Who: The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) initiated this North America-wide campaign to raise awareness of the growing dangers of home fires and ...
WEST WHITELAND — Flames ripped through a mock living space where minutes earlier a similar area had been mostly saved by fire suppression sprinklers. About 90 residents, firefighters and township ...
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - October is Fire Prevention Month. In the event of a house fire, homeowners can lose everything within minutes. To help educate the public on the efficacy of sprinklers, Maine ...
A Philadelphia City Council member and others got a first-hand look at the importance of sprinklers in stopping the threat of a fire. Two identical rooms were set ablaze on the apron of the municipal ...
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A demonstration was held Wednesday to show how a home sprinkler could save you in a fire. Peerless Pump Company and the Department of Homeland Security is behind this simulation.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Black smoke and orange flames took over a demonstration area, showing the importance of home sprinkler systems. “We’ve gathered furniture from local places that people ...
CUMBERLAND, R.I. (WJAR) — Fire officials held a demonstration on Tuesday that showed the effects of a Christmas tree catching fire in a sprinklered and an un-sprinklered room. A trailer from the ...
“This is our first time doing this, and we’re looking forward to hopefully doing it more than once, twice a year,” said Menands Fire Chief David Ognan. Residents in Menands had a front row seat to see ...
Oct. 20—Decatur firefighters watched two fires get ignited Wednesday but fought only one of the blazes. The flames they battled with water spraying from a hose were extinguished, but only after ...
As 12-year-old Rachel Mizioch brushed her hair in her north Scottsdale bedroom, she didn’t realize a burning candle had ignited a bookcase behind her. Even when the flames crept up the wall to the ...
Warren firefighters teamed up with officials from a national fire sprinkler organization Monday to host a live burn to show how fast a fire can spread in an un-sprinkled structure. Representatives of ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. − Sprinklers in a college dorm room could be the difference between life and death. A demonstration by the Purdue University Fire Department, in partnership with the National Fire ...