FIRE SPRINKLER SAVES 2023
Fire Sprinkler Saves Townhouse Garage
April 10, 2023 ALSIP, IL - A single fire sprinkler prevented a car from igniting inside a townhouse garage. High heat temperatures from the running car activated the sprinkler before the car ignited. No injuries were reported. Sources: Alsip Fire Department Facebook [...]
Fire Sprinkler Controls Chemical Fire
April 3, 2023 DES PLAINES, IL - A single fire sprinkler prevented a fire from spreading on the second floor of a manufacturing facility. Crews found a sprinkler activated over buckets of sodium chlorite used in the plant. One employee was transported to [...]
Fire Sprinklers Extinguish Elevator Fire
March 30, 2023 PEORIA, IL - Fire sprinklers extinguished a fire in an elevator shaft on the fourth floor of New Hope Apartments. Twenty-two residents were displaced due to water in the elevator shaft preventing the elevator from operating. The cause [...]
Fire Sprinkler Controls Industrial Building Fire
March 20, 2023 ADDISON, IL - A single fire sprinkler controlled a mechanical fire inside of an industrial building until fire crews arrived to finish the job. The employees in the building were evacuated. No injuries were reported. Source: Addison Fire Protection District, [...]
Fire Sprinklers Extinguish Historic Apartment Building Fire
March 20, 2023 ROCKFORD, IL - Fire sprinklers extinguished a bedroom fire in a tenth floor unit at the Faust Landmark apartment building. This is the third time fire sprinklers prevented major fires in this building in the past 4 months. [...]
Fire Sprinklers Extinguish High-Rise Apartment Fire
February 25, 2023 ROCKFORD, IL - Fire sprinklers extinguished a garbage fire on the fourth floor of the 15-story Faust Landmark apartment building. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke and the fire extinguished by the sprinklers. Two residents were taken to [...]
Fire Sprinklers Save Manufacturing Facility
February 20, 2023 DOWNERS GROVE, IL – Two fire sprinklers fully extinguished a fire inside the Flavorchem manufacturing facility. The fire was caused by a drum warming blanket that malfunctioned. No injuries were reported. According to the facilities manager, the sprinklers [...]