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Bennet, Collins, Malliotakis, Larson, Reintroduce Bill to Make High-Rise Apartments Safer for Residents, Firefighters
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), [...]
HFSC Will Award $750 Stipends to 40 U.S. Fire Departments for Home Fire Sprinkler Outreach
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 [...]
Two Years After Fatal Harper Square Fire, the Trauma Continues as Residents in Nearly 80 Units Remain Displaced
Tinley Park, IL (January 30, 2025) – On January 25, 2023, the Harper Square fire was the first of 17 fires in unsprinklered residential high-rise residences in Chicago that year. It resulted in one fatality, multiple injuries, hundreds of residents [...]
Fire Sprinklers Contain Apartment Building Trash Room Fire
January 27, 2025 URBANA, IL – Fire sprinklers stopped a fire from spreading in a trash container and chute in a six-story housing authority building. Firefighters extinguished the fire on the 1st floor trash container. The fire extended up the [...]
Fire Sprinkler Contains a High-Rise Campus Housing Fire
January 15, 2025 MACOMB, IL – A single fire sprinkler contained a waste basket in a high-rise dorm room at Western Illinois University. Two residents were displaced due to smoke and water damage. One firefighter was transported to the hospital, [...]
Resident Reports Fire Sprinkler Save That Contained Mattress Fire in Apartment Building
January 13, 2025 CHICAGO, IL – Fire sprinklers stopped a mattress fire from spreading in a North Lawndale apartment building. A resident in the building contacted the Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board through social media stating that she grew [...]
Single Fire Sprinkler Controls Apartment Fire
January 9, 2025 VALPARAISO, IN – A single fire sprinkler stopped a fire from spreading in a unit on the first floor of a four-story apartment building. Upon arrival, firefighters discovered a sprinkler controlling a couch fire. Crews extinguished the [...]