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Fire Sprinkler 101 Live Virtual Class
Introduction to Water-Based Fire Protection Systems The FREE class is a great learning opportunity for new fire and building inspectors/officials or those that need a refresher. IMPORTANT: If you wish to participate on both days, you must register separately for [...]
Long-Time Fire Sprinkler Advocate, Wheeling Fire Chief Keith MacIsaac Retires
Wheeling Fire Chief Keith MacIsaac retired in May after 30 years with the fire department. As a fire sprinkler advocate, Chief MacIsaac helped Wheeling become one of the first Illinois communities to require fire sprinklers in all new commercial and [...]
Clarification on Fire Protection Requirements for Kennels in Illinois
In August 2019, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Public Act 101-0210, amending the Animal Welfare Act to add Section 18.2: “A kennel operator that maintains dogs or cats for boarding and that is not staffed at all times dogs or [...]
Fire Sprinkler Saves (Summer Edition 2020)
August 2020 One Fire Sprinkler Extinguish Palatine Apartment Dryer Fire PALATINE, IL (August 27, 2020) - A single fire sprinkler extinguished a clothes dryer fire in a first floor unit at an apartment building at 1205 N. Sterling Avenue in [...]
WJOL-AM Talks to Plainfield Fire Marshal About Home Fire Sprinkler Week
Listeners of WJOL-AM 1340 Radio learned something they may not have realized when host Kevin Kollins invited Plainfield Fire Protection District Fire Marshal Mary Kay Ludemann on his show during Home Fire Sprinkler Week. “Are homes being [...]
Illinois Joins Nationwide Virtual Campaign to Address Home Fire Problem
Orland Park, IL (May 14, 2020) – According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), a home fire can become deadly in as little as two minutes. That is largely due to the fact that today’s common synthetic furnishings [...]
Home Fire Sprinkler Week is Going Virtual! Fill the Digital World with Life Safety Messages May 17-23
Watch this video! Home Fire Sprinkler Week with Lorraine Carli, HFSC President The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) and the NFPA Fire Sprinkler Initiative are virtually uniting the fire service throughout North America around a full week of home fire [...]