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.
Launching during Fire Prevention Week, users of the free service can upload details about occupants and hazards to assist Easton firefighters in emergencies.
In exchange for bribes, Mayor Eric Adams allegedly expedited a fire safety inspection at a Turkish consulate building, among other charges
Ardmore firefighters, Rotary Club members and churches worked to have residents sign up for smoke detectors after a fire killed two people
Fire department: ‘We always remind everyone that we have year-round fire season in Southern California, even though veteran firefighters consider fall true fire season’
Take the time to share these stories with your communities so your citizens can learn lessons
On average 17 or 18 people die in Maine fires each year
Children from schools in all five boroughs visited the Rockefeller Center to learn valuable fire safety lessons and take the oath
An ongoing effort to educate our citizens must remain a primary effort of our fire department
If you’re visiting schools this week, here’s some pupils you could well recognize as you deliver your talks...
Members of the student council insisted the homecoming decorations were fire-retardant
Thousands of acres of farmland already have caught fire recently, including giant fires this week in central Nebraska and south-central South Dakota
The gel fuels are being recalled because they pose a serious risk of flash fires and burns
The tri-city fire department recently won a $144,400 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to expand its Home Safety Survey
Two residents were injured in a two-alarm fire on Monday, prompting the utility to take action
The standard is the result of an explosion that killed six workers and injured about 50 others
State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan says the homeless men averted a potential tragedy
The Orono Fire Department went to the fraternity house after a parent called to report an issue with the furnace and request that carbon monoxide levels be checked
About 98,000 dehumidifiers are being recalled; the power connector for the machine’s compressor can short-circuit
The fire caused a large “whoosh,” singed the tree and killed the bees but no people were hurt
Employees at the plant had been welding a chipper bin
The connections being stolen allow firefighters to boost the pressure in fire sprinkler systems or provide water to fire hoses inside a structure
Humboldt County fire and government officials came out in opposition to the fee when it was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in early July
It took 18 fire trucks spewing water to control the fire in the abandoned three-story structure
A growing number of safety officials around the nation have been recommending homeowners use lesser-known photoelectric smoke alarms
We are the reason for the whole economic downturn — or at least the politicians want citizens to think so
Eight wildfires in the past three weeks were triggered by target shooting, according to a fire investigator
The Upshur County Citizens Firefighter Academy is a groundbreaking 10-week program
Firefighters arrived on scene seven minutes after they got the call, even though they were initially given the wrong address
Fuel trucks moving through densely populated areas have prompted evacuations in the past
No one was injured and none of the guests’ rooms were damaged
The new law is vague and while it doesn’t require fire departments to inspect schools every year, there is no real guideline to how often they should be inspected
Tenants said firefighters used force to enter the offices of Nachman Brach, owner of the 11-story building