Sprinklers put out the fire, fire alarm system notified occupants and fire department....balanced fire protection.
-------------------------------- Columbia Daily Tribune (Missouri) March 8, 2011 Sprinklers extinguished a stove fire at Paquin Tower last night. The fire caused an estimated $10,000 in damage. Firefighters were called at 8:49 p.m. to the public housing complex at 1201 Paquin St. when an automatic fire alarm was activated. Residents were being evacuated and called 911 to report smoke and water coming from Apartment 408, which was not occupied at the time. A sprinkler head in the apartment activated in response to a fire on the stove that resulted from unattended cooking, according to a fire department news release. The kitchen sustained minor fire and smoke damage, but no one was injured. Fire crews helped Columbia Housing Authority staff mop up water afterward. The fire follows a similar incident last week in which automatic sprinklers quickly put out a fire in a hotel room at the Holiday Inn Select on I-70 Drive S.W. http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2011/mar/08/sprinklers-put-out-paquin-fi re/ ---------------------------------------------- John Drucker, CET Fire Protection Subcode Official Fire/Building/Electrical Inspector Fire Marshals Office Borough of Red Bank, NJ Not the official position of any agency, association, committee or otherwise. Obtain required applications, permits, inspections and approvals from Authority(s) Having Jurisdiction. _______________________________________________ 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)
