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.
One of two fire prevention chiefs admitted to taking more than $5,000 over three years to fast-track inspections
The Charlotte SouthPark fire report highlights improvements in several areas, including the hiring of more inspectors and enhanced firefighter survival training
Alarming statistics underscore the need for more smoke alarm community checks and messaging
The inspections began after a historic building burned in April
GM will modify engine shield, which will help prevent liquids from being trapped in engine compartment, where fire could start and spread
Officials cite planning, fire load and equipment failures in trying to contain a fire that destroyed 3 floors of a government building
Gov. Jerry Brown: Growing body of evidence shows chemicals used as retardants harm human health, environment
Say driver’s side window switch may be at fault; 161 reports of fires to date, with 9 injuries
Practicing an escape plan is critical to their survival, convincing them of this is a much greater challenge
Campaign addresses issue of proactively mitigating wildfire damage in fire-prone communities
Padding of mileage expenses was ‘almost a work rule,’ says arbitrator, who also reduced suspensions for 44 others
Said city-contracted operation ‘overloaded with material’ in Oct. 2011; April fire required airport crash trucks to assist in control efforts
Fire officials want the government to mandate all retirement homes are fitted with fire sprinklers
Fire chiefs are concerned that Olympic landlords will fall foul of fire safety laws, putting lives of temporary visitors at risk
Leaders are seeking a funding deal similar to the Senate’s that will take USFA through 2017
Noticed orange glow while watching TV; alerted woman and child to exterior house fire
Part of the 3-story apartment building collapsed during suppression efforts
State has seen triple the number of fires from last year; meteorologists and fire experts say conditions will get worse
Critics charge that politics, not liability, was at play
Working with youth is a key component to reducing fire-setting
Fire chiefs credit work with school children for a 27 percent drop in fires
Teach the community how to use these life-saving devices and to have an escape plan
When funding for fire safety advertising went away, fire deaths went on the rise
The Ohio researcher is focusing on making furniture and bedding foam that burns cooler, slower and doesn’t drip fire
Utah police found several people living in self-storage units who were using heaters and knocked passageways in the walls
A move to ban recreational vehicles used as primary housing except in an RV park was overturned
It is encouraging to see an entire community learning about fire-safety and taking action
What the experiences of the complacent, malicious and outright stupid can teach the rest about fire safety
Noticed small fire in ceiling previous night, thought they had extinguished it
Report says inadequate safety education could be to blame for prevalence
The fire-prevention attitude and principles of one founding father have modern application