Medford Trolley Suffers Water Damage, After Small Fire Starts Sprinkler System - Apr 3rd, 2013

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As fire investigators work to determine the cause of Tuesday morning's fatal fire, one thing is known: the complex didn't have a sprinkler system.

That's in compliance with city code because Sioux Falls doesn't require them for small apartment buildings. But, after losing six people to fires in five months, a Sioux Falls task force is looking at making some changes.

For just over a decade, the City of Sioux Falls has been looking at whether or not fire sprinklers should be required in small apartment buildings.

Current code states that any complex with more t han 16 units OR, at least, three levels must have a system in place.

For Sioux Falls Fire Sprinkler Task Force, it's a challenge of providing the most safe living WITH sprinkler systems while keeping costs affordable for multi-family housing.

"The fact is that sprinklers save lives. There's no question on a national level that sprinkler'd buildings do not have fire losses and that's what our issue is. Because the rest of the country is doing it, we need to keep up with that type of life safety that a sprinkler will provide," Chief Building Official Ron Bell said.

National codes require all new apartments have sprinkler systems. But in Sioux Falls, the city and property owners didn't want to see higher costs for construction and rent which is why the city adopted its own code in the early 2000s.

When it comes to preventing fires, SFFR says the safer a unit can be, the better.

A sprinkler system will automatically activate in a room with temperatures exceeding 150 degrees. It will slowly contain the blaze while keeping it from spreading. A room without would burn though everything in the room, often times making the smoke more toxic.

"They spread a little water over a large area and do a good job just controlling the fire. that safety factor does improve largely your ability to survive the event," SFFR Fire Marshal Dean Lanier said.

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Charleston firefighters are crediting a sprinkler system with saving a Johns Island apartment building.

A fire broke out at the Sea Island Apartments at 3672 Maybank Highway late Saturday morning, forcing the evacuation of the three-story building.

A spokesman with the Charleston Fire Department says when firefighters arrived on scene, the fire had already been extinguished by the sprinkler system. He saysthe flamesappear to have started on the stove of a third story apartment and then spread to the cabinets and microwave in that unit, before being extinguished.

"Fire sprinklers have proven themselves yet again as an invaluable tool to improve property and life safety," said Fire Marshal Mike Julazadeh, adding that residents should never leave cooking unattended.

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Charleston Fire Department officials say the sprinkler system at the Palace Apartments on King Street kept a kitchen fire from spreading Thursday night.

Battalion Chief Mike Julazadeh said Charleston and North Charleston firefighters responded to the apartments in the 1000 block of King Street just before 10:30 p.m.

The tenant told dispatchers she was cookign with grease on the stove top when she momentarily left the kitchen. When she returned, she found fire spreading on the stove stop. As she attempted to extinguish it with water, which caused the fire to spread further.

The expanding fire prompted sprinkler systems to activate. Other residents evacuated the apartment.

The fire was limited to the kitchen and damage was minimal, according to Julazadeh.

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SILVERDALE A Thursday morning fire at the Kings Wok Buffet was extinguished by the sprinkler system, with minimal damage done.

Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue crews credited a recent upgrade of the system that was part of an extensive remodel, said CKFR spokeswoman Ileana LiMarzi.

The same Silverdale Way complex in 1998 incurred extensive damage when a fire in a sports bar gutted that business and temporarily closed 10 other businesses with smoke damage. That fire caused $1.2 million in damage. Arson was suspected at the time.

In Thursdays fire, CKFR responded to an alarm indicating the sprinkler had activated. Firefighters found a fire that had started in a food cart at the rear of the kitchen. The sprinkler system had kept the fire in check, and firefighters were able to put it out with only an extinguisher.

The fire caused an estimated $5,000 in damage. There was no structural damage. The Kitsap County fire marshal said the fire appears accidental.

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A spokesperson from Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue says that a sprinkler system saved ten Silverdale businesses from being destroyed by fire early Thursday morning.

Fire crews from CKFR received a call in reference to an alarm activation at the Kings Wok Buffet, located 9960 Silverdale Way, at about 6:11 a.m. Thursday.

On arrival crews discovered light smoke throughout the restaurant and found the alarm system showing a sprinkler flow activation. The call was upgraded to a commercial structure fire and additional units were dispatched.

Firefighters found that a fire had started on a food cart in the rear of the kitchen and had activated the sprinkler system. The sprinkler system extinguished the majority of the fire and firefighters were able to extinguish the remaining fire with just a fire extinguisher. Ceiling tiles were removed and the overhead area was checked to ensure there had been no extension.

"Fire protection sprinklers are responsible for containing the fire to a small corner of the kitchen," said CKFR spokesperson Ileana LiMarzi. "The fire was significant enough that three sprinkler heads were activated. Without the activation of the sprinkler system this fire would have quickly spread throughout the structure and potentially destroyed the nine other businesses housed in the building.

LiMarzi noted that in 1998 this same tenant space, with a different restaurant at the time, had a fire and sustained a $1.2 million loss due to not having a sprinkler system. The fire today is estimated to have caused only $5,000 in content loss and no structural damage. The current total value of the building today is over $5 million.

"This is because in just the last 90 days the Kings Wok Buffet had completed a remodel and while doing so had retrofitted the business with the fire sprinkler system," LiMarzi added.

The County Fire Marshal responded and determined the fire to be accidental and to have been caused by spontaneous combustion.

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