NEWSLETTER
Successful Activations (Summer Edition 2019)
AUGUST 2019 Fire Sprinkler Keeps Snack Food Plant from Total Loss SOUTH BELOIT, IL (August 27) - A single fire sprinkler quickly contained a fire in a fry unit of an oven at Axium Foods on Oak Grove Avenue on [...]
Palatine Fire Department First To Receive New Challenge Coin For Reporting Successful Fire Sprinkler Activation
Left to Right: Palatine’s Inspector Randy Dowell, Fire Marshal Jay Atherton and Tom Lia. ORLAND PARK, IL (July 8, 2019) — The Illinois Fire Sprinkler Coalition, in conjunction with the Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board (NIFSAB), has launched [...]
NIFSAB Donates Display to Help Students In Fire Science Technology Program Learn About Residential Fire Sprinklers
Eric Norlin, Fire Marshal with the Lincolnshire Riverwoods Fire Protection District and College of Lake County Instructor, shows the donated residential fire sprinkler display. ORLAND PARK, IL (July 1, 2019) – The Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board [...]
Fire Sprinklers Prevent a Fire From Spreading At Commercial Laundry Facility
WHEELING, IL (June 15, 2019) – The Wheeling Fire Department responded to an alarm at Crothall Healthcare Laundry Systems on Hintz Road around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday. Upon arrival, they found that fire sprinklers controlled a fire inside the business. [...]
Home for Wounded Veterans Retrofit With Fire Sprinklers Featured on Designing Spaces
Pre-shoot meeting with Chad Huennekens, president, United States Alliance Fire Protection; Noah Currier, founder, Oscar Mike Foundation and Jennifer Bertrand, host, Designing Spaces. ORLAND PARK, IL (June 3, 2019) – Home fires become deadly in just two minutes [...]
Illinois Joins Nationwide Effort to Increase Awareness About Home Fire Sprinklers; Seven Communities Recognized for Adopting Home Fire Sprinkler Ordinances
Group shot of attendees with their NFPA 13D book and Russ Sanders from the NFPA. ORLAND PARK, IL (June 3, 2019) – In honor of National Home Fire Sprinkler Week, leaders from the Illinois fire service gathered to [...]
Why Do We Fight?
By: Tom Lia, NIFSAB Executive Director For decades, the fire sprinkler industry has worked closely with the fire service to make buildings safer from fire. That’s our industry’s whole point and it’s a good one. From adopting strong codes that [...]