Fire Sprinkler Saves (Spring 2024 Edition)
Spring 2024 Sprinkler Saves. You can submit stories here and view other saves here.
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 […]