Facility detail

GENERAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER CORP INC

1685 SHERMER RD, NORTHBROOK, IL, 60062

Parent company: NA

Carcinogen — EPA classifications across all reporting years

Year-over-year total releases

Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.

Top chemical totals

The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.

Full release table

Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.

All values in pounds (lbs)
Year 1,1,1-Trichloroethane Trichloroethylene Bromochlorodifluoromethane (Halon 1211) Total (lbs)
1999 — 19,206 — 19,206
1998 — 21,780 — 21,780
1997 — 25,425 — 25,425
1996 — 23,760 — 23,760
1995 — 33,000 — 33,000
1994 — 46,200 — 46,200
1993 7,594 37,956 2,077 47,627
1992 79,232 — 2,000 81,232
1991 35,000 — 6,000 41,000
1990 41,000 — — 41,000
1989 57,000 — — 57,000

▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.