Question

You have responded to a report of a fire and water flow alarm. You arrive to find a small fire in a bathroom which has been extinguished by the sprinkler system. The sprinkler system is still flowing water, and the fire alarm is sounding. Describe your actions in relation to life safety, incident stabilization and property conservation.

Answer 1

First of all, I take all precautions and shut down electricity as water is a good conductor of electricity. After that, I wear fireproof clothes and enter the bathroom and check whether the fire is completely extinguished or not. If I observe that fire is still ongoing then I will not shut off the sprinkler system. But if fire extinguished completely then I shut off the sprinkler system to avoid the wastage of water and property damage. After that, I will check that is there any problem in the fire alarm system or in sprinkler system activation then rectify it so that it will not happen next time that fire extinguished completely but the sprinkler system remains open or false fire alarm is sounding. Always wear fireproof clothes in this kind of case and cut the electricity when water is flow in an uncontrolled manner for life safety and property conservation. The testing of fire alarm and sprinkler system should be monitored time to time for incident stabilization so that these kinds of incident does not occur in future