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Fire Sprinklers Contain Chemical Fire Inside Industrial Building
November 30, 2021 ROUND LAKE, IL - Fire sprinklers controlled a fire at an industrial building, until firefighters arrived to extinguish the fire. According to Battalion Chief Anthony Carraro, Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District, the fire involved industrial chemicals [...]
Fire Sprinkler Controls Kitchen Fire in Multi-Family Apartment Building
November 23, 2021 PALATINE, IL - A single fire sprinkler contained a kitchen fire in a 40-unit apartment building. Palatine Fire Department crews arrived four minutes after the call and reported heavy smoke and fire coming from a second-floor unit. [...]
Fire Sprinkler Contains Hotel Entrance Fire
November 17, 2021 KANKAKEE, IL - A fire sprinkler controlled a fire at the front entrance of the Hilton Garden Inn in Kankakee. Firefighters were dispatched to the hotel after a heating element caused the fire inside the ceiling area [...]
Fire Sprinkler Contains Restaurant Fire in South Barrington
November 16, 2021 SOUTH BARRINGTON, IL - A single fire sprinkler contained a kitchen fire at the Wok-N-Fire restaurant in South Barrington, protecting eight employees who were in the building at the time of the fire. According to Fire Chief [...]
Fire Sprinkler Stops Townhome Fire
November 13, 2021 LINCOLNSHIRE, IL - A fire sprinkler stopped a fire from spreading in a two-story townhouse until the Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Department arrived and extinguished the remaining fire. The home had working smoke alarms and alerted the residents to [...]
Fire Sprinkler Contains Hotel Room Fire
November 11, 2021 SCHAUMBURG, IL - A single fire sprinkler contained a fire inside a room at an extended stay hotel. A contractor working with chemicals that contacted a heat source caused the fire. Residents were not displaced from the [...]
Village of Bloomingdale Becomes One of the Latest Illinois Communities to Require Fire Sprinklers In All New Homes
The Village of Bloomingdale recently upgraded its code to the 2018 International Residential Code, which includes installing fire sprinklers in all new one- and two-family homes. Building Commissioner Mike Gricus played a vital role in making sure village board members [...]