ESSA TWP. In the event of a fire, using your own water until firefighters arrive could save property, and lives.

Why sprinkler systems are a sound idea in rural homes was made evident during a demonstration held Friday at the Essa Agri-Plex, southwest of Barrie.

Dozens of fire officials from across central Ontario attended a side-by-side burn demonstration, hosted by the Essa Township fire department, to showcase the value and effectiveness of residential fire sprinklers.

Two buildings, each the size of a large garden shed with one wall removed, contained a couch, a fresh, natural Christmas tree and a few other items. One shed had a sprinkler system, and one did not.

Fire crews stood at the ready and the unprotected shed was torched. While its working smoke alarm sounded, flames continued to spread and within a minute or so, there was a ball of flame almost the size of the interior with temperatures in the ceiling reaching approximately 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The natural tree was badly scorched but the rest of the interior was blackened and burned.

The sprinklered shed was later ignited and with its sprinklers, was barely damaged.

"We believe that residential fire sprinklers benefit all home owners," said Essa Township Fire Chief Cynthia Ross Tustin. "Our initiative is aimed at educating everyone about their benefits and, in particular since there have been improvements in technology, highlight the fact that they are now a reasonable, viable option for property owners who are not connected to a water supply.

"Modern building materials and today's household goods have drastically reduced the time families have for getting out safely in the event of a fire," she, noting that laminated beams and flooring, veneered cabinets and synthetics all make for faster-developing fires that are more challenging to fight.

"All those products are wonderful, but not when they catch fire.

"Our side-by-side burn demonstration is designed to showcase how residential sprinklers can improve public safety while offsetting the challenges of rural firefighting. It has a unique set of challenges due to the time it takes to muster firefighters, longer travel times over greater distances and because we must bring out our own water."

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TAMPA Hurricane season is over but residents of one luxury Tampa condo tower have been flooded out of their homes by a broken sprinkler system.

Thousands of gallons of water cascaded down stairwells and poured through light fixtures of the Stovall on Bayshore Boulevard on Nov. 4 when a worker, about to fall off scaffolding, broke a sprinkler pipe that he had grabbed to steady himself.

There was so much water in parts of the 22-story tower that it looked like Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean ride, as a Tampa Fire Rescue captain put it.

Electricity remains shut off to all 33 units and residents have spent the past month in hotels, second homes or bunking with relatives.

Despite damages estimated in the millions, "all in all, the building will be whole again before Christmas and hopefully within the next week,'' Gloria Giunta, president of the condominium association, said Thursday.

Giunta said she was away from the Stovall that Tuesday morning when she looked down at her cellphone. "I was getting calls from everyone,'' she said. Giunta hurried home to find that firefighters already had responded to an automatic fire alarm in the building at 3203 Bayshore Blvd.

Jason Penny, a spokesman for Tampa Fire Rescue, said water was dripping from the light fixtures as the fire crew entered the lobby. A security supervisor told them that a person doing drywall work had accidentally broken a sprinkler pipe while helping to renovate an 11th floor unit.

The firefighters headed up and quickly turned off the sprinkler pump. But water already was inches deep in that apartment and flowing down the stairs and into 19 other units.

"You can't turn off gravity,'' Penny said.

Water was shut off to the entire building, and ServPro, a disaster response service, was soon "up and running with blowers and dehumidifiers and everything you could possibly think of to get the building stable,'' Giunta said.

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A sprinkler system in a downtown Charleston apartment extinguished a kitchen fire Sunday. Officials say it is the second time in two weeks a fire at an apartment has been extinguised by a sprinkler.

A small kitchen fire was extinguished Sunday after it set off an apartment sprinkler system in North Charleston, according to officials.

Charleston and North Charleston Fire Departments responded just after 11:40 a.m. to the fire at North Central Apartments, 1054 King Street.

It was determined a single fire sprinkler head, located in the kitchen of the apartment, had extinguished a fire on the stove - which began after someone had a medical emergency while cooking. No injuries were reported and fire damage was limited to the stove area with minimal smoke and heat damage within the apartment.

Charleston Fire Department community educator Ryan Kunitzer said in a news release that this is the second time in two weeks that a sprinkler system has extinguished a "growing fire in a multi-tenant occupancy" in the City of Charleston.

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SALISBURY, Md. - Officials are crediting a residential sprinkler system with saving a Salisbury home.

The Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office says around 12:50 PM on Wednesday, a Salisbury man walked into his Woodbrooke Drive home, and found that the sprinklers and smoke alarms inside his townhouse had activated. The resident called 911, and ten firefighters with the Salisbury Fire Department responded, and found the remnants of the fire in a corner of the living room.

An investigation reported showed that an electrical fire in the HVAC system cause a power surge, lighting the low voltage thermostat mounted on the wall, on fire. The sprinkler system turned on, and kept the flames contained to the living room. The rest of the home, and it's contents, weren't damaged.

Maintenance personnel is now working to repair, and clean-up after the incident. Damages were estimated to total $5,000. No injuries were reported.

State Fire Marshal Brian S. Geraci stated, "Residential fire sprinklers are proven to save lives, prevent injuries and protect property and valuables. This is yet another example of how the presence of a residential fire sprinkler system protected occupants and prevented substantial fire damage to residential property."

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