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SUMMARY:Dagenham Flat Kitchen Sprinklers Save
DESCRIPTION:Summary \nTriangle Fire Systems Ltd reported an incident involving a fire in a residential block of flats. The life safety sprinkler system was activated and effectively extinguished a cooking-related fire within one of the dwellings. \nA sprinkler save is categorised as an event where one or more sprinkler heads have activated and contained\, controlled\, or\, in some cases\, extinguished a building fire. This incident provides further evidence of the effectiveness\, benefits of sprinklers as part of a comprehensive fire safety strategy for a building. \nProviding further weight to the reliability and effectiveness of sprinkler systems following the report conducted by ¹Optimal Economics and commissioned by the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC)\, National Fire Sprinkler Network into the performance\, reliability\, and effectiveness of sprinkler systems in controlling and extinguishing fires. \nRevealed that across all premises types: – \n\nSprinklers are 99% efficient in extinguishing or controlling a fire.\nSprinklers are 94% efficient in their ability to operate.\n\nThe incident  \n\nThe fire occurred in a sixth-floor flat of a nine-storey residential building.\n1 concealed pendent sprinkler head activated extinguishing the fire.\nContaining\, controlling fire growth to the room of origin.\nMinor water\, smoke damage was reported within the flat.\nThe premises emergency plan allowed the sprinkler contractors to be notified of the activation allowing the system to be recommissioned following the incident.\n\nThe benefits sprinklers \nFor this reported fire\, the benefits of installing a residential sprinkler system within a residential purpose-built block of flats. The outcome of which  \n\nRestricted the fire’s growth\, containing and controlling the fire to the room of origin.\nNo injuries were reported.\nPreventing conflagration that could challenge FRS maintaining a business-as-usual routine service.\n\nSources/further reading \n\nSprinkler Saves Review 2024/2025\nSprinkler saves autumn update\n¹Optimal economics report Efficiency and Effectiveness of sprinkler systems in the Uk: An analysis from fire service data\nTriangle Fire Systems Ltd\, Sprinkler Save\n\nIf you want to make a difference working in the fire sector\, we need your assistance. \nTo make sprinklers the norm and not the exception – we need the evidence. Encouraging FRS and those in the sprinkler community to promote\, collate\, report sprinkler activations to Sprinkler Saves UK which will help to create a central and comprehensive record of fire incidents where sprinklers played their role in containing/controlling or extinguishing the fire. \nIf you hear of a save report it using this link.
URL:https://www.sprinklersaves.co.uk/saves/dagenham-flat-kitchen-sprinklers-save/
LOCATION:Dagenham
CATEGORIES:Residential
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