Fire Sprinklers

55 YOM WAS FOUND DOWN IN HIS BED AFTER AN APARTMENT FIRE. SPRINKLER PUT OUT THE FIRE, HOWEVER PT WAS FOUND SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED WITH ESTIMATED 50-60% TBSA BURNS TO TORSO, BILATERAL ARMS, GROIN AND LEGS, POSSIBLE OPIATE OVERDOSE. +FD. DX: BURN, ENDOTRACHEALLY INTUBATED.

63YOM, ON ***, STOOD UP AND ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK HEAD ONTO A WATER SPRINKLER ON A CEILING NO LOSS OF CONSCIOUS, DX: INJURY OF HEAD; LACERATION OF SCALP

39 YOM WAS COOKING ON WEDNESDAY WHEN THE SMOKE FROM THE DISH ACTIVATED THE OVERHEAD SPRINKLERS. WHEN THE WATER HIT THE COOKING OIL, THE FLAME BURNED HIS HAND. PT WAS NOT EVALUATED AT THE TIME. +FD. DX: BURN BACK OF RIGHT HAND.

62 YOF WAS IN HER APARTMENT WHEN A FIRE STARTED. PT'S APARTMENT WAS VERY SMOKY BUT SPRINKERS TURNED ON AND THE FIRE WENT OUT. +BURNS SCALP, UPPER BACK, NECK. FD NSDX: BURNS INVOLVING LESS THAN 10% OF BODY.

37YOM INMATE IN THE JAIL WHEN THE FIRE SPRINKLERS STARTED GOING OFF HE TRIED TO GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE WET FLOOR DX: STRAINED NECK; STRAINED RIGHT KNEE

40 YOM HIT HEAD ON A SPRINKLER WHILE CLEANING IN THE ATTIC, DX: LACERATION OF SCALP

60YOM WAS WORKING ON A CEILING AND HIT HEAD ON A SPRINKLER (INDOOR) DX: LAC TO HEAD

47YOM C/O R LEG LAC. PT HAD WALKED INTO AN ELEVATED SPRINKLER APPROX 1 FOOT HIGH ABOVE THE GROUND. THIS CAUSED A LAC TO HIS R LEG NEAR THE TIBIA/FIBULAR AREA. DX: LEG LAC, R; IV DRUG ABUSE; METHAMPHETAMINE ABUSE; MUSCLE LAC

24 YOM STAYING AT LOCAL CENTER WAS MESSING AROUND WITH FRIENDS WHEN HE JUMPED UP AND HIT HIS HAND ON A RUSTY CEILING SPRINKLER DX HAND ABRASION

39 YOF SCALP LAC, IN A CRAWL SPACE WHEN SHE STRUCK HEAD ON A FIRE SPRINKLER, NO LOC, 4 STAPLES

24YOM WAS IN A CELLAR WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A FIRE SPRINKLER DX: SCALP LACERATION

40 YO M C/O CUT TO HEAD PTA WALKING INTO SPRINKLER HEAD ON LOW HANGINGCEILING WHILE WORKING AT HOME DX HEAD LAC

The sprinkler head is located inside of an Independent living facility. There is one in particular that is located outside on a porch. There was a fire that started in a trash receptacle on the porch the fire did not trigger the sprinkler did not go off. He was able to extinguish the fire with no injuries involved. He contacted the local representative (from the firm) and has not received a response from his as of yet. While doing some research online he noticed a recall (see Release #07-209) where the hazard was the sprinkler heads can deteriorate over time and fail to operate in a fire and his model was affected by a recall . He has not contacted the firm but plans on doing so since there is now a deadline for the replacement of the Sprinkler heads (see Release #11-203).

I have defective fire sprinklers throughout my new home which go off without warning and it has nothing to do w heat sensitivity. The model is Viking VK457 and it is throughout my Lennar home built in 2016. Already 4 homes, neighbors have had their house damaged to great depths. I have 4 children, all under the age of 5, one being just 7 months, plus animals. As the fire sprinklers goes off and ruins/destroys not only personal but property damages but can also cause personal injury. Not only to myself, but my 4 helpless children, one having autism and my small kittens. I need these defective fire sprinklers to be replaced throughout the house immediately. I have contacted 3 times Lennar builders and have failed to get a response. I will be contacting Viking Corp., Scott as well. This is an ongoing issue, with all the homeowners in WEST PARK area of Roseville as the fire sprinklers are a ticking time bomb.... wait to exploded.

I purchased a home in April 2015 that has a California required fire protection system installed in it. It has come to our attention that the materials used, specifically the Viking VK457 sprinker head, is possibly defective and can initiate when not subjected to fire conditions. There have been 4 instances of this in my community in the past couple of years causing considerable damage to homes. Viking has been sued by other contractors in southern California for this specific defect and have been working to replace these heads for them. They have not considered a similar program in our community. The sprinkler heads have been discontinued by Viking but have not been recalled. It appears that the defect in some of the heads is due to manufacturing processes for heads that were built between 2013 and 2015. Not all heads are defective but it is reported that it cannot be determined which is impacted unless it fails and floods a home.

We have 8 Honeywell System Sensor Flow switches installed on our fire sprinkler risers. Model number WFD60N. These flow sensors were installed about a year and a half ago. The sensors were activated due to water leaking into the sensors which caused them to short circuit, when the fire department showed up they found that 4 out of the 8 sensors had signs of corrosion. water was leaking through. I contacted Honeywell and they advised that I should contact the distributor. I contacted the distributor and had the sensors switched out to different brands. the distributor charged us labor but we do not agree since we are under the impression that this is a known issue and believe a recall should be issued. The device is faulty and the sensors are used for fire protection.

Failure of Reliable Model F3-56 Dry 200Degree F K5.6 Standard Response Standard Spray Sprinkler R5314