Feed Editor 11 Aug 2010 07:37:51 CDT The SprinklerAge Weekly NewsBrief provides industry-specific news and information to fire sprinkler industry professional nationwide. Delivered weekly, the publication keeps industry professionals informed of topics that impact their business. http://multibriefs.com/briefs/AFSA/AFSA.xml en The American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) is pleased to present "Challenges in Seismic Protection of Fire Sprinkler Systems" Thursday, Aug. 26, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Central. This 1.5-hour Webinar will be presented for free to all AFSA members, as part of the AFSA Economic Relief Program introduced Aug. 1, 2009, now extended through December 2010. Click here to register. 11 Aug 2010 07:37:51 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c6043280e933 1 11 Aug 2010 07:37:51 CDT 2 11 Aug 2010 07:37:51 CDT 3 An apartment sprinkler system successfully contained a kitchen fire in Grass Valley, Nev. The Grass Valley Fire Department, Nevada County Consolidated Fire District and Nevada City Fire Department were dispatched to a fire on a kitchen stove in an apartment located at the Nevada City Senior Apartments. No injuries were reported. 11 Aug 2010 07:37:51 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c6177bf2e7bc 4 A four-alarm fire broke out at a plastic packaging company in Dallas. The building's ventilation and sprinkler systems kept the fire contained. About two dozen workers had to be evacuated from the building, but no one was injured, said Jason Evans, a Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman. 11 Aug 2010 07:37:51 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c6176b16a502 5 Each year, the hundreds of fire sprinkler professionals who attend AFSA's annual convention flock to its exhibit hall, the largest fire sprinkler exhibition in North America (and the only major U.S.-based expo this year). Interested in exhibiting? Better hurry! Only a few booth spaces remain for AFSA's 2010 exhibition Sept. 29 - Oct. 3. Reserve your space today! 11 Aug 2010 07:37:51 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c61719626885 6 A fire at the Homewood Suites in Fort Collins, Colo., was put out before firefighters arrived thanks to a fire sprinkler system in the hotel. When crews made their way into the second floor, where the fire started, they found smoke, but the fire had already been extinguished by the sprinkler system. 11 Aug 2010 07:37:51 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c6170b73c7e3 7 A machine fire at KDM, a custom printing company, in Carpentersville, Ill, was put out by the company's sprinkler system before the fire department arrived on the scene, Battalion Chief Bob Beattie said. No one was in the building when the fire started. The cause of the fire is under investigation, but appeared accidental and did not look suspicious, Beattie said. 11 Aug 2010 07:37:51 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c616a1022be0 8