Illinois State Fire Marshal (ISFM)

Information provided by the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (October 5, 2020) – The Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) is celebrating National Fire Prevention Week 2020 and Governor JB Pritzker has proclaimed October 4-10 as Fire Prevention Week in Illinois. OSFM is encouraging Illinois...

Last year 126 people were injured, 1 killed by fireworks between June 23 and July 20 in Illinois information provided by the Office of the State Fire Marshal SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (June 24, 2020) - “Due to numerous community fireworks displays being canceled , we are concerned that people will resort to...

information provided by the Illinois Office of the State Fire Marshall SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (February 22, 2020) - The Illinois Office of the State Fire Marshall is reminding Illinoisans of the importance of having approved smoke alarms. Illinois law requires that smoke alarms in dwelling units are listed by an approved...

People over 65 face greatest risk of dying in a fire information provided by the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (February 16, 2020) - The Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) encourages older Illinoisans to think about fire safety, while keeping their limitations in mind...

Goal to reduce occurrence and impact of emergency events INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE office of the Illinois state fire marshal Springfield, Ill. (January 22, 2020) – Community Risk Reduction (CRR) is a data-driven process to identify and prioritize local risks, followed by the integrated and strategic investment of resources to reduce...

Applications must be postmarked before February 30th, 2020 Information provided by the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (January 13, 2020) – The Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) announced the application period is open for the Small Equipment Grant Program. All interested departments should send an...

Illinois fire departments responded to nearly 9,000 carbon monoxide incidents in 2018 information provided by the Office of the State Fire Marshal SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (January 8, 2020) - Cold temperatures mean Illinoisans will be turning up their thermostats to stay warm this winter. The Office of the State Fire Marshal encourages...

information provided by the Illinois State Fire Marshal SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (December 11, 2019) - Holiday decorations can increase the risk for a home fire. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) more than two of every five home decoration fires occur due to decorations being placed too close to...

Thanksgiving is leading day for home fires involving cooking equipment information provided by the Illinois State Fire Marshal SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (November 26, 2019) - According to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) data, cooking is the leading cause of home fires and home fire injuries....

information provided by the Office of the State Fire Marshal SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (November 1, 2019) - The Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) reminds Illinoisans to test and replace the batteries in their smoke alarms as daylight saving time ends this weekend and they turn their clocks back.“The time...