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City of North Chicago Updates Codes Including Home Fire Sprinkler Requirement
North Chicago, IL—The city of North Chicago updated its codes and will now require the installation of fire sprinklers in all new-construction, single-family dwellings. The codes were updated following North Chicago’s August 24, 2024, adoption of the 2021 editions [...]
Fire Sprinkler Contains Apartment Balcony Fire
November 19, 2024 ROMEOVILLE, IL – A single fire sprinkler contained a fire on the exterior balcony of a second-floor apartment unit. fire crews extinguish the remaining fire. Occupants were home at the time of the fire. There were no [...]
Fire Sprinklers Protect Electronics Recycling Facility
November 11, 2024 SOUTH HOLLAND, IL – Fire sprinklers stopped a fire from spreading at an electronics recycling facility. The fire started in pallets of lithium-ion batteries. Source: Kim Prusa, Vice President – Residential Division, Nova Fire Protection
Fire Sprinkler Extinguishes Hotel Bathroom Fire
November 5, 2024 ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL – A single fire sprinkler extinguished a fire in a guest bathroom at the Holiday Inn. The hotel manager said a guest reported a fire in her room on the third floor. Firefighters arrived [...]
Fire Sprinkler Controls Apartment Kitchen Fire
October 31, 2024 URBANA, IL – A fire sprinkler kept a kitchen fire from spreading at the Capstone Apartments on Halloween. Fire crews arrived to find smoke coming from an apartment unit. The fire sprinkler contained the fire to the [...]
Fire Sprinkler Controls Fire at Country Inn and Suites
October 30, 2024 ROCK FALLS, IL – A fire sprinkler stopped a fire from spreading on the first floor of the Country Inn and Suites. Firefighters arrived to find smoke on the first floor and a sprinkler controlling a fire [...]
Industry-Donated Fire Sprinkler System Protects Goat Barn at Nonprofit Elawa Farm Foundation
Lake Forest, IL – Through combined donations made by the local fire protection industry, a new goat barn at Elawa Farm Foundation in Lake Forest has been equipped with fire sprinklers, [...]