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 Tuesday, August 27 at 8:15p.m.
“We had the fire under control in about 15 minutes and the fire completely out in 20 minutes,” said
South Beloit […]
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 the Save-A-Day Challenge Coin campaign to recognize fire departments and districts that report successful fire sprinkler activations. Each fire department that reports an […]
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 (NIFSAB) donated a residential fire sprinkler display to the Fire Science Technology program at the College of Lake County in Grayslake. Students will […]
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.
Battalion Chief Mark Menzel of the Wheeling Fire Department said the fire was “held in check” by an automatic fire sprinkler system. Firefighters extinguished the fire and ventilated smoke from the […]