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Tuesday, December 01, 2015

Fire Sprinklers Save City Property


Ocean City, Maryland – (December 1, 2015): A midday fire was quickly extinguished thanks to fire sprinklers.  Just before 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 22, the Ocean City Fire Department was dispatched to an automatic fire alarm at the Town of Ocean City’s Service Center Warehouse located at 65th Street. 
Firefighters arrived and found the 12,000 square foot vehicle garage area filled with smoke.  The call for service was then upgraded to a building fire, bringing in additional fire and EMS resources.  Firefighters found that two fire sprinkler heads activated and extinguished a fire prior to the fire department being dispatched.
“By these two fire sprinklers activating, city ambulances, police cars, busses, street sweepers, and other essential equipment was saved,” said Fire Marshal David W. Hartley.  “This example shows the huge impact sprinklers have not just in a home, but also in reducing the average loss of property during a fire in a commercial structure.”    
The on-scene investigation by the Ocean City Fire Marshal’s Office revealed that the fire started as the result of a machine malfunction.  The fire is classified as accidental.  The building was unoccupied at the time of the fire. 

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

So what? Sprinklers should be an option in new homes. Only two states in the USA require mandatory sprinklers in new single family construction...California and MD. Another omalley big brother forced regulation.

Anonymous said...

They may be nice to have in a home, but let insurance prices and real statistics determine their use. Legislating "safety" is wrong. We are adults now.

Anonymous said...

Okay so the dwelling is saved from fire and destroyed by the water.

Anonymous said...

The only reason this is posted is because the fire departments know that local jurisdictions want control over residential sprinkler systems. The only reason this is posted is because the fire departments know that local jurisdictions want control over residential sprinkler systems. And that is a fact when was the last time you read a story in the newspaper brow fire sprinkler system saving property ???

Anonymous said...

The only reason this is posted is because the fire departments know that local jurisdictions want control over residential sprinkler systems. The only reason this is posted is because the fire departments know that local jurisdictions want control over residential sprinkler systems. And that is a fact when was the last time you read a story in the newspaper brow fire sprinkler system saving property ???

Anonymous said...

Residential sprinklers are apart of the 2015 International Building Code.

Anonymous said...

The parts cleaner turned itself on and overheated.
Electronic malfunction.. the fire was in the Automotive service center..
That building is full of buses tractors and many other miscellaneous municipal vehicles being worked on by the mechanics.
The structure was saved by the sprinklers.. damage was to say the least minimal..
Heck David Recor did more DAMAGE than the fire did!!!
Regardless of what your opinion is on residential sprinkler systems in this case in an industrial setting it saved the city and the taxpayers many many thousands of dollars if not more..

Anonymous said...

10:45am said RESIDENTIAL SPRINKLERS ARE A PART OF THE 2015 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE.

So does this mean that the Africans in their straw huts have installed residential sprinklers? How about the slums of Brazil? LOL

Anonymous said...

So I want to build a new home out in the county. No hydrants. I need to put a sprinkler system in. Do I need a second well just for the sprinkler system? What if there is a big storm and the power goes out? Do I need a automatic generator to power the well for the sprinkler? What happens if the power is out or my heating system fails in the winter while I am on vacation and the sprinkler pipes freeze? No thanks. I'll just build a new home in another state. MD screwing itself one law/tax at a time.

Anonymous said...

Will more lives be saved with housing to be built or houses already built?