The City of West Chicago has launched a new Downtown Investment Program aimed at revitalizing its historic downtown, attracting private investment, and encouraging significant property upgrades—including the installation of fire sprinkler systems. The program, effective January 1, 2025, offers from [...]

Tinley Park, IL (April 3, 2025) – A fire in a split-level Carpentersville home with no fire sprinklers tragically resulted in the deaths of three young brothers on March 30. The boys, a one-year-old and two-year old twins, were too [...]

Understand, Applying, and Enforcing NFPA 25 Class This highly interactive full-day course describes the requirements for properly maintaining a water‐based fire protection system in accordance with NFPA 25. NOTE: The class will follow the 2023 edition of NFPA 25. We [...]

Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation Updates Federal Tax Code to Modernize Buildings Washington, D.C. (February 12, 2025) — U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance’s Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, and Susan Collins (R-Maine), [...]

The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) will select 40 fire departments to each receive a $750 stipend to conduct a Home Fire Sprinkler Week outreach program during the week of May 11-17, 2025. The stipend program is generously funded by [...]