Global Sprinkler Saves
September 2026
47 documented sprinkler saves in a single month provide clear, real-world evidence of what the data have always shown: automatic fire sprinkler systems control fires at the point of origin when properly installed and maintained, saving lives and reducing property loss.
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Report a Sprinkler SaveOccupancy:All (47)Assembly (5)Business (5)Factory and Industrial (9)Institutional (1)Mercantile (1)Residential (21)Storage (5)
| Date | Location | Details | Occupancy | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | Concord Township, Pennsylvania (USA) | Ground-floor living-room apartment furniture fire; sprinklers assisted suppression and kept the fire in check until crews contained it | Residential | Source |
| Sep 1 | Plano, Texas (USA) | Fire in apartment complex contained; cat rescued safely; Fire-fighters & sprinklers taking care of business! | Residential | Source |
| Sep 1 | Shelbyville, Indiana (USA) | Fire contained with help from the sprinkler system at furniture factory | Factory and Industrial | Source |
| Sep 2 | Kent, Washington (USA) | Lithium-ion battery charger fire at hotel; building sprinklers activate and slow the fire until firefighters extinguish it | Residential | Source |
| Sep 2 | Monterry, Nuevo Leon (MEX) | Rotisserie fire at Walmart; automatic sprinklers activate, prevent fire from spreading before firefighters arrived | Mercantile | Source |
| Sep 2 | Tuscon, Arizona (USA) | Garbage pile ignites at recycling facility, but doesn't spread to buildings as sprinkler system activates; fire crews finish the job | Factory and Industrial | Source |
| Sep 3 | Lower Salford Twp, Pennsylvania (USA) | Fire at commercial facility; sprinklers activate, help to contain; fire dept arrives @ 4:02, fire out by 4:10--now that's FAST!! | Business | Source |
| Sep 4 | Waco, Texas (USA) | Fire suppression system, emergency crews tackle small apartment fire; no injuries reported | Residential | Source |
| Sep 5 | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | Hallway fire outside a trash room at student high-rise; hallway sprinkler put the fire out; no injuries or displacement. | Residential | Source |
| Sep 6 | Meppen, Lower Saxony (DEU) | container fire at disposal company; automatic sprinkler system held fire small when firefighters arrived; no injuries and no building damage! | Storage | Source |
| Sep 6 | Hanoi, Red River Delta (VNM) | Ninth-floor fire activates sprinkler system; woman and 2 children rescued | Residential | Source |
| Sep 8 | Lady Lake, Florida (USA) | automatic sprinkler heads extinguished the fire BEFORE fire department reaches the fire at dental office | Business | Source |
| Sep 9 | Rockland, Maine (USA) | Factory machinery fire contained by sprinkler system | Factory and Industrial | Source |
| Sep 10 | Oberhausen-Bermensfeld, North Rhine Westphalia (DEU) | High-bay warehouse pallet fire triggers sprinkler system; height-rescue crews finished extinguishment; no injuries. | Storage | Source |
| Sep 10 | Graniteville, South Carolina (USA) | Fire sprinklers & fire fighters extinguish machinery fire; all employees evacuate safely | Factory and Industrial | Source |
| Sep 10 | St. Helens, Oregon (USA) | Sprinklers helped contain apartment fire to one room | Residential | Source |
| Sep 10 | Plover, Wisconsin (USA) | Sprinkler system credited with containing apartment fire | Residential | Source |
| Sep 10 | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | automatic sprinkler extinguishes utility-room fire started by discarded cigarettes in a cardboard box | Residential | Source |
| Sep 11 | Lake Zurich, Illinois (USA) | oily rags from a remodel project at a local church ignite fire; controlled by sprinklers until fire department arrives | Assembly | Source |
| Sep 12 | College Station, Texas (USA) | Accidental pyrotechnic flame in stadium tunnel; fire sprinklers activated immediately, prevented visible structural damage; no injuries. | Assembly | Source |
| Sep 12 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida (USA) | Telecom-room fire at Miami Stadium; building sprinkler system extinguished the fire before crews finished; contained to one room | Assembly | Source |
| Sep 12 | Portland, Oregon (USA) | Sprinkler system puts out apartment fire--BEFORE fire department arrives | Residential | Source |
| Sep 12 | Woodstock, Virginia (USA) | Fire in condo slowed by sprinkler system, allowing fire fighters to quickly contain the fire | Residential | Source |
| Sep 14 | Framingham, Massachusetts (USA) | blaze "held in check" by building's sprinkler system; fire-fighters finish the job; no injuries reported | Storage | Source |
| Sep 14 | Mattituck, New York (USA) | small cardboard fire spreads to fast-moving fire in storage room of bagel shop; building's fire sprinkler system extinguishes the flames | Storage | Source |
| Sep 14 | Toledo, Ohio (USA) | Fire-fighters contain the flames to one second-floor apartment, with sprinklers helping limit the spread | Residential | Source |
| Sep 14 | Villalobón, Palencia (ESP) | Fire held in place by sprinklers, extinguishers until fire department arrives at waste management facility | Factory and Industrial | Source |
| Sep 14 | Howell, Michigan (USA) | 12 flowing industrial deluge sprinkler heads confined and extinguished the fire at industrial paint booth; all are safe | Factory and Industrial | Source |
| Sep 14 | Glendale Heights, Illinois (USA) | 13R sprinkler system quickly knocks down and prevents substantial damage | Residential | Source |
| Sep 14 | Chesapeake Bay, Maryland (USA) | No injuries reported after solar panels ignite a townhome--sprinklers activated on 2nd floor and prevent spread to upstairs bedroom | Residential | Source |
| Sep 15 | Monee, Illinois (USA) | Industrial fire extinguished by automatic sprinklers; business resumed after smoke removal; no injuries. | Factory and Industrial | Source |
| Sep 15 | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | A fire sprinkler extinguished a dumpster fire Tuesday night in a downtown Madison trash room, according to Fire Department | Residential | Source |
| Sep 16 | Fresno, California (USA) | one sprinkler head contained a gas-powered car fire as smoke filled underground parking garage; no injuries. | Storage | Source |
| Sep 16 | Birron, Wisconsin (USA) | building automatic sprinkler system activated, helped limit fire growth; fire department uses airboat as PPV source to finish the fire off | Factory and Industrial | Source |
| Sep 18 | Dallas, Texas (USA) | Fourth-floor kitchen apartment fire is knocked down by building sprinkler system and firefighters quickly extinguished it; no injuries. | Residential | Source |
| Sep 20 | Fort Wayne, Indiana (USA) | Apartment fire after reported explosion at assisted living facility; sprinkler system controlled fire; one person hurt; 28 self-evacuated before FD arrived | Institutional | Source |
| Sep 21 | Cecil Hills (Sydney), New South Wales (AUS) | Arson attack at Cecil Hills Business; building sprinkler system extinguished the fire before firefighters arrived | Assembly | Source |
| Sep 21 | Bangalore, Bengaluru (IND) | Commercial/Office fire involving the activation of a K80 sprinkler installation system | Business | submitted by Universal Fire Solutions via IFSA's web portal |
| Sep 22 | St. George, Utah (USA) | Fire sprinklers make the world of difference when every second counts in this late night assisted living facility fire | Residential | Source |
| Sep 23 | Philadelphia, Mississippi (USA) | Nursing home fire extinguished by speedy action of sprinkler system; no injuries reporte | Residential | Source |
| Sep 24 | Lake Forest, Illinois (USA) | Fire-fighters found a smoking dumpster and an active sprinkler system after a late-night fire alarm | Business | Source |
| Sep 27 | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (USA) | Sprinklers extinguish kitchen fire in multi-unit apartment complex; no injuries reported | Residential | Source |
| Sep 27 | San Luis Obispo, California (USA) | Historic hotel suffers ground floor fire; fire sprinkler system, alarm activate and hold fire until FD can fully extinguish it; no injuries reported | Business | Source |
| Sep 27 | Horry County, South Carolina (USA) | Multi-unit apartment fire; sprinklers step in to extinguish the fire | Residential | Source |
| Sep 27 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa (USA) | Second floor bedroom mattress catches fire; sprinklers activate and stop the spread--fire is contained to the mattress. Nice save! | Residential | Source |
| Sep 27 | Farmington, New York (USA) | Propane forklift electrical fire in after business-hours incident; sprinkler system contains the fire to just the forklift | Factory and Industrial | Source |
| Sep 28 | Villingen-Schwenningen, Baden-Württemberg (DEU) | Casino fire activates fire sprinkler system; Fire Department extinguishes the rest of fire shortly thereafter | Assembly | Source |