Local Incentives
Now is the time to invest in your fire sprinkler system or retrofit your
building with lifesaving and property conserving protection.
Wheeling’s Revamped Grant Program for Businesses Adds Fire Suppression Incentives
The Village of Wheeling has revamped its previous grant program for commercial businesses in the Town Center II or North Milwaukee Avenue TIF Districts, now including installed fire suppression systems.
Elgin Offers Fire Sprinkler Grants to Encourage Downtown Residential Conversions
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.
Fire Safety a Main Factor in Westmont’s New Downtown Incentive Program
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.
Galesburg Introduces New Downtown Residential Fire Sprinkler Grant Program
The city council of Galesburg has approved a new fire sprinkler grant program for residential units in its downtown area. This program aims to increase the number of sprinklered residential units in the downtown area, protecting residents and improving the overall community.
Winnetka Offers Fire Sprinkler Rebate Program
In 1977, the Village of Winnetka passed an ordinance requiring any business or multifamily occupancy that has a “change of occupancy use” to retrofit a fire sprinkler system if it did not already have one.
Edwardsville Introduces New Commercial Building Improvement Program
The City of Edwardsville has implemented a new Commercial Building Improvement Program to encourage building owners and those who lease existing structures to update the buildings to current safety standards and the Illinois Accessibility Code.
Valparaiso Offers Fire Safety Grants to Protect Buildings in Historic District
The city of Valparaiso, Indiana, offers a grant program to help encourage the installation of fire safety systems in existing buildings in its historic downtown district.
Tinley Park Grants Improve Fire Safety in Older Downtown Buildings
The Downtown Tinley Park Grant Program helps achieve a signature downtown to benefit all who use it. The program aims to improve the safety of downtown buildings that were built before 2007.
Glen Ellyn Offers Grants To Encourage Businesses To Protect Buildings with Fire Sprinklers
The Village of Glen Ellyn offers a Fire Prevention Award Program to help downtown businesses and property owners
Hodgkins Offers Grants for Home Fire Sprinkler Installations
Village incentivizes home fire sprinklers to protect citizens and first responders
Historic Businesses In Plainfield Can Apply For Grant To Protect Buildings With Fire Sprinklers
Congratulations Plainfield Fire Chief Jon Stratton, Fire Marshal Mary Kay Ludemann, their Board of Trustees and the Village of Plainfield.
Carroll Fire Protection District Offers Grants To Homeowners to Install Home Fire Sprinklers
The Carroll Fire Protection District in Urbana, Illinois, has a program offering homeowners of new or existing one-and-two family homes a tax rebate grant to install home fire sprinklers.
Lockport District Offers Tax Rebates to Install Smoke Alarms & Fire Sprinklers
Former Lockport Township Fire Protection District Chief David Skoryi and fire district Board of Trustees developed this program to incentivize fire safety system installations in local buildings.