Nashville, Tenn., Fire Chief Supports New Sprinkler Code
from NBC- Nashville - Feb. 11, 2009
 When the Nashville Fire Chief Steve Halford wanted to show how badly the city needs sprinklers, he turned to a recent Channel 4 I-Team investigation for evidence. Halford showed the I-Team investigation to members of the Metro Council. The story found hundreds of fire hydrants across the city do not discharge the amount of water needed to adequately fight a fire. As the I-Team found, homes burned completely as a result. The fire chief showed the story because he is trying to urge the council not to adopt a bill that would do away with a fire code provision that requires sprinklers in new homes built in front of low- flow hydrants.
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Lack of Sprinklers Helped Apartment Fire Spread
from WCNC – Feb. 11, 2009
Charlotte, N.C., fire investigators say smoking materials put into a garbage bag and left on a wooden porch sparked a fire that displaced 19 families in Charlotte. Firefighters saved more than half of the 20 units, but the blaze caused $400,000 damage. Firefighters say sprinklers would likely have made a huge difference, and might have limited damages to one unit and only $5,000.
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Sprinklers Help Douse Bremerton, Wash., Fire
from Kitsap Sun – Feb. 12, 2009
An apartment fire was kept in check thanks to the building's fire sprinklers, according to the Bremerton Fire Department. A sprinkler system in the lower level apartment where the fire started had activated, which helped keep the fire from spreading.
Fire crews put out the fire and secured the sprinkler system when they arrived.
This is the second recent fire in which sprinklers helped prevent a larger conflagration, according to the Bremerton's Fire Marshal's Office.
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Sprinkler Laws Minimize Home Fire Damage
from KCCI – Feb. 11, 2009
Investigators have not yet said what started a fire that destroyed a home in Urbandale, Iowa, valued at more than $1 million. Many local suburban communities require larger homes to be built with sprinkler systems that can minimize damage in case of a fire.
West Des Moines Fire Marshal Mike Whitsell said the sprinklers buy firefighters time to save the home and its occupants. "They're going to give you that chance to at least contain the fire, if not put it out, for you and your family to make it safely outside," Whitsell said. More
Body Shop Fire Doused by Sprinkler
from WMUR – Feb. 17, 2009
Two cars were damaged during a fire at Prestige Auto Body in Manchester, N.H.
Crews responded to the building's automatic fire system notification.
Fire officials said the fire broke out in the engine compartment of a car that was hooked up to battery power. Crews said the building's sprinkler system extinguished a good portion of the fire. The building did not suffer any structural damage.
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NEW! - AFSA: Fire Sprinkler Systems Hydraulic Calculations, Part 3
from AFSA – Feb. 18, 2009
Hydraulic Calculations, Part 3 can now be found online at AFSA's Fire
Sprinkler eCampus, an interactive site providing 24/7 professional
development to the fire sprinkler industry. This 2-hour course teaches
evaluation of water supplies, determination of adequate water
supplies, principles behind selecting design areas, hydraulic junction
points and pressure balancing, and will also show you how to use
hydraulic worksheets to complete hydraulic calculation of a dead-end
(tree) system. More
Hastings, Minn., Fire Would Have Been Prevented By Sprinklers
from Minneapolis Star-Tribune – Feb. 17, 2009
A fire in a third-floor unit of an apartment building in Hastings, Minn., forced evacuation of the building and left some residents and rescue workers with minor injuries, a fire official says. The apartment building has no sprinklers, which weren't required when the complex was built, Fire Chief Mike Schutt said. If the building had had a sprinkler system, it woold have saved on damage and injuries, he said.
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Sprinkler Contains Naperville, Ill., Storage Company Fire
from Daily Herald – Feb. 13, 2009
Firefighters said they arrived to find heavy smoke and fire visible in the loading dock area at the northwest corner of the Prager Moving & Storage Co. in Naperville, Ill. Firefighters said the building's sprinkler system contained the bulk of the blaze and there was no damage to the structure itself. No employees were present at the time. More
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