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SUMMARY:Benefits of sprinklers demonstrated following waste recycling fire
DESCRIPTION:Introduction \nMajor\, expensive fires can often be avoided by using various fire prevention strategies. Automatic Water Suppression Systems (AWSS) are one effective approach\, as they can help contain\, control\, or sometimes even extinguish a building fire before the Fire Rescue Service (FRS) arrives. This incident review illustrates that the integration of AWSS within a comprehensive fire safety strategy provides sustained protection for businesses by mitigating the impact of large-scale fires. Enhancing the resilience of buildings and business operations against fire damage is a critical component of effective risk management. \nThe Scottish Fire & Rescue Service (SFRS) report on an internal warehouse fire highlights that the implementation of an Automatic Water Suppression System (AWSS) can successfully control internal fires. This approach minimizes financial losses and curtails the wider consequences associated with uncontrolled fires\, resulting in reduced costs for businesses and the broader economy. \nThe premises \n\nSingle storey steel framed sandwich panel warehouse\nUse waste recycling\n120m x 115m\n\n The incident  \n\nOn 12 March 2026 at 08:16\, SFRS responded to a fire at a waste recycling centre in Forth.\nOn arrival the incident commander identified that the fire was in the ground floor loading bay containing waste recycling\nSuppressed by the activation of the building sprinkler system.\n23 pumping appliances\, 1 aerial ladder platform were required to contain\, control and extinguish the fire.\n\nBenefits of the building sprinkler system \nAllowed the incident commander valuable time to complete an operational tactical action plan. \n\nAllowing firefighters to establish a water supply allowing the fire to be extinguished using firefighting media including branch\, ground monitors.\nPreventing the fire from spreading within the building damaging further internal plant\, machinery\, compromising further waste material.\n\nConclusion \nThis incident provides further evidence of the benefits of AWSS as part of a package of fire safety measures. \n\nPreventing major financial and equipment losses for businesses.\nProtecting critical elements of its operation\,\nProviding valuable time for FRS to implement an operational tactical action plan to extinguish the fire.\nProtecting firefighters\n\nIf it was not for the sprinkler system\, we could be reporting on a further industrial fire where the premises was lost to fire with the business facing an uncertain future. \nThe Business Sprinkler Alliance report that in the year 2021/22 the FRS attended a total of 1\,842 industrial fires\, fires do not discriminate whether it is a factory\, car park\, warehouse of office fires happen on a regular basis and will continue to do so in the future. \nFires are indiscriminate\, occurring in various settings such as railway stations\, factories\, car parks\, warehouses\, and offices. They are a recurring occurrence and will likely continue to do so in the future. \nRegardless of the cause or the building\, systems like sprinklers can contain and extinguish fires\, safeguarding lives and businesses during critical times when they are most needed. \nSources/Further Reading.  \n\nScottish Fire & Rescue Service Sprinklers\nBAFSA Sprinkler Saves Review 2024/2025\nBAFSA Sprinkler Saves Spring update\nNFSN Winter newsletter\nBusiness Sprinkler Alliance\n\nIf you want to make a difference working in the fire sector\, we need your assistance \n\nTo make sprinklers the norm and not the exception – we need the evidence.\nEncouraging 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.\nThe outcome of which will influence policy makers in government for change advocating the use of AWSS in all buildings\, we are concerned about.\n\nIf you hear of a save report it using this link.
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