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Fire Sprinkler Controls Fire in Industrial Building
March 7, 2024 BENSENVILLE, IL – A single sprinkler controlled a fire in a commercial industrial building. When crews arrived, they smelled smoke and located the fire. A fire sprinkler activated keeping the fire in check until crews extinguished it. No [...]
Fire Sprinkler Controls Fire Near Loading Dock
March 6, 2024 AURORA, IL – A fire sprinkler controlled a fire in a store loading dock area. An employee called the Aurora Fire Department and reported smoke in the store. Crews arrived to find a sprinkler controlling a fire in [...]
Single Fire Sprinkler Extinguishes Apartment Stovetop Fire
March 4, 2024 ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL – A single fire sprinkler extinguished a stovetop fire in a third-floor unit of the Landmeier Station Apartments. According to the Elk Grove Village Fire Department, when crews arrived there was no visible signs [...]
Fire Sprinkler Controls a Dumpster Fire in a Residential High-Rise
February 28, 2024 PALATINE, IL – A single sprinkler controlled a fire in a dumpster located in the garbage room of a 14-story condominium building. When crews from the Palatine Fire Department arrived, there was an audible sprinkler bell sounding. They [...]
Fire Sprinklers Could Have Protected Infant and Prevented Injuries in South Shore High-Rise Fire
Tinley Park, IL (February 22, 2024) - Eight people were hospitalized following a fire in a 14-story Chicago high-rise building at 7144 S. Jeffery Boulevard that lacked fire sprinklers. One of those hospitalized was an infant in critical condition. The [...]
Fire Sprinkler Extinguishes Apartment Arson Fire
February 21, 2024 MOLINE, IL – A fire sprinkler extinguished a couch fire in a 69-unit apartment complex. According to the Moline Fire Department, the fire was contained to the area of origin and extinguished by the sprinkler system before the [...]
Fire Sprinkler Extinguishes Fire at Senior Living Facility
February 12, 2024 TINLEY PARK, IL – A fire sprinkler extinguished a living room fire in a first-floor unit of the Hanover Place Senior Living facility before firefighters arrived. The fire was located at the base of a couch in [...]