Crews were called out at 9:00 pm on November 26 for alarm bells activated at Poirier School. On arrival, the fire alarm was sounding. Immediately noticed upon opening the door was a pool of water heading towards firefighters. Seeing no smoke or flames, it was quickly determined that a water pipe had burst. This turned out to be a sprinkler pipe in Room 1131. As the door was open, approximately 4 to 5 inches of water began rushing out the opening. The door was quickly closed. With the sprinkler system being shut off, crews went around to the outside door to the classroom and opened it up to let the water escape to the outside. All available members were then put to work to start removing water. Approximately 60% of the school had water on the floor. While investigating the break in the pipe, a large section of ceiling came down on top of Firefighter Stanley, injuring his back and shoulder. He was attended to by EHS personnel and was told to stop being such a baby. (sorry Neil) With water, water everywhere, additional personnel were needed and a call was made to the recruit class for more assistance. With their help along with school district personnel, the water was removed and crews cleared the scene just before Midnight. Cause was determined to be lack of draining a section of the dry sprinkler pipe when maintenance was done in the summer. The pipe froze (actually in two places) and broke.
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