Fire Prevention
The fire prevention topic encompasses a host of articles on creating public safety programs and community risk reduction ideas, as well as how to impress upon new fire department members the importance of sharing the fire prevention message.
The Board of Forestry and Fire Protection said it’s still in “the pre-rulemaking phase” while it finds money to alleviate the potential costs under the new requirements
Philadelphia’s roving fire unit aims to get warming fires from burning out of control
FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker presented data from 2024 on fires related to lithium-ion batteries
Among the victims was 9-year-old Tyler Doohan, who woke up several other relatives that escaped the blaze, but died trying to save his grandfather
After a fire ripped through 110 condominiums in 26 buildings, emergency planners have improved response, prevention and notification
The girl’s mother said that she had repeatedly told the 3-year-old not to play with lighters
Arson fires needlessly place firefighters in harm’s way; reducing arson will reduce line of duty deaths
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has received 16 reports involving the humidifiers, including five reports of fires resulting in about $430,000 in property damage
The bill would amend the Fire Code by establishing new requirements for inventorying, inspecting, evaluating and marking abandoned and vacant buildings with placards
The chief whose team wins will receive 250 smoke alarms; the loser will receive 100 alarms to install in their community while wearing the jersey of the winning team
The 14-year-old boy couldn’t get out of his room because the door knob had been removed
One grant is for the Student Awareness Fire Education program and the second grant is for the Senior Awareness Fire Education
Tulsa’s fire union is seeking a court order preventing the city from eliminating positions including the department’s public education unit
The unit fell four stories with three people on it
Eleven of the 24 fire deaths occurred in homes without a working smoke detector
There is one fatality for every 40 Christmas tree fires compared with one in 142 other home fires
The extraction process uses butane or other flammables to cook ‘pipe bombs’
They would like to require residents and landlords to use tamper-proof smoke detectors with non-removable 10-year batteries
Mega churches and those in strip malls or other nontraditional settings are a danger to firefighters — know where they are and plan for them
It appears that the home had no working smoke alarms
He lit a fire in his fireplace, but had issues with the smoke not venting; his coworkers quickly extinguished the fire
There were no working smoke detectors in the single-story house
Sixty-three died in one of the worst fires in U.S. history while an anguished nation slept in the hours after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
They are investigating why the system hasn’t been working and how long it’s been out of commission
The group has less than $200,000 and needs $1.4 million to build memorial to those who died in The Station fire
The National Association of State Fire Marshals calls them uncontrolled fire hazards, because the wind decides where to deposit the lanterns
It is impossible to measure the number of lives those in our public-education sector save, but it is nice to see them get deserved recognition
The candles were used after power was cut for unpaid bills; the home had no smoke alarms
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