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A fire lane on 6th Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) in New York City.. A fire lane is a pavement reserved for fire and rescue services. [1] [2] Dedicated fire lanes primarily appear in urban areas where traffic jams may slow their passage, thus causing an unfavorable delay in responding to distress calls.
There is no specific sign indicating I-190's western terminus at O'Hare. Interstate-standard freeway ends roughly at the ramps to the upper (departure) and lower (arrival) loops. The freeway then resumes shortly after both loops merge to cross an emergency fire lane. The eastern terminus, I-90, is considered to be the origin point of the highway.
The Office is the regulatory agency of record, for Illinois, in the safety inspection of a wide variety of boilers, pressure vessels, and tanks that contain or can be filled with flammable or heated materials. The Office is the regulatory agency of record in the professional qualification and licensure of Illinois elevator contractors. [1]
The Secretary of State maintains the style manual for the Illinois Administrative Code and Illinois Register on its website. [4] One notable feature of the Code and Register text is the use of italics (or, in less recently updated sections, all caps) to indicate that a particular set of words is quoting or closely summarizing statutory text; a reference to the relevant section of the Illinois ...
The Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District is a United States public safety agency purposed to defend a portion of the Vernon Township in the northeastern Illinois county of Lake from fire. The firefighting district is composed of three stations; one of these stations is located in the village of Lincolnshire , while the others are in ...
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Serving primarily northern Illinois, as well as other parts of Illinois and northwest Indiana, NIFSAB's goal is to educate the public about how fire sprinklers work and their life-safety and property-protection value. The group helps fire departments host live fire demonstrations, [1] especially during national Fire Prevention Week and Month. [2]
For example, during the Cedar Fire of 2003, strong Santa Ana winds had blown enough burning embers across a 10-lane section of Interstate 15 to ignite the vegetation on the other side. [3] During the 1988 fires in Yellowstone National Park , hot embers managed to cross the Lewis Canyon , a natural canyon up to a mile wide and 600 feet (180 m) deep.