Press Releases
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2024 Press Releases
- City of North Chicago Updates Codes Including Home Fire Sprinkler Requirement (November 19, 2024)
- Industry-Donated Fire Sprinkler System Protects Goat Barn at Nonprofit Elawa Farm Foundation (October 28, 2024)
- Live Burns During Fire Prevention Week to Demonstrate Effectiveness of Home Fire Sprinklers Versus Quick Growth of Today’s Home Fires (September 4, 2024)
- Wheeling’s Revamped Grant Program for Businesses Adds Fire Suppression Incentives (August 7, 2024)
- With Update to International Residential Code, Waukegan Implements New Home Fire Sprinkler Requirements (August 1, 2024)
- Elgin Offers Fire Sprinkler Grants to Encourage Downtown Residential Conversions (April 29, 2024)
- East Moline Residential High-Rise Greatly Increases Fire Safety Factor with Fire Sprinkler System Retrofit (March 13, 2024)
- Fire Safety a Main Factor in Westmont’s New Downtown Incentive Program (March 12, 2024)
- Fire Sprinklers Could Have Protected Infant and Prevented Injuries in South Shore High-Rise Fire (February 22, 2024)
- Hundreds of Lives Still Disrupted by 17 Chicago High-Rise Fires of 2023 Fire Sprinklers Could Have Prevented Deaths, Injuries, Property Loss and Hundreds of Displaced Occupants (January 24, 2024)
- Fire Sprinkler Retrofit Combines Old with New at Journeyman Distillery in Valparaiso (January 19, 2024)
- Galesburg Introduces New Downtown Residential Fire Sprinkler Grant Program (January 8, 2024)
2023 Press Releases
- Lake County Board Adopts 2018 ICC Codes to Enhance Safety for Residents and Firefighters (November 29, 2023)
- It’s High Time for High-Rise Fire Safety in Chicago & Beyond (October 18, 2023)
- Live Burn Demonstrations to Ignite Awareness About Home Fire Sprinklers During Fire Prevention Week (September 22, 2023)
- Villages of Wauconda and Island Lake Update Codes and Now Require Fire Sprinklers in All New Homes to Protect Residents and Firefighters (May 18, 2023)
- Fire Safety Organizations Mourn Deaths of Two Chicago Firefighters, Highlight Dangers of Today’s Modern Fires for Residents and First Responders (April 6, 2023)
- Village of Wheeling Has Long History of Protecting All Homes With Fire Sprinklers (February 24, 2023)
- Fire Sprinklers Could Have Prevented Fatal High-Rise Fire (January 25, 2023)
- Bartlett Offers Grant Program to Increase Building Safety and Help Local Businesses Thrive (January 9, 2023)
2022 Press Releases
- Fire Departments Use Live Fire Demonstrations to Increase Awareness about Fire Prevention (September 20, 2022)
- Roselle Grant Program Offers Opportunities for Business Owners to Boost Fire Protection (September 6, 2022)
- Beecher Fire Chief Welcomes Community to His Home to Educate About Home Fire Sprinklers (August 25, 2022)
- Standpipe Donation Benefits Firefighters Training at Beecher Fire Protection District (July 28, 2022)
- Valparaiso Fire Department Open House Will Showcase Home Fire Sprinkler Installation (April 14, 2022)
- Bedford Park Fire Department Receives FEMA Grant to Protect Headquarters Station with Fire Sprinklers (April 14, 2022)
- Valparaiso Offers Fire Safety Grants to Protect Buildings in Historic District (March 17, 2022)
- Owner of The Bridge Lemont Banquet Hall Recognized for Making Fire Safety Improvement (February 7, 2022)
2021 Press Releases
- New Christmas Tree Fire Safety Video Offers Safety Tips and Demonstrates How Quickly Fires Can Spread (December 1, 2021)
- Village of Bloomingdale Becomes One of the Latest Illinois Communities to Require Fire Sprinklers In All New Homes (November 10, 2021)
- Tinley Park Offers Valuable Grant Program to Help Local Businesses Improve Safety in Older Downtown Buildings (October 21, 2021)
- Bloomingdale Fire Protection District Requires Fire Sprinklers In All New Homes (September 23, 2021)
- NIFSAB Announces New Illinois Fire Sprinkler Saves Interactive Map (August 5, 2021)
- FEMA Grant Funds Fire Sprinkler Installation During Beecher Fire Station Renovation (April 15, 2021)
- Tragic Fire Supports Des Plaines Home Fire Sprinkler Requirement (January 27, 2021)
- Two Waukegan Apartment Fires on the Same Day With Different Outcomes (January 18, 2021)
2020 Press Releases
- New Tax Incentive in CARES Act Can Prevent Commercial High-Rise Fires Like Today’s Jewelers Row Fire (November 12, 2020)
- No Fire Sprinkler Protection in Chicago High-Rise Fire That Injured Six (September 15, 2020)
- Illinois Joins Nationwide Virtual Campaign to Address Home Fire Problem (May 14, 2020)
- New Lenox Fire Protection District Passes Ordinance Requiring All New Construction Protected With Fire Sprinklers (Feb. 19, 2020)
2019 Press Releases
- Frankfort Home Retrofit with Fire Sprinklers (Nov. 27, 2019)
- More than 100 Homes Now Protected with Home Fire Sprinklers in the Village of Roselle (Nov. 8, 2019
- Fire Departments Use Live Fire Demonstrations To Teach About Fire Prevention (October 1, 2019)
- Fire Sprinklers Protect Firefighters and Equipment Thanks to FEMA Grants (Sept. 27, 2019)
- Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board Promotes Erik Hoffer as New Executive Director (September 19, 2019)
- Village of Hodgkins to Pay Half of the Cost of New Home Fire Sprinkler Installations in One- and Two-Family Homes (August 14, 2019)
- Village of Deerfield Protects Residents and Firefighters with Progressive Residential Fire Sprinkler Requirements (August 6, 2019)
- Illinois Communities and Retired Fire Chief Recognized during First Ever Home Fire Sprinkler Day
- Illinois Communities Recognized During First Annual Home Fire Sprinkler Day
2018 Press Releases
- Long Grove First Village in Illinois to Protect Citizens and Firefighters with Home Fire Sprinklers
- Deadly Apartment Fire That Killed Eight People Raises Questions About Chicago’s Fire Codes – (August 26, 2018)
- Fire Sprinkler Organization Responds to Inaccurate Information about High Rise Fire Safety Following Fires in Hancock Building – (February 23, 2018)
- New Website and Video Provide Important Information about Inspecting, Testing and Maintaining Fire Sprinkler Systems in Various Buildings – (January 17, 2018)
- Long Grove First Village to Pass a Home Fire Sprinkler Ordinance in Illinois 30 Years Ago
- It’s Time to Retire Grandfather Clauses – (July 20, 2018)
- Fire Departments Teach about Fire Prevention by Setting Fires – (October 2, 2018)
- A Tale of Two Trump Tower Fires – (April 12, 2018)
2017 Press Releases
- Fire Sprinklers Save Home and Family Pet – (September 29, 2017)
- Deerfield-Bannockburn Fire District Sets the Moral Tone with Code Adoption – (July 6, 2017)
- Six Family Members Dead in Late Night Lost Nation House Fire – A Tragic Example of Rural Fire Risk – (November 21, 2017)
- New Inspection, Testing & Maintenance Retrofit Trailer and Website Unveiled at NFPA 25 Summit – (August 2, 2017)
- Fire Departments Set Fires to Teach about Fire Prevention – (September 26, 2017)