NEWSLETTER
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 [...]
Neglecting idle facilities amid COVID-19 will cost companies dearly, warns commercial property insurer FM Global
JOHNSTON, RI (April 7, 2020) —As distracted corporate executives close offices, plants and warehouses to reduce COVID-19 spread, other worrisome risks are emerging at these now-idle facilities, warns FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers, whose clients [...]
NFSA WORKS DILIGENTLY ON BEING “ESSENTIAL” DURING COVID-19 AND ON TAX INCENTIVES FOR THE FUTURE
On March 25th, Congress passed the Coronavirus Stabilization Act of 2020. This legislation, which includes over $2 trillion in aid to combat both the virus and the negative economic impacts associated with social distancing, also includes a technical correction [...]