| Fire Department offering free smoke detectors |
2018-07-26 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, July 26, 2018, p. 11 |
Fire prevention,
Brandt, Jason,
Skokie Fire Department |
| Skokie Fire Department recognized for fire safety, smoke alarm efforts |
2019-02-21 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 21, 2019, p. 9 |
Fire prevention,
Furgala, Kathleen,
Perez, Matt,
Skokie Fire Department |
| Fire alarm law to protect apartment, condo dwellers |
2005-10-27 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 27, 2005, p. 8 |
Fire prevention,
Ordinances,
Housing - Apartment buildings,
Skokie Fire Department,
Housing - Condominiums,
Walters, Jim |
| Skokie board updates bonfire ordinance |
2003-12-18 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, December 18, 2003, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Fire prevention,
Fires,
Ordinances |
| Skokie wins grant for fire programs |
2003-02-06 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 6, 2003, p. 12 |
Fire prevention,
Grants,
Skokie Fire Department |
| Preventing fires |
2002-10-10 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 10, 2002, p. 16 |
Fire prevention,
Editorial |
| Take what time is needed to ensure your home is fire-safe |
2002-10-10 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, October 10, 2002, Sec. 1, p. 6 |
Fire prevention,
Skokie Fire Department,
Editorial |
| Chief: Business lock box would assist firefighters |
1988-06-23 |
Skokie Village Trustees approved drafting an ordinance that would require lockboxes as part of the alarm system for some 110 local businesses. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, June 23, 1988, p. 18 |
Fire prevention,
Ordinances,
Skokie Board of Trustees,
Business |
| Flammables to be moved above ground |
1987-11-05 |
All but one village trustee approved Searle's plan to move flammable substances used for research from underground storage to above ground storage. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, November 5, 1987, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Fire prevention,
G.D. Searle & Co.,
Skokie Board of Trustees,
Business - Pharmaceutical companies |
| Smoke alarm efforts put on hold |
1987-03-26 |
Skokie fire officials have suspended efforts to get the village's smoke detector ordinance expanded. They are waiting to see if new state legislation will be passed. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, March 26, 1987, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Fire prevention,
Ordinances,
Skokie Fire Department,
Laws and regulations |
| Combustibles found in grates |
1987-02-19 |
Combustible materials were found in 10 of the 17 fireplaces inspected by the Village. The Village expects that the contractor who built the homes in the 1970s, Westmoreland Builders Inc., to modify the grates so that they are fireproof. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, February 19, 1987, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Fire prevention,
Westmoreland Builders Inc. |
| Village finds 10 homes with faulty fireplaces |
1987-02-12 |
A Skokie Building Department investigation concluded that 10 fireplaces in homes in the Timber Ridge subdivision were built incorrectly and might be a fire hazard. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 12, 1987, p. 3 |
Fire prevention,
Skokie Building Department |
| Ordinances |
1978-11-16 |
Ordinance requiring smoke detectors in all buildings with two or more units. |
The News, Thursday, November 16, 1978, p. 29 |
Fire prevention,
Ordinances |
| Ordinances |
1978-04-20 |
Ordinance requiring the installation of smoke detectors in buildings containing dwelling units under specified conditions. |
The News, Thursday, April 20, 1978, p. 36 |
Fire prevention,
Ordinances |
| Smoke detectors will soon be mandatory |
1978-04-06 |
Ordinance requiring smoke detectors in all residential buildings with four or more units will become effective in six months. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, April 6, 1978, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Fire prevention,
Ordinances |
| Will smoke detector law ignite support? |
1978-03-30 |
Proposed ordinance will require smoke detectors in all residential buildings of four or more units. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, March 30, 1978, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Fire prevention,
Ordinances |
