Hydraulic Calculations - Part Three Now Available Online
from AFSA - October 24, 2008
 Part Three of the American Fire Sprinkler Association’s (AFSA) four-part Fire Sprinkler Systems Hydraulic Calculations online training
series is now available! This two-hour interactive online course is
accessible anytime through AFSA's e-learning courseware portal
eCampus. Upon completion of Part Three, the student will be able to
evaluate minimum water supply needs, determine adequacy of water
supplies, understand the principles behind selecting design areas,
understand hydraulic junction points and pressure balancing, and know
how to use hydraulic worksheets to complete hydraulic calculation of a
dead-end (tree) system. The Hydraulic Calculations series is available
online exclusively at AFSA’s Fire Sprinkler eCampus.
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Sprinkler Assists Fire Fighters in Pellet Plant Fire
fromSky Hi Daily News – Oct. 27, 2008
Confluence Energy’s wood pellet plant in Kremmling, Colo., had a fire scare. The plant’s sprinkler system kicked in quickly, however, and when the Kremmling Fire Department responded the fire was already almost contained, said Kremmling Fire Chief Tony Tucker. “It got hot enough to burn insulation on the roof itself,” he said. “The sprinkler system definitely saved the day. It would have been a lot worse.” More
Sprinkler System Helps Contain Milk Plant Explosion Fire
from The Fresno Bee – Oct. 27, 2008
An explosion at California Dairies Inc.'s milk processing plant in Visalia, Calif., sparked a two-alarm fire and sent smoke spewing out rooftop vents. The sprinkler system went off automatically and helped control the fire. Firefighters then entered the building and put out the fire. Seven fire engines and ladder trucks from the Visalia Fire Department and two engines from the Tulare County Fire Department responded to the incident.
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Fire Prompts Efforts to Strengthen Building Code Requirements for Sprinklers
from Star News Online – Oct. 27, 2008
Kaaren Mann says she’s certain fire sprinklers would have saved her 18-year-old daughter. With that in mind, Mann and others have gone from South Carolina to Minneapolis to Washington, D.C., to speak to lawmakers about the role of sprinklers in suppressing blazes. In hopes her message will prevent other fire deaths and injuries, Mann has shared at each stop the story of the Ocean Isle Beach house fire that killed her daughter, Lauren Mahon, and six other South Carolina college students a year ago. More
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Sprinkler Put an End to a Fire Started by Lit Candle
from KXMB North Dakota News – Oct. 26, 2008
Fire officials say a candle left burning on a television stand overnight caused a fire in a Grand Forks, N.D., apartment. It was limited to a second-floor bedroom and no one was hurt. Firefighters said the building's sprinkler system helped contain the fire.
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Assisted Living High Rise Fire Contained by Sprinkler System
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KETV Omaha - Oct. 27, 2008
Two floors of a high-rise assisted living complex were evacuated after an early morning fire in Omaha, Neb. Investigators said the fire broke out on the 13th floor of the building and was contained to a living room. The sprinkler system activated and contained the fire. One person was taken to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. More
Duct System Fire Extinguished by Sprinkler System
Palladium-Item – Oct. 28, 2008
A small fire in the duct system of a piece of machinery at Milso Industries Inc. in Richmond, Ind., caused company officials to send workers home. Richmond firefighters responded to a call but a sprinkler system inside the duct work contained and extinguished the fire, according to Richmond Fire Chief Mike Crawley. More
Sprinkler Prevents Death in an Apartment Fire
CBS2 – Oct. 27, 2008
A woman, who had locked her door preventing the entry of firefighters, was severely burned, but survived, a "suspicious" fire at an apartment complex in Pasadena, Calif. thanks to a fire sprinkler system. The 27-year-old woman was hospitalized following the fire, which was reported in a third-floor apartment, the Pasadena Fire Department reported. Arriving firefighters found that a sprinkler system had extinguished the fire. More
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