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.
Officials, insurers and homeowners navigate the financial costs of protecting homes from wildfires
Officials said the FDNY usually responds to approximately 200 brush fires each year in October alone
The latest research promoting firefighter safety
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
Some jurisdictions allow older structures to be ‘grandfathered’ in on old building- and fire-code rules
State officials say devices such as smoke alarms and sprinkler systems have helped lower the number of deaths
The department said they were conducting their annual apartment complex inspection
State law doesn’t require them to be retrofitted in older structures
The boys’ parents attribute their safety to repetition; going over the fire escape plan so many times, the boys memorized it
The boys, aged 10 and 11, and their parents will have to complete a fire safety course
In 2012, the Portland Fire Department responded to 250 fires that were caused from cooking accidents
As uncomfortable as government intrusion is, taking toy-like lighters off the market is a good move
Over the next six months, Team Firestopper volunteers will be canvassing over 23,000 homes distributing lifesaving fire safety information and hosting six Fire Safety Fairs in at-risk communities
The bill bans the sale and distribution of lighters that are disguised and can look like toys to children
Officials blamed the cause on old wiring that had been compromised by saltwater and sand during Superstorm Sandy
Officials say the wires had been exposed to the storm surge and grating sand action of the storm, which compromised them