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.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if somebody told me there were 20 to 30 people permanently residing in the building at that time,” West Metro District Chief Sean O’Hara said
The West Bloomfield Township fire marshal said no adults were home at the time of the fire
The NFPA reports that nearly half of all home fires involve cooking equipment
70 teenage cadets and adults are barred from the buildings until wiring and other hazards are fixed
Neighbors extinguished the fire before firefighters arrived
Experts are trying to determine how much advance warning is optimal for the public’s safety
When firefighters arrive on the scene of a fire, the first thing they do is listen for smoke detectors
Some of the projects included boarding up abandoned houses and demolishing others
The house was fully involved when firefighters arrived; the house had no smoke alarms
Two firefighters were charged with tampering with evidence for trying to show that the nightclub passed safety inspections
Modern fire science raises doubt as to if the fire was intentionally set
Public education is the better financial and moral investment
Toxic gasses and only one entrance made rescue efforts difficult
Even if affecting large policy change is hard to pull off, each of us can influence change in our day-to-day interactions
Fire marshal who inspected the club missed the foam because he was focused on wrong-way swinging door
A ‘where are they now’ look at the key players in the Station nightclub fire 10 years ago
Use information from the tragic nightclub fires as a means to get the fire-safety message home to your public
Survivors and family members of those who died gathered for the 10th anniversary of the deadly nightclub fire
The worst prison fire in at least a century has not spurred safety changes
A wood stove used to heat the home caused the fire that claimed two children and three adults
Investigators say a space heater was running too close to flammable materials
Most of the clubs closed after the fire have reopened; fire experts wonder if real change took place
Overheated ventilation motor blamed for smokey smell
The two were sleeping and didn’t realize there was a fire until firefighters rescued them
156 people died in a 2009 fire at the nightclub
Free to residents, fire chief says these markers will reduce response time for 911 calls
The most common natural disasters are used to teach preparedness steps
