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Fire Prevention Bureau
The Fire Prevention Bureau is responsible for inspecting
commercial and industrial occupancies for compliance with the
Village's fire prevention codes. Each occupancy is formally
inspected approximately once every two years.
By ordinance, the
"2003 International Fire Code" with local
amendments is adopted as the standard for the Village of
Wheeling.
These local amendments can be found in
Title 14 - Fire, of the Wheeling Municipal Code.Under a special agreement with the local school districts,
each school within the community is inspected bi-annually.
All
licensed day cares and pre-schools are also inspected annually.
Routine fire drills are monitored by Fire Department personnel
to insure that proper evacuation techniques are utilized.
In addition to fire prevention inspections, the Fire
Prevention Bureau is responsible for reviewing and monitoring
various life safety and fire detection/suppression related items
associated with new construction. These include, but are not
limited to: fire sprinkler systems, fire alarm systems,
emergency lighting, exiting requirements, fire hydrant
placement, and fire department access to the site.
 Fire sprinkler systems are required in all new construction
regardless of its
square footage. Existing commercial, industrial, and
multi-family occupancies are required to be retrofitted with
fire sprinkler systems if, the structure is increased in square
footage and/or the degree of fire hazard is increased as defined
by the Village of Wheeling Building Code. Additional
conditions apply. Please see section on Fire
Sprinkler Installation Requirements for more details.
All fires resulting in property loss are investigated by the
Wheeling Fire Department. The Fire Department has nine (9)
members who are specially trained and certified by the State of
Illinois and/or the National Fire Academy as
“Fire
Investigators” or “Fire/Arson Investigators”. These
members are responsible for determining the point of origin, the
probable cause of the fire, assisting property owners in dealing
with their insurance companies in post-fire claim resolution, as
well as working closely with the Wheeling Police Department in
seeking conviction of responsible parties in criminally caused
fires.
The Fire Prevention Bureau may be contacted at (847)
459-2669, Monday thru Friday, from 8:00am to 4:30pm.
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