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Illinois home fire sprinkler initiatives under way

July 11, 2012Tess Nacelewicz

ORLAND PARK, Ill.—Whether it's through a town-by-town adoption of new residential fire sprinkler requirements or via a new effort to require sprinklers in homes statewide, Illinois is making progress toward mandating the life safety devices in more and more homes, according to Tom Lia, executive director of the Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board (NIFSAB).In June, Lia said, the village of Gurnee, Ill., joined a growing number of communities in the state that have adopted residential...

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