Thanksgiving Holiday 2013

Fire House Neon Signs will be closed this Thursday and Friday, November 28-29, for the Celebration of the Thanksgiving Holiday. We will resume our regular working hours on Monday, December 2nd, 2013. We appreciate your business!

Fire House Neon Signs estará cerrada este jueves y viernes, 28 al 29 de noviembre, por la Celebración del Día deAcción de Gracias en Estados Unidos. Volveremos a nuestro horario regular el lunes, 2 de diciembre de 2013. ¡Agradecemos  sus negocios!

Christmas 2013 Holiday Reminder

Give the gift that will be treasured... a Custom Neon Clock! All Orders for Customized & Regular Stock 20” neon clocks are to be in this year by December 9thWe want to be sure your clocks are built & shipped in time to be received for the holiday.Customizing?  Send your art in today to have renditions created, and approved before Dec. 8th

Happy Holidays to All!

Longest Neon Sculpture in the World

Have you passed along the neon walkway at Terminal 1 of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport? This 744 foot neon sculpture is reportedly the longest neon sculpture in the world. The piece is called the "Sky's the Limit" by California artist Micheal Hayden with music by William Kraft and was installed between United passenger concourses B and C in 1987. 

Source  On the Road - Chicago

The sculpture is composed of composed of 466 colored neon tubes of 14 foot and 9 foot lengths. They run the entire length of the ceiling above the moving walkways. The first and last sections of the three-section sculpture begin with white neon tubes. The center section starts with indigo and proceeds through the spectrum from shades of blue to green to yellow to orange to bright red. The light sculpture is controlled by three computers that generate patterns of light pulses that never repeats themselves.

Utah Sign Company Owner Killed When Crane Malfunctions

The owner of a Utah sign company was killed Friday morning while working from a cherry picker crane in Bountiful. Richard Gillies, 66, of Gillies Signs & Design Inc., was replacing a sign at an out-of-business Blockbuster store when the truck-mounted crane apparently malfunctioned, according to Assistant Bountiful Police Chief Ed Biehler. 

According to police, Gillies was in the bucket of the crane when the problem occurred. When his son, attempted to maneuver the crane from below, there was an additional malfunction which pressed Gillies up against an overhanging facade and then flung him forward toward the building. He fell from the bucket to the ground 10 to 15 feet below.

Other workers inside the building, which is being turned into a fitness club, performed CPR on the victim until emergency personnel arrived.
Gillies was flown to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Officials from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration were investigating the accident, and members of the state medical examiner’s office also were at the scene.

According to his company website, Richard Gillies has been in the sign business for over 35 years. The Gillies family has set up this donation/fund to help offset some of the unexpected medical and funeral expenses.  Your support is greatly appreciated. 

DONATE TO THE GILLIES MEMORIAL FUND    http://fundly.com/richard-gillies-memorial-donations

Vintage Neon Signs in Las Vegas

Want to see a cool restored film of some of the old neon signs that made Las Vegas famous? One or two of the signs featured in the film are still visible in Vegas today. However most have been lost to us, as anyone who's paid a visit to the cities Neon Museum can attest.

November 9th is Neon Sign Day

November 9th commemorating the development of the first neon sign. In 1911, Frenchman, George Claude, applied for a patent on neon advertising signs. Las Vegas hasn’t been the same since!

Outdoor Open Signs in Stock

We have added a new Outdoor Neon Open Sign to our catalog. When people judge a business by how its signage looks, its important to make a good first impression. With just a quick glance, maybe three seconds, customers evaluate your business. In this short time, the customer forms an opinion about your business. This first impression can be nearly impossible to reverse or undo, so making that first encounter the best is extremely important. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and so is your signage. An attractive sign can help your business stand apart from the competition; it can presents a professional image and it serves as a silent on the street salesperson for your business. Now you can make a great first impression with this outdoor neon open sign.