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ARE TRIPPED VALVES COSTING YOU?! >>firewatch Firefighters arriving eight minutes later initially saw no smoke or flames, but on size-up, they found the patio door to the first-floor apartment blackened and cracked. They ventilated the unit and advanced hose lines inside, where the found only a 6-inch (15-centimeter) flame coming from the burning chair. However, visibility in the apartment was near zero. While searching the apartment, crews discovered the woman, still breathing, in the bedroom and her husband’s body on the living room floor. Both were transported to the hospital, where the man, who used home oxygen and had some mobility issues, was found to have died of cardiac-related injuries just before or after the fire started. His wife, who also used home oxygen, appeared to have been awake at the time of the fire and overcome by the smoke. She initially survived the blaze but died of her injuries about a week later. Two home oxygen generators, one of which was operating, were found in the apartment. Investigators determined that the husband had been smoking a cigarette while sitting in a motorized chair near the apartment’s entryway. The cigarette ignited either a blanket or the chair’s upholstery, generating flames and heavy smoke. Investigators also found several cigarette packages with the fire-safe cigarette label. The building, which was valued at $652,000, sustained damage estimated at $25,000. Fire damage was limited to the apartment of origin’s living room. wired smoke detectors were located in the apartments’ hallways by the bedrooms and kitchens. The fire department was notified of the fire at 7:37 p.m. by an alarm company and received several phone calls, as well. When firefighters arrived, they initially saw nothing unusual on the building’s exterior. While conducting a perimeter size-up, however, they noted heavy black smoke blocking windows. When they entered the unit, they found that a sprinkler in the kitchen was operating and that the fire was nearly out. They quickly extinguished the remaining fire that was above the sprinkler line. Investigators determined that the microwave’s exhaust had malfunctioned and ignited nearby combustibles. The building, which was valued at $288,000, sustained $15,000 in damage. The unit’s contents,which were valued at $5,000, were destroyed. There were no injuries. Woman dies of injuries suffered in house fire COLLECTanDRaIn ANTI-TRIP DRUM DRIP PATENT PENDING COLLECTanDRaIn™ features an Anti-Trip plate and integral water detector that alerts maintenance personnel when your drum drip requires draining. Don’t pay for unnecessary repairs caused by tripped drum drip valves or forgotten water in your dry and pre-action sprinkler systems, install COLLECTanDRaIn™. Sprinkler controls microwave oven fire 5100K Field Kit Use your smartphone to read more about COLLECTanDRaIn™ www.testandrain.com 26 NFPA JOURNAL NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2012 SOUTH CAROLINA—A sprinkler contained a fire in an apartment in a four-unit building that began when a microwave oven exhaust over the kitchen range malfunctioned. The single-story, wood-frame building sat on a concrete slab and had an asphalt-shingled roof. A wet-pipe residential sprinkler system provided coverage in living space, and hard- TEXAS— A 72-year-old physically disabled woman died as a result of smoke inhalation injuries she suffered when her house caught fire. The one-story, single-family house covered an area of approximately 1,036 square feet (96 square meters). The fire department report did not indicate whether the house was equipped with smoke alarms or residential sprinklers. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they saw bystanders helping the injured woman, who was lying by her front door. Upon being told that another occupant might still be inside, fire crews searched the house but found no one. It was later discovered that the home’s other occupant was at work when the fire broke out. Investigators determined that the fire started in a bedroom when a light bulb ignited a mattress or pillow. The injured woman succumbed to her injuries 17 days after the fire. Her house, which was valued at $23,500, http://www.testandrain.com http://www.testandrain.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NFPA Journal - November/December 2012

NFPA Journal - November/December 2012
Contents
First Word
In a Flash
Perspectives
Firewatch
Research
Heads Up
Structural Ops
In Compliance
Buzzwords
Outreach
Electrical Safety
Wildfire Watch
Past + Present
Easy Being Green?
Pressure Points
2011 Large-Loss Fires
2011 Firefighter Injuries
Section Spotlight
What’s Hot
Looking Back

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