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Fire Sprinklers Extinguish Fire in High School Woodshop
December 2, 2024 GLENVIEW, IL – Fire sprinklers extinguished a fire in the woodshop at Glenbrook South High School. The fire was contained to the one room and was extinguished before fire crews arrived. Students and staff were safely evacuated [...]
Fire Sprinklers Control Hotel Fire
November 26, 2024 BEDFORD PARK, IL – Fire sprinklers kept a fire from spreading at the Courtyard Marriott. Fire crews arrived to find a working fire in one of the hotel rooms. The damage was held to the one hotel [...]
Fire Sprinkler Extinguishes Lithium-Ion Battery Fire
November 21, 2024 CHAMPAIGN, IL – Fire sprinklers stopped a fire from spreading at an off-campus student apartment near the University of Illinois campus. Fire crews arrived on the scene of the two-story, wood frame building to find a scooter [...]
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 [...]