The police in Salzgitter, Germany issued a press release announcing that a 57-year-old woman was killed in a fire in a care home in Wolfenbüttel on 29th September.

France 3 reports that a fire in a Super U supermarket in Gertwiller, Alsace, was extinguished by the sprinkler system.

Dutch media report that on Saturday 16 August a car leaving the Houtwal underground car park in Harderwijk caught fire.

Dutch media reports that the fire brigade was called on the evening of 17 July to a fire in a shop on Maartensdijklaan in The Hague.

The Schenefeld volunteer Fire Brigade near Hamburg, northern Germany, reports that on Friday, 30th May it was called at 16:21 by a fire alarm to a home for the elderly.

NFPA's Fire Protection Research Foundation is hosting a seminar on High Challenge Storage Protection in London on 22nd May.

The Geneva Association has published its annual report of world fire statistics covering 2008-2010.

NEN 2077, the Dutch design, installation and maintenance standard for residential sprinkler systems, was published on 15th April.

There have been a number of sprinkler saves recently recorded in The Netherlands and UK. Here is a selection:

Last month the EFSN presented its new mobile sprinkler demonstration unit.