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Illinois fire districts open up to commercial fire monitoring
October 21, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—After an appeals court ruling this summer saying public fire districts can't monopolize fire alarm monitoring, two fire districts recently passed new ordinances allowing commercial fire alarm companies to compete in those markets.While Illinois Electronic Security Association executive director Kevin Lehan called the passage of the ordinances by the Pleasantview Fire Protection District and the Darien-Woodridge Fire Protection District “a great development for...
'Mixed' court ruling in Illinois monitoring case
December 1, 2011Tess Nacelewicz
CHICAGO, Ill.—A federal appeals court based here says public fire districts in Illinois have a legal right to be in the fire alarm monitoring business, but can't displace the private fire market in doing so.That's the latest ruling in an ongoing legal dispute in the state over public entities taking control of fire alarm monitoring from private companies. It's significant because it overturns a lower court ruling this summer that determined state law did not give public fire districts any authority...