Elgin Offers Fire Sprinkler Grants to Encourage Downtown Residential Conversions
Elgin, IL—In 2018, the city of Elgin created the Fire Sprinkler Assistance for Residential Conversions Grant Program to incentivize property owners to convert vacant or underutilized upper floors of downtown buildings into code-compliant residential units.
The grant program funds the installation of new fire sprinkler systems or code-required improvements or upgrades to existing systems for upper […]
East Moline Residential High-Rise Greatly Increases Fire Safety Factor with Fire Sprinkler System Retrofit
After much planning, retrofitting the Summit Ridge Condominiums high-rise in East Moline with […]
Fire Safety a Main Factor in Westmont’s New Downtown Incentive Program
Westmont, IL- In late 2023, the village of Westmont announced a new program designed to promote business activity in the downtown area. The 2024 Downtown Incentive Program (DIP) provides matching grants to qualifying downtown Central Business District business owners and commercial/mixed-use property owners to help cover costs for improvements that include signage, facade, exterior accessibility, and fire suppression systems.
The program, which replaced the […]
Fire Sprinklers Could Have Protected Infant and Prevented Injuries in South Shore High-Rise Fire
Tinley Park, IL (February 22, 2024) – Eight people were hospitalized following a fire in a 14-story Chicago high-rise building at 7144 S. Jeffery Boulevard that lacked fire sprinklers. One of those hospitalized was an infant in critical condition. The fire started in a kitchen of a second-floor unit in the 1920s-era high-rise and moved its way into an interior stairwell, sending extreme heat up multiple stories and smoke billowing […]