And to think we still have a large number of unsprinklered nursing homes here in the States...where the result wouldn't be as good as this- tey'd have shut the door and it likely would have flashed over, killing the occupant in the room of origin. After that, the fire growth would have continued....we've seen it all too often. And we will.
glc -----Original Message----- From: Alan Brinson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 1:22 PM Subject: Sprinkler Helps to Save Care Home Residents Gösta Holmstedt reports that on 4th December a sprinkler system extinguished a fire in a care home for the elderly in Gothenburg, Sweden. The fire started in a bed where a blind man was resting during the afternoon. The bed caught fire when a lampstand with a halogen bulb fell on the bed and ignited the bedding. The fire alarm was automatically activated. Staff were quickly present and decided to enter the room to help the blind man to escape. The room was filled with black smoke so the staff closed the door to stop heat and smoke from entering the corridor. At the same time the sprinkler head in the room activated and extinguished the fire. Meanwhile the staff brought all eight patients to another fire compartment while the fire brigade arrived. Due to the quick action by the staff and the effectiveness of the sprinkler system, nobody suffered any injuries and there was very little damage. On the web site are some photographs. Alan Brinson Executive Director European Fire Sprinkler Network _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
