United States Alliance Fire Protection reaches over 1 Million work hours with-out a lost time incident. United States Alliance Fire Protection has achieved a rare feat in the construction industry. As of March 31, 2013 United States Alliance Fire Protection has worked a staggering 1,316,375 work hours without a lost time accident, further demonstrating why it is one of the safest contractors in the Chicagoland and Milwaukee area.

“This feat could not have been achieved without the help of everyone,” USAFP President Chad Huennekens said. “We are extremely proud that every one of our associates go home at the end of the day to their families, safe and whole.”

USAFP would like to thank all of its associates for making safety a first priority and encourages everyone to keep up the great work.

“This mark is not a finish line, but rather the start of something even more impressive,” Huennekens said.

United States Alliance Fire Protection’s has an excellent safety and loss prevention program because it is achieved through management commitment, employee participation, safety awareness, and continued training.

Purpose

Saving lives and property through the life safety systems we produce.

Mission

Our can-do team builds systems through ingenuity, trust through integrity and customer value through extraordinary service and safety.

Values

Integrity:

• Projects ethical interpersonal relationships inside and outside the company AND implies completeness of our entire process.

Safety:

• More than just a reference to our commitment to jobsite safety, this word also implies the unique sense of team we have built; we want security and well-being for all our employees.

Can-do attitude:

• Characterized by eagerness to take on a job or challenge and confidence of success. Individual effort that sets an example and raises expectations; “whatever it takes”.

Ingenuity:

• Clever, inventive and resourceful thinking that is encouraged throughout to make us more efficient.

According to Jeff, “I feel that the training I received from the Journeymen at United States Alliance Fire Protection and the classroom instruction from Local 281 was second to none, but I personally made one too many mistakes and finished second to one.”  

USA Fire acknowledges Jeff’s remarkable accomplishment. The competition is set up to test skills learned during apprenticeship, but getting to the end requires more than simply those. Demonstrating superior critical thinking and planning ahead is what puts you in the finals – skills that make Jeff second to none with USA Fire!

Wouldn’t objectivity (and good sense) demand that all stakeholders have as thorough an understanding of fire dynamics as economics before betting people’s lives on it? Putting it another way, if you live in a pre-1975 high rise in Chicago your fate (and that of all your neighbors) is in the hands of others. Manual firefighting and rescue in a high rise structure is among the most challenging scenarios fire departments face. To imagine it like TV or Hollywood is to be gravely naive.

In the end, fire is a natural phenomenon that does not discriminate. Ignoring the dangers involved in high rise living without fire sprinklers has two effects: increased risk combined with decreased control over your own fate. Intentionally avoiding retrofit on an economic basis only switches the currency with which you may pay.

Congratulations, Jeff and good luck at the National Competition in Ann Arbor, MI. August 12^th-16th. 

As posted elsewhere on this website, United States Alliance Fire Protection (USA Fire) has the experience and corporate stability necessary for bringing complicated retrofit projects in on-time and on budget. We understand that sprinklers consistently save lives and property everywhere they are installed and maintained, but we are especially proud of making high rise buildings a place to live.

The ASA Chicago Safety Award is a 3 year look back at the safety record of the company. This is the 5th consecutive time that we have been honored with the ASA Chicago Safety Award (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011).

Dave Curran, USA Fire Protection’s Director of Safety and Risk Management, commented, “Our organization operates with the philosophy that quality, safety and productivity work collectively to deliver greater value. We are dedicated to safety and risk management and this award affirms that commitment.”

Read the December 2011 edition here:
http://www.usafireprotectioninc.com/news.php