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Fire Sprinkler Contains Sauna Fire at Local Gym
February 15, 2025 TINLEY PARK, IL – A fire sprinkler contained a fire in a sauna at a Tinley Park fitness center. According to Fire Marshal Steve Lorendo, the fire was caused by the heating element not turning off. No [...]
Bennet, Collins, Malliotakis, Larson, Reintroduce Bill to Make High-Rise Apartments Safer for Residents, Firefighters
Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation Updates Federal Tax Code to Modernize Buildings Washington, D.C. (February 12, 2025) — U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance’s Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, and Susan Collins (R-Maine), [...]
Fire Sprinklers Contain Fire in Commercial Building Utility Closet
February 6, 2025 WHEELING, IL – Fire sprinklers contained a fire in a utility closet at a commercial building near the Chicago Executive Airport. Fire crews arrived to find smoke coming out of the roof. They traced the fire to [...]
HFSC Will Award $750 Stipends to 40 U.S. Fire Departments for Home Fire Sprinkler Outreach
The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) will select 40 fire departments to each receive a $750 stipend to conduct a Home Fire Sprinkler Week outreach program during the week of May 11-17, 2025. The stipend program is generously funded by [...]
Fire Sprinklers Control Fire in a High-Rise Parking Garage
February 3, 2025 CHICAGO, IL – Fire sprinklers controlled a Tesla automobile fire in a high-rise parking garage. The parking garage is protected with fire sprinklers, but the high-rise building is not. No injuries were report. Source: Tri-State Fire Alerts [...]
Fire Sprinkler Extinguishes a School Fire
February 2, 2025 WESTMONT, IL – A single fire sprinkler extinguished a fire in a room at the Maercker Intermediate School. Fire crews arrived and did not see signs of smoke initially. After their search, smoke was detected in a [...]
Two Years After Fatal Harper Square Fire, the Trauma Continues as Residents in Nearly 80 Units Remain Displaced
Tinley Park, IL (January 30, 2025) – On January 25, 2023, the Harper Square fire was the first of 17 fires in unsprinklered residential high-rise residences in Chicago that year. It resulted in one fatality, multiple injuries, hundreds of residents [...]