Milwaukee’s Fire Chief is sounding the alarm about the absence of fire sprinkler systems in certain buildings, following a tragic apartment fire that claimed the lives of five people over the weekend.
The fire at the Highland Court Apartments near 27th and Highland has brought renewed focus to the safety standards in apartments built before 1974, which are exempt from laws requiring sprinkler systems in many cases.
The Milwaukee Department of Neighborhood Services (DNS) states that any building constructed after 1974 that is 60 feet or higher is required to have a sprinkler system…