Anne Arundel, Md., Mandates Sprinklers in New Residential Construction
from Annapolis Capital– Jan. 6, 2009
Fire sprinklers will soon be required in all new Anne Arundel homes after the County Council approved the mandate Jan. 5. Firefighters have lobbied for the across-the-board sprinkler rule for the better part of a decade, and one veteran volunteer firefighter called the victory a "landmark piece of legislation." More

Old Navy Store Fire Extinguished by Sprinkler
from WAVY-TV – Dec. 29, 2008
James City County and Williamsburg Fire and Rescue crews responded to an early morning structure fire at an Old Navy store in Williamsburg, Va. Heavy smoke greeted arriving units from the main level of the building. Upon entering the structure, crews reported smoke on the first floor with moderate heat conditions; the store's sprinkler system had activated and already extinguished the fire. More

Sprinklers Hold Nursing Home Fire at Bay
from Merced Sun-Star – Jan. 5, 2009
Flames erupted at a Merced, Calif., assisted living facility after a laundry dryer caught fire. Fortunately, no one was hurt in the small fire, according to the Merced Fire Department. Water from an overhead sprinkler system held the fire at bay until firefighters arrived and extinguished it. More

Museum Fire Extinguised by Sprinkler
from The News Journal – Jan. 2, 2009
A malfunctioning microwave oven sparked a small fire in a utility room attached to the kitchen area of the Smyrna Town Museum in Delaware, state fire officials said. Because the microwave oven was directly under a working sprinkler head, the fire was extinguished by the time the Citizen Hose Company of Smyrna arrived, said Chief Deputy State Fire Marshal B. Scott Bullock. More

No Sprinklers at Shelton High Fire in Connecticut
from WTNH – Dec. 30, 2008
A three alarm blaze broke out at Shelton High School in Shelton, Conn. Luckily, school was not in session, but a recent investigation revealed that the section of the school where the fire started did not have a sprinkler system. The fire broke out in a second floor storage room. It's a section of Shelton High School that there were no fire sprinklers in an apparent violation of the State Fire Safety Code. "It was an original section of the building that contains no sprinklers in it," said Assistant Chief Michael Ullrich of the Shelton Fire Department. More

Sprinkler Stops Fire at a Kentucky High School
from MSNBC – Dec. 29, 2008
Workers were cleaning up after a fire at Conner High School in Hebron, Ky. Firefighters arrived to find that the building's 2-year-old sprinkler system had knocked the fire out. School officials said the sprinkler system probably paid for itself in damage prevented. More

Small Fire Contained at a Michigan Furniture Store
from The Jackson Citizen Patriot – Dec. 30, 2008
Sprinklers contained an electrical fire to a mattress at Art Van Furniture in Jackson, Mich. Firefighters from Jackson and surrounding townships responded to the fire alarm to find the store filled with smoke. A sprinkler had already doused the flames, a fire official said. More

California Restaurant is Thankful for Sprinklers
from Ventura County Star – Dec. 31, 2008
An Oxnard, Calif., restaurant was damaged by a fire, authorities said. Firefighters responded after motorists reported smoke coming from the building, said Battalion Chief Gary Sugich of the Oxnard Fire Department. The building’s sprinkler system activated, and firefighters extinguished the flames in about 10 minutes. “If the sprinkler system hadn’t been there, that fire would have been much worse,” said Sugich. More