May 7 Webinar - Specific Application Sprinklers
from AFSA - April 15, 2009
 Held Thursday, May 7, 11:00 AM CST, this 90-minute seminar will address the unique risks associated with combustible attic spaces and combustible spaces between floors. This seminar will examine these risks, understand NFPA’s protection requirements, and introduce the use an application of Specific Application Sprinklers specifically listed to protect these occupancies. This seminar offers 1.5 CPDs and
0.15 CEUs.
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Lightning Strikes Store, but Sprinkler Fights Back
from Benton Courier – April 13, 2009
A lightning strike ignited a fire at Fred’s discount store in Benton, Ark., but the store’s sprinkler system apparently kept the flames from destroying the store and adjacent buildings. More
UMSL Pi Kappa Alpha House Reopens with Sprinklers after Fatal Fire
from KSDK – April 12, 2009
Members of the University of Missouri in St. Louis Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity held an open house at their new home in Bel Ridge, Mo. The house was destroyed by fire, November 29, 2006. Among the amenities in the reconstructed fraternity house is a new sprinkler system. More
Sprinkler Controls Massachusetts Elementary School Fire
from Beverly Citizen – April 10, 2009
A sprinkler controlled a small fire in a bathroom after school at the Centerville Elementary School in Beverly, Mass. Staff and children evacuated properly and according to plan, the Fire Department said. More
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49 Schools Don't Have Sprinklers in Annapolis, Md.
from The Capital – April 13, 2009
Of 121 public school buildings in the county, 49 don't have fire sprinklers and another nine have only partial sprinkler systems, according to data from the school system. Until recently, the fire code followed by Anne Arundel County schools and many others nationwide didn't require sprinklers. More
Sprinklers Take Care of DanChem Plant Fire
from GoDanRiver.com – April 13, 2009
A fire at DanChem, Technologies Inc. plant in Danville, Va., was extinguished by the plant’s fire sprinklers before the first fire truck arrived, chief of the Ringgold Volunteer Fire Department Mike Neal said. More
Illinois Warehouse Fire Extinguished by Sprinkler
from The Chronicle – April 14, 2009
A fire at Rideau Package, Inc. in Batavia, Ill., was put out by firefighters with the assistance of a sprinkler system. According to a release from the Batavia Fire Department, its firefighters responded to a local fire alarm and upon arrival found smoke coming from the roof of the building. More
Sprinkler Controls Florida Hotel Blaze
from Miami Herald – April 14, 2009
Hundreds were evacuated from a Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa in Fort Lauderdale after a fire erupted in a sixth-floor room, a city spokesman Matt Little said. The hotel's sprinkler system controlled the fire, but 250 people were evacuated from the hotel as a precaution, Little said. More
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