How to Install a Home Fire Sprinkler System
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HAVELOCK | Havelock officials said cold weather likely caused a sprinkler system pipe to burst in a vacant restaurant on Friday.
A driver noticed water cascading from the roof of the former Carolina Grill restaurant at the corner of U.S. 70 and Tourist Center Drive in Havelock around 12:42 p.m. and called authorities.
A passerby saw all the water and called the station, said Havelock Police Sgt. John Austin, who responded to the scene. There was no way that you could have gone by and not seen it. It was like Niagara Falls coming out of there.
Fire Marshal John Lewis said that temperatures that dipped into the teens and lower 20s the past couple of nights may have caused the pipes to freeze and then burst, causing the massive leak.
We have a case of frost bite, Lewis said. We have a frozen pipe that was outside on the sprinkler system and was exposed to the cold.
Lewis estimated that several hundred gallons of water flowed out of the sprinkler system both inside and outside of the building.
He said the water appeared to cause part of the ceiling to collapse outside and appeared to have resulted in two to three inches of water being inside the dining room.
The 7,172 square-foot building is owned by Carolina East Investments LLC. It was built in 2008 and has a tax value of $793,000 according to Craven County tax records. The restaurant closed in 2013.
Id like to see this place used again, said Mike Cerjan, a Havelock building inspector. We dont like to see any vacant buildings. Its a nice size restaurant.
The owners could not be reached for comment and no damage estimate was unavailable.
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A broken water pipe has caused flooding at Chicago's Union Station for the second time this week, officials said.
About 4 p.m. we had another break in the sprinkler system, in nearly the same place it occurred earlier this week, Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said.
Pipes running in the ceiling overhead burst, leaving a pool about 2 inches deep and 40 feet by 40 feet wide.
No one was injured or splashed by the water, which is not drinkable but used to put out fires.
At 5 p.m., water was still being sopped up and the lead shut off.
The latest flooding was not immediately affecting trains or commuters, according to Metra spokesman Michael Gillis.
Metra was notified by Amtrak that a water main leak had flooded the south concourse, and maintenance workers were called to the scene, Gillis said.
Metra and Amtrak officials were assisting commuters wishing to depart on BNSF, SouthWest Service and Heritage Corridor trains on tracks 6 and 8.
Friday's water line break was the second such incident at Union Station this week.
Magliari said the sprinkler pipes in the ceiling above the south concourse area were damaged during last winter's polar vortex, and again this week by the subzero temperatures.
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HARTFORDThe John C. Clark, Jr. Elementary & Middle School in Hartford will remain closed for the rest of the week due to the discovery of chemicals in the new sprinkler system.
As of Monday, Jan. 12, the students will be relocated to alternate school sites as officials conduct further testing.
The school was closed on Wednesday, the first day back from winter break.
The school says this is in an abundance of caution as facility maintenance issues are resolved. Low levels of PCBs were found in the air before winter break and in tests since. PCBs are polychlorinated biphenyls, which are industrial chemicals that the EPA considers a potential carcinogen.
The sprinkler system was tested, causing concerns for the air quality.
A meeting will be held tomorrowin the Salvation Army Offices at 100 Nelson Street so parents and families can have any questions answered.
Here is the full statement from the Superintendents office.
As of Monday, January 12, 2015, the students and staff of Clark Elementary School at 75 Clark Street will be relocated to alternate school sites as we conduct further testing to determine the source of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the air.
There was no requirement or directive from any regulatory agency to evacuate the building. Given that the testing process involves contractors working at various locations around the school, we believe that this would have been disruptive to the educational setting. As such, we made the determination that it was in the best interest of students and staff, with an abundance of caution, to temporarily relocate to alternate school sites. We made this determination as soon as we received the air quality results.
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The B.C. Supreme Court has found the Nanaimo parents of a 14-year-old boy liable for more than $48,000 in damages caused by a school prank.
In a decision released Thursday, Justice Shelley Fitzpatrick said during lunch break on Jan. 17, 2012 in response to a dare, Carson Dean put a padlock on a sprinkler head in Wellington secondary school.
That set off the firefighting system and the alarm causing extensive water damage.
Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District No. 68 sued parents, Cheryl and Kevin Dean, and won $48,630.47 plus interest and legal costs yet to be assessed for the two-day November trial on Vancouver Island.
I am sure that this is a very unfortunate result for the Dean family and perhaps it will be for other families in the future, Justice Fitzpatrick said.
This was clearly the result of a young boy (now 17) misbehaving and thinking that the only grief to come of it would be to (his friend and the locks owner) Ben and perhaps the janitor in removing the padlock. Obviously, more dire consequences followed.
The central issue concerned interpretation of section 10 of the School Act, which says: If property of a board is destroyed, damaged, lost or converted by the intentional or negligent act of a student that student and that students parents are jointly and severally liable to the board in respect of the act of that student.
The section has received scant attention from the courts over the years despite being enacted more than half a century ago.
The Deans argued their son was not negligent and that the act imposed liability only if the student intentionally caused the damage in, say, an act of vandalism.
No court has yet wrestled with the interpretation issue that arises in this case, Justice Fitzpatrick noted.
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MAGOFFIN COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - The Magoffin County Justice Center had to be closed Thursday morning because of flooding.
"The sprinkler system on the circuit side of the building burst, it flooded the circuit court room with this, it's a black water that comes from the sprinkler system and the water just kept coming and coming and coming" says Magoffin County Circuit Clerk, Tonya Arnett-Ward.
Court was in session Thursday morning when a sprinkler in the Justice Building started spraying water, leading officials to evacuate the building.
As time went on pipes began to burst causing the water damage to worsen.
"Its just devastating that we've lost so much equipment, the district court room is flooded, the circuit court room, the carpets, all that's destroyed" says Arnett-Ward.
Once officials were able to stop water from coming in they began repairing the building.
"Repair the water leak, cap it off so we can get water back in the building turn the heat on and get the electric back on" says Magoffin County Emergency Management Director, Mike Wilson.
Workers in the building say this isn't the first time the Justice Center has had water issues.
"Last year the sprinkler system on this side of building on the family court side of the building burst and we had a leak but nothing compared to this one" says Arnett-Ward
Emergency Management Director, Mike Wilson says he believes repairs will be made quickly.
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A nursing home in Clarence, Mo. was evacuated Thursday afternoon after a frozen sprinkler system led to what staff thought was a fire.
According to an employee, 29 residents were evacuated safely from the Clarence Care Center around 3 p.m.
A sprinkler system froze and broke, causing water to flood the buildings community room, shorting out several lights.
The short created smoke which set off the buildings fire alarm.
There were no injuries or complications from smoke for any resident.
The 29 residents were taken to the nearby Clarence Medical Clinic.
Seven later went home with family, while 22 residents were taken to the Salt River Nursing Home in Shelbina, Mo. where Clarence Care Center staff members will be on hand to assist them.
An employee told KHQA the residents taken to Shelbina were in good health after the move.
Workers were fixing the buildings sprinkler system as of 7:20 p.m. Thursday, as staff told KHQA they expect to have all residents moved back into the building by Friday night.
The Clarence Care Center suffered water damage as a result of the incident.
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It is important to winterize your fire sprinkler systems to protect them from freezing and causing heavy water damage. As the winter months approach, there a...
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VAIL A New Years Eve kitchen fire in a condominium at Lion Square Lodge, 660 W. Lionshead Place, was quickly contained by the activation of the automatic fire sprinkler system in the unit. According to Vail Fire Marshal Mike Vaughan, the fire in the recently renovated east building was controlled by a single sprinkler in the kitchen near the stove.
Firefighters responded to the property at around 5:30 p.m. on report of a waterflow alarm. Investigators determined that the cause of the fire was related to a pan being left unattended on the stove.
Building maintenance crews had turned off the sprinkler valve by the time fire crews arrived. Damage is estimated to be less than $5,000 and was contained to the microwave above the stove as well as the underside of adjacent cabinetry.
Water damage was minimal as each unit is equipped with its own sprinkler shut off. Building maintenance was able to use a shop vac for clean up.
The occupants of the residence did not need to be relocated and there were no injuries, according to Vaughan. The sprinkler system was restored to a working condition that evening.
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Firefighters use a fire truck ladder to reach the top floors of the Wedgwood Apartments at 6701 Blanco Road.
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Wedgwood Senior Living Apartments, an 11-story structure at 6701 Blanco Road.
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Wedgwood Senior Living Apartments, an 11-story structure at 6701 Blanco Road.
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Units from the San Antonio Fire Department are staged and ready to respond to a fire at the Wedgwood Apartments in the 6700 block of Blanco Road.
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Units from the San Antonio Fire Department are staged and ready to respond to a fire at the Wedgwood Apartments in the 6700 block of Blanco Road.
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