked by improperly discarded smoking materials this morning, Madison fire officials said. The fire occurred on an outside patio at one of the apartment units. link

Fire at senior apartments
[11/5/2008] - A Crescent City women caught herself on fire as she leaned over a candle Tuesday night. link

Factory fire stemmed by sprinklers
[11/3/2008] - When a fire touched off in Confluence Energy’s wood-pellet plant in Kremmling, Colo., one early Saturday morning in October, it got hot enough to damage insulation on the roof. However, because the sprinkler system kicked in quickly, the fire was nearly contained by the time the local fire department arrived on the scene. link

Sprinkler credited for saving apartments
[11/3/2008] - An apartment fire Saturday morning at The Retreat in Peachtree City was extinguished by a fire sprinkler, city fire officials reported today. As a result, the fire did not spread beyond the apartment to the other 19 units in the three-story building at The Retreat at Peachtree City, formerly The Amli Apartments at Kedron, officials said. link

Frisco arson suspect arrested during early morning break-in
[11/3/2008] - FRISCO — An arson suspect was arrested by Frisco police early Sunday morning, after the man was caught attempting to break into a second local property. Shortly after 2 a.m. on Sunday, Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue crews responded to the offices of Keller Williams Realty on Main Street in Frisco for an alarm notification that the sprinkler system was activated. link

$110,000 damage in Hoffman Estates apartment fire
[11/3/2008] - Hoffman Estates fire officials estimate that an apartment fire over the weekend caused $110,000 damage. Fire personnel were dispatched to the second floor of a two-story apartment on the 1900 block of Kenilworth Circle at 10:30 p.m. Saturday and found smoke coming out of the building. link

Sprinklers extinguish accidental fire at Pilgrim plant
[11/1/2008] - A fire in a calibration laboratory at Pilgrim Station Nuclear Power Plant Wednesday night was extinguished in about 20 minutes with no injuries and no release of radioactivity, a Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman said Thursday morning. link