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Fire Sprinkler Times December 2005 Contact Tom at 866-264-3722 or e-mail: sprinktoml@aol.com Code Progress Requires Your Leadership What’s the bottom line on progressive code changes It’s simple. Smart Leadership! As smart leaders, mayors, managers, trustees, aldermen and alderwomen, and fire chiefs have two important steps they must act upon: First, question where your community stands in regards to upgraded fire codes and residential protection. Second, act on it! Ask yourself if it makes more safety sense to wait for the three-year model code upgrade period, or, is it better to ask your fire chief and/or building department director for a life safety comparison report of your community. (If you don’t know the answer, check out the “Municipal/Fire District Fire Sprinkler NFSA Midwest Notes Code Ranking” link at www.firesprinklerassoc.org.) Motivation to act now might come from such facts as 82% of the nation’s fire deaths occur in residential occupancies, yet these are the very occupancies that codes protect the least. (See “America Burning Report” for its recommendation.) Now consider the safety of your fire district/fire department personnel. Most of the firefighter injuries and deaths occur in those residential fires. (See “Firefighter Life Safety Summit” by going to www.firesprinklerassoc.org and clicking on “Elected Officials” for reports and data.) Finally, think about your leadership legacy as an elected official or fire chief. Make it your personal goal to be known as the “smart leader” who accomplished life and property By Dan Gengler, NFSA Midwest Regional Manager (IL,WI) Contact Dan at 262-245-5255 or e-mail: DanNFSA@aol.com • www.nfsawi.org The Fire Sprinkler Tax Incentive Act H.R. 1131 Needs Your Help! This Bill will amend the International Revenue Code of 1986 resulting in a substantial tax incentive for building owners. Automatic fire sprinkler systems will be classified as a 5-year property for purpose of depreciation with 30% the first year. Currently, sprinkler systems depreciated at a 39-year schedule. By passing a tax incentive act, Congress can have a critical role in making the places that our citizens live, work and play dramatically safer, protecting the infrastructures and acting as an economic stimulate. Currently, the bill has 137 co-sponsors. Thirteen of them are members of the House Ways and Means Committee where the bill resides.The Senate version has 13 cosponsors. Four of the co-sponsors are members of the Senate Finance Committee where the bill resides in the Senate. Representative Melissa Bean (IL-8), Repre- sentative. Danny Davis (IL-7), Representative Rahm Emanuel (IL-5), Representative J. Dennis Hastert (IL-14), Representative Jesse Jackson,Jr.(IL-2),Representative Mark Kirk (IL-10), Representative Don Manzullo (IL-16), Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-9), Senators Richard Durbin, and Senator Barack Obama still have not signed on.They need to hear from you. The offices of Representative Weldon and Senator Santorum along with the lobbying firm of Fierce, Isakowitz and Blalock and Jim Dalton of NFSA are continually monitoring legislative activity in search of an appropriate opportunity to attach the bill to tax related legislation. To support the bill, go to www.firesprinklerassoc.org and click under “60;Legislation61;,” then NFSA Fire Sprinkler Incentive Legislation Initiative, follow the CapWiz directions for your Representative and Senator. saving objectives by helping to prevent residential fire destruction and death. Adopt the latest International Building Code (IBC) 2006 including the appendix, and/or NFPA 101 (2006 Edition) or NFPA 5000 (2006 Edition). While you are protecting the citizens of your community, you are also helping save your firefighters from the danger of flashover. Join the 35 Chicago area communities that have already asked these questions and decided to protect their new citizens and firefighters by adopting residential fire sprinklers for new single-family homes. Provide the “smart leadership” it takes to be a progressive elected official or fire chief who stands up for safety when it comes to protecting the lives and property in your community. NIFSAB Wants Your Successful Activation Photos Chief Timothy Sashko and Deputy Fire Marshal George Michehl sent NIFSAB this photo following a successful activation where a single sprinkler extinguished a kitchen fire on the third floor at the Extended Stay America hotel. Send your photos of a successful activation to sprinktoml@aol.com. We'll post them on the NIFSAB Web site. Some photos will be displayed in the Fire Sprinkler Times newsletter. 2 Toll-Free: 866-2NIFSAB (866-264-3722) • www.firesprinklerassoc.org
December 2005 Fire Sprinkler Times Fire Sprinklers at Work: S U C C E S S F U L A C T I V A T I O N S JULY 2005 Industrial Facility, Wauconda Wauconda Fire Department Firefighters responded to an alarm at an industrial facility to find a fire near an electric heater situated on a chemical holding tank used for nickel plating. Eight sprinklers activated due to heat in the ventilation system. “Instead of arriving to a large commercial building fire, crews only needed to extinguish the remaining fire in the room of origin. Smoke damage was contained to the room of origin,” said Joseph Schwarz. Joseph Schwarz, Fire Marshal Wauconda Fire Department SEPTEMBER 2005 Multi-Family Townhouse, Bartlett Bartlett Fire Protection District Fire companies arrived on the scene to find light smoke in a hallway and a fire in a laundry room that was extinguished by one sprinkler. There was minimal water damage to the unit. "This is the second incident of this type that has occurred in this townhouse complex where both fires were extinguished with one sprinkler activated," said Bill Anderson. "Without the sprinklers, several attached residential units may have been damaged." Bill Anderson, Assistant Fire Chief Bartlett Fire Protection District INX International, West Chicago West Chicago Fire Protection District According to Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Buenrostro,“Two sprinkler heads under a canopy activated and kept the fire from extending to the combustible outside storage which was only 5 feet away. There was minor clean up and no loss of business thanks to the sprinkler system.” Joseph Buenrostro, Deputy Fire Chief West Chicago Fire Protection District SEPTEMBER 2005 Fairview Village Apartments, Downers Grove Downers Grove Fire Department Books ignited when an electric stove was accidentally turned on. One sprinkler activated and contained the fire. All residents were evacuated and damage was confined to the corner next to the stove. “You just can’t put a price on lives saved or injuries prevented,” said Richard Mikel. Richard Mikel, Fire Marshal Downers Grove Fire Department Nursing Home, Robbins Robbins Fire Department A quick response sidewall sprinkler held a fire in check until firefighters arrived. An unattended candle lit combustible materials in a four story nursing home tenant space. All residents moved back later that day. Charles Lloyd, Sr., Fire Chief Robbins Fire Department OCTOBER 2005 Metcalf Federal Building, High-Rise 77 W. Jackson, Chicago, Illinois On Friday, October 14, a chair ignited in the HUD office on the 24th floor of the Metcalf Federal Building. A single sprinkler extinguished the fire by the time firefighters arrived. This successful activation occurred almost 2 years after the unsprinklered Cook County Building fire that killed 6 people. North American Paper, Glenview Glenview Fire Department Firefighters responded to a 3 AM alarm at a 200,000 sq. ft. paper product facility. A pallet fire had been contained by a single sprinkler. Excess water was cleaned up and the facility was back in service in 3 hours. Bernie Arends, Fire Marshal Glenview Fire Department Extended Stay America Hotel, Buffalo Grove Buffalo Grove Fire Department Firefighters responded to a grease fire on the 3rd floor of the 3 story hotel. A quick response sidewall sprinkler activated and extinguished the fire. Firefighters were able to immediately begin property conservation to minimize water damage. Fire was contained to the stove and cabinet areas. George K. Michehl, Deputy Fire Marshal Buffalo Grove Fire Department OCTOBER 2005 Apartment Building, Rock Falls Rock Falls/Sterling Fire Department Firefighters responded to an automatic alarm to find a single sprinkler had extinguished a fire in the entrance vestibule. A combustible Halloween decoration had ignited. Deputy Chief Gary Cook Rock Falls Fire Department Apartment Building, Buffalo Grove Buffalo Grove Fire Department Discarded incense ashes that had ignited in a wastebasket were extinguished by a single sprinkler in a first floor apartment. George K. Michehl, Deputy Fire Marshal Buffalo Grove Fire Department Warehouse, Romeoville Romeoville Fire Department A single sprinkler extinguished a fire involving packing materials in a secured area of a warehouse containing high valued electronic equipment. Estimated loss was less than $5,000. Tony Ponzi, Fire Marshal Romeoville Fire Department Exton Metal Products, Elk Grove Village Elk Grove Village Fire Department A fire in a dust collection exhaust system was contained by the sprinklers. “A sprinkler head inside the unit suppressed the fire. One sprinkler head did the job!” said Al Vrshek, Deputy Fire Chief. Al Vrshek, Deputy Fire Chief Elk Grove Village Fire Department CONGRATULATIONS WHITE SOX! A World Champion team that plays in a sprinklered stadium that had a successful activation last year. A single sprinkler kept a fire from spreading in a utility closet. Toll-Free: 866-2NIFSAB (866-264-3722) • www.firesprinklerassoc.org 3
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