Fire Prevention Week Starting Off with a Blaze in Sioux City, Iowa
from KTIV - Oct. 4, 2009
It's a scary figure, but every year around 3000 people die in house fires across the nation. This past Sunday kicked off fire prevention week all across Sioux City, Iowa, its purpose is teaching people about fire safety. To do this, for the first time ever in Sioux City, the fire department held a demonstration with two different rooms, one with and one without a sprinkler, and set them both a blaze. More

Sprinkler System Douses Fire at N.Y.'s Binghampton University
from the Binghamton University Pipe Dream - Oct. 2, 2009
Residents of Rockland Hall were evacuated Monday evening after a kitchen fire set off the building's fire alarms and sprinkler system. "The sprinkler system did a tremendous job." "It pretty much put out the fire," said department chief of the Vestal N.Y. Fire Department Douglas Rose. More

North Dakota Apartment Fire 'Could’ve Been Fatal' If Not for Sprinklers
from KFGO – Oct. 6, 2009
Grand Forks, N.D., firefighters responded to a sprinkler alarm. Captain Flermoen says the apartment did not have working smoke alarms and if it hadn't been for the sprinkler system and the closed bedroom door, the fire could've been fatal. More

Oklahoma Industrial Fire Extinguished by Sprinklers
from Firehouse – Sept. 30, 2009
When they entered the Tulsa, Okla., industrial building, firefighters found that its sprinkler system had been activated by the heat and had already extinguished the main body of the fire, he said. More

Burning Fire at Eastern Illinois University Aids Fire Prevention
from the Daily Eastern News - Oct, 5, 2009
Fire set inside two mock dorm rooms carried its heat across the entire South Quad. In light of Fire Prevention Week, the Charleston, Ill., Fire Department used these dorms to demonstrate the importance of sprinkler systems. Within the past nine years, 135 college students have died due to fires in their dorms. Only six of those occurred last year, because of more sprinkler systems being added to college campuses. More

San Diego, CA: Free AHJ Training
from AFSA - Aug. 16, 2009
Two free seminars and access to the largest fire sprinkler exhibition in N. America are being offered for FREE to all Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs) Friday, October 16. Earn CEUs. Visit the Web site for more details or to download a registration form. More

Spokane, Wash., Firefighters Demonstrate Benefits of Sprinkler Systems
from KHQ – Sept. 30, 2009
Fire sprinkler systems are common in commercial buildings across the country, but not in homes. The Spokane Fire Department says that's a problem and lit two fires to illustrate just how quickly a sprinkler can stop a spreading fire. More