Jun 20, 2008

Wasilla, AK Fire Officials: Fire Sprinkler System Prevents Further Damage

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Fort Mills Times WASILLA, Alaska — Officials in Wasilla are crediting a sprinkler system with preventing extensive damage during a fire at a senior independent living facility. The fire started Sunday in a recliner located in one of the facility’s [...]

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Jun 19, 2008

Seattle, WA Fire Hits Eastlake Apartments

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By Charles E. Brown – Seattle Times A neighbor across the hall from Diana Martin’s second-floor unit in the Roanoke Terrace apartment building led her to safety Monday afternoon. Her 12-year-old tabby cat, Fitzgerald, was overcome by smoke and resuscitated [...]

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Jun 19, 2008

Largo, FL Condo Fire Spread Quickly Without Attic Firebreaks

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By Dave Balut – 10 News Largo, Florida – Chris Gallant and his fiancee are glad they can salvage clothes and other items after a fire at the Belleair Oaks condominiums in Largo. Others lost everything because there were no [...]

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Jun 18, 2008

Fire Sprinklers Worth the Small Cost

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By Dan Clawson Home fire sprinkler systems save billions of dollars while saving lives of countless occupants and firefighters. Sprinklers typically cost one-half percent to 1 percent of a new home’s price, but more than pay for themselves in reduced [...]

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Jun 18, 2008

Fire Sprinklers Save a Wilmington, DE Apartment Building

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By Erica Guidetti – WDEL 1150AM A sprinkler system helped prevent extensive damage to a Wilmington Apartment complex. Fire Fighters were called to the Towne Estate complex because of the smell of smoke. When they first arrived they did not [...]

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Jun 17, 2008

Geelong, Australia House Fire Causes $20,000 Damage

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By Julie McNamara – Geelong Advertiser A FIRE caused $20,000 damage to a Norlane home yesterday. The blaze broke out in the loungeroom of the Princes Highway home about 11.40am. No one was in the house when the fire started. [...]

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Jun 15, 2008

Wrightsville Beach, NC Fire Chief Continues to Promote Residential Fire Sprinklers

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by Jules Norwood – Lumina News In 2006, the most recent year for which data is available, fires claimed the lives of 3,245 civilians in the United States, more than all natural disasters combined. Wrightsville Beach Fire Chief Frank Smith [...]

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Jun 15, 2008

California Firefighters Save the Day

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By Julie R. Johnson – Corning Observer A fast moving fire blazed through a maze of homes, barns, shops, and other structures yesterday in the area of Hwy 99W, Smith Avenue and Gyle Road, but thanks to the hard work [...]

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Jun 13, 2008

Pet Saves Family From Fire in Chesterfield, Virginia

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By Beth Danziger – NBC12 A Chesterfield family says they’re alive thanks to the family pet. Their four-year-old lab, Buddy, was killed in a massive house fire off Regalia Place early Thursday morning. But, not before he was able to [...]

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Jun 11, 2008

Christmas Tree Fire Demonstration

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Each year millions of people around the world celebrate the holiday season by setting up a Christmas tree in their house and decorating it with ornaments and lights. It’s a wonderful time of year, but there is a fire hazard [...]

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