NEWSLETTER
Historic Buildings Should Be Protected With Fire Sprinklers
ORLAND PARK, IL (April 17, 2019) - One day after the world watched the massive fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and people gasped as the iconic spire fell during the blaze, there was relief that there [...]
Chief Rob Martin, Win-Bur-Sew Fire Protection District
Major Martin interacts with the Iraqi Children of the city of Yousaffia, Iraq, May 2004. Major Martin and his Civil Affairs team were conducting an infrastructure assessment for the area. By: Tom Lia During the holiday season, my [...]
Kankakee Fire Department Uses America’s Favorite Food to Deliver Fire Safety to Adults and Children
Following home fire disasters that took the lives of young children, the Kankakee Fire Department deployed an age-old tactic to improve the likelihood that effective fire safety messages would get into the home – free food. Since 2017, the department [...]
Donated Standpipe Valves Will Be Used at 100 Chicago Fire Stations for Training
More than 100 donated standpipe valves were on display during a presentation at the Chicago Fire Department Quinn Fire Academy. Officers and instructors gathered at the academy to thank members of the fire sprinkler industry for the donation. The threaded [...]
Ask Your Legislators To Support (S.803) to Allow Businesses To Immediately Deduct the Full Cost of Fire Sprinkler Retrofits
Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Doug Jones (D-Ala.) introduced legislation (S. 803) to fix a provision in the 2017 tax-cut law that will allow business owners to receive immediate tax benefits when they retrofit their buildings with fire sprinklers. Before [...]
Rock Island First of Four Towns Recognized as Five-Star Fire Safe Communities
ORLAND PARK, IL (March 13, 2019) - The city of Rock Island is the first to be recognized as a Five-Star Fire Safe Community, a new program introduced by the Illinois Fire Sprinkler Coalition (IFSC). The organization has recognized more than [...]