Our Story
James Hutto is one of the principal owners of Hutto and Son, Inc. He has been involved in the fire protection industry since 1975. James received his initial training and became a licensed fire suppression system installer in Jacksonville, Florida. After working for various companies and learning many phases of the trade, family members encouraged him to establish Hutto and Son, Inc. Fire Extinguisher Sales and Service in 1984. Since that time, Hutto and Son, Inc. has been providing quality service, retail sales, and professional fire extinguisher training programs for many corporate accounts throughout Illinois. Another contributing factor to the start of the business was to provide his son, Philip Hutto, with a family owned and operated business of his own one day. Philip Hutto has been a licensed technician with Hutto and Son, Inc. since 2007 and has played a vital role in the success of our company. Our technicians are all career fire fighters from various departments and are not just employees, but part of our family and reason our company is so successful. Hutto and Son, Inc. is a member of the National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors (NAFED).
Our Mission
Our mission is simply stated. It is to provide quality service that is second to none at a fair market price. Secondly, and of equal importance, is our commitment to educate our customers and the general public about the risk of fire and how to effectively utilize their portable fire protection equipment.
James Hutto is one of the principal owners of Hutto and Son, Inc. He has been involved in the fire protection industry since 1975. James received his initial training and became a licensed fire suppression system installer in Jacksonville, Florida. After working for various companies and learning many phases of the trade, family members encouraged him to establish Hutto and Son, Inc. Fire Extinguisher Sales and Service in 1984. Since that time, Hutto and Son, Inc. has been providing quality service, retail sales, and professional fire extinguisher training programs for many corporate accounts throughout Illinois. Another contributing factor to the start of the business was to provide his son, Philip Hutto, with a family owned and operated business of his own one day. Philip Hutto has been a licensed technician with Hutto and Son, Inc. since 2007 and has played a vital role in the success of our company. Our technicians are all career fire fighters from various departments and are not just employees, but part of our family and reason our company is so successful. Hutto and Son, Inc. is a member of the National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors (NAFED).
Our Mission
Our mission is simply stated. It is to provide quality service that is second to none at a fair market price. Secondly, and of equal importance, is our commitment to educate our customers and the general public about the risk of fire and how to effectively utilize their portable fire protection equipment.