New Construction

The New Construction Section monitors the construction or rehabilitation of buildings within the City of Chicago. These buildings, where required by Code, are monitored for proper fire safety at the construction sites. Work on sprinklers, standpipes and fire pumps are monitored to make sure that they are installed in accordance with plans and permits that have been approved by the Department of Construction and Permits and the Fire Prevention Bureau. This unit determines if the building has complied with all required fire safety procedures necessary for the building to obtain its certificate of occupancy.

Letter of Affidavit for Fire Alarm Systems:

To be completed by the Electrical Contractor and/or Fire Alarm Contractor of Life Safety Systems to confirm that life safety system installs have been completed and are ready to be tested by Fire Prevention Bureau Fire Inspectors (FPB).

Process:

Electrical Contractor and/or Fire Alarm Contractor completes life system installation.
Installing Electrical Contractor and/or Fire Alarm Contractor completes affidavit on their business letterhead.
Installing Electrical Contractor and/or Fire Alarm Contractor submits affidavit to Fire Prevention Bureau: CFDFATESTS@Cityofchicago.org
FPB reviews affidavit and corresponds with the Installing Contractor to schedule a test of system.

Both versions (PDF/Word doc) are available for download and allow the Contractor to insert the company letterhead and save the file on their hard drive as the LOA Business Template.