sprinkler system
noun
: a system for protecting a building against fire by means of overhead pipes which convey an extinguishing fluid (such as water) to heat-activated outlets
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The fire sent dangerous levels of hydrogen into the air, so firefighters worked from a distance for nearly a day, pumping water from a hydrant and firetrucks into the building’s fire sprinkler system to drench the batteries with water.
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Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
Just look at the Atlanta metro area to see the consequence of sprinkler systems gone wild.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 15 May 2024
Other projects include bringing interior classroom doors up to code, installing fire doors on each side of the stairways, installing a sprinkler system and tuckpointing the building to help keep moisture out.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2024
But days before Baby Doe’s debut, the sprinkler system still wasn’t working, and the Kansas City Fire Department told restaurant staff to call off the opening celebrations.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024
Van Grove noted that in the late 1980s and early 1990s, city officials, faced with costly office space lease renewals and the need for a replacement sprinkler system at City Hall, pushed unsuccessfully to acquire land in East Village, then known as Centre City East, for a new complex.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024
An inmate in a Wisconsin county jail is accused of breaking the sprinkler system in his cell and causing $1,500 in damage, according to a criminal complaint obtained by FOX 6.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2024
Cumming, who has worked in affordable housing for more than two decades, said the project has run into delays at nearly every step, from historic preservation rules to septic system regulations and water pressure requirements for the units’ fire suppression sprinkler system.
—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
Some of these improvements to the nearly 7,800-square-foot building include adding a new sprinkler system and moving the front door, according to the city’s urban renewal agency, the Capital City Development Corp., or CCDC.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 13 Feb. 2024
Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
Just look at the Atlanta metro area to see the consequence of sprinkler systems gone wild.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 15 May 2024
Other projects include bringing interior classroom doors up to code, installing fire doors on each side of the stairways, installing a sprinkler system and tuckpointing the building to help keep moisture out.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2024
But days before Baby Doe’s debut, the sprinkler system still wasn’t working, and the Kansas City Fire Department told restaurant staff to call off the opening celebrations.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024
Van Grove noted that in the late 1980s and early 1990s, city officials, faced with costly office space lease renewals and the need for a replacement sprinkler system at City Hall, pushed unsuccessfully to acquire land in East Village, then known as Centre City East, for a new complex.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024
An inmate in a Wisconsin county jail is accused of breaking the sprinkler system in his cell and causing $1,500 in damage, according to a criminal complaint obtained by FOX 6.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2024
Cumming, who has worked in affordable housing for more than two decades, said the project has run into delays at nearly every step, from historic preservation rules to septic system regulations and water pressure requirements for the units’ fire suppression sprinkler system.
—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
Some of these improvements to the nearly 7,800-square-foot building include adding a new sprinkler system and moving the front door, according to the city’s urban renewal agency, the Capital City Development Corp., or CCDC.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 13 Feb. 2024
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