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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

NR 4/30/2019 Mill Pond Village Apartment Fire

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FIRE PROTECTION FEATURES PERFORM AS DESIGNED

SALISBURY, WICOMICO COUNTY (April 30, 2019) – Fire Investigators with the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office are crediting an automatic fire sprinkler system, required fire separation and quick fire department response for saving a large property dollar loss and preservation of life at an early morning fire located in the Mill Pond Village Apartment complex.
The Salisbury Fire Department and mutual-aid departments were dispatched at 1:37 am for an apartment building fire at 312 Mill Pond Lane. The incident was quickly upgraded to a second alarm assignment. Units arrived on scene to find a significant fire condition involving a 3rd floor balcony and roof assembly above. The incident was placed under control after 45 minutes with 42 firefighters on the scene.
The apartment building is an approximate 25,000 square foot three story wood framed structure and contains 24 separate living units. A total of 35 occupants were displaced due to the fire and no injuries were reported. Damage to the structure is estimated to be $400,000.00 and additional damage to the personal contents of tenants is estimated at $100,000.00.
Fire Investigators determined the origin of this fire to be a third floor balcony. After a thorough fire scene examination the cause was determined to be accidental as a result of discarded smoking materials.
The investigation determined that the activation of only one automatic fire sprinkler head was able to prevent the spread of the fire from the balcony into the habitable living space. The fire did however access the attic space where the required fire separations prevented further fire damage.

Mill Pond

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

They credit the sprinkler system and "required fire separations" with saving more of the building but a cigarette fire did half a million in damages. Luckily the fire wasn't on the fire floor because I'd hate to see the effectiveness of the floor/ceiling "fire separations". Thanks for more regulations and higher costs on the public.

Anonymous said...

If everything was so effective then WTF is there $500,000 in damages? Sprinkler systems are designed to put out a fire in the incipient stages meaning one sprinkler head should have put the fire out before it spread. These people are full of Sh!t!

Anonymous said...

Why is this report from the Maryland State Fire Marshals Office? I thought the Salisbury Fire Department had their own "Fire Marshal?"

WTH are the taxpayers paying Eric Cramer an Assistant Chief's salary and giving him the Station 1 volunteers pick up truck with "Fire Marshal" written all over it? Why does Eric Cramer use the title "FM 1?" Why did Eric Cramer respond to that fire as "FM 1" Eric Cramer was at that fire standing next to "Command" the entire time. Rick Hoppes and John Tull with the help of Jake Day and the rest of the lying council continue to fraud the taxpayers!

Erick Cramers salary could be paying for 2 firefighters who may actually be doing something productive.

I pray that we get a real Mayor in November!

Anonymous said...

I agree I thought the Salisbury Fire Department had their own Fire Marshal? WTH are they paying Cramer an Assistant Chief's salary and giving him the title of Fire Marshal with the radio of FM 1? Asking for a friend.