Strata owners are increasingly banning electric vehicles from charging in basement carparks as fire safety authorities disagree over the risk of battery fires.
The DC Fire and EMS Department (DCFD) credited the sprinkler system for containing a fire that started in an apartment on ...
ALBANY (WBNG) -- The New York State Board of Fire Prevention & Codes proposed a law that would mandate all new homes have ...
New York is reconsidering a decades-old proposal that would require all new homes built in the state to be equipped with ...
Automatic fire sprinklers would be required in new homes in New York under a draft policy being considered by the state's ...
As demand for electrical energy storage systems (ESS) has expanded, safety has become a critical concern. This article ...
Longtime Firehouse columnist Hal Bruno was at the scene of the Our Lady of the Angels school fire as an auxiliary Chicago firefighter when he put on his reporter hat.
THE CODE DID NOT REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE A AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM PUT IN THE BUILDING, AND THEY DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE A MONITORED FIRE ALARM. THEY DID HAVE A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN THEIR ...
The Mountain fire, driven by powerful winds, razed 243 buildings and damaged dozens more in Camarillo and nearby communities in western Ventura County, according to data released by state fire ...
The Justice Department said said, in part: “Sprinkler system requirements limit ... “Although expensive fire prevention methods, like automatic sprinklers, may reduce personal injury and ...
It is also difficult and expensive to install sprinkler systems in individual apartment units, according to the DOJ. “Although expensive fire prevention methods, like automatic sprinklers ...