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.
Two retired FDNY chiefs stand accused of accepting bribes to fast-track fire safety approvals in a corruption scandal that allegedly netted them nearly $200,000
Detailing the evolution of heat detectors in the late-1800s to modern-day “smart” smoke detectors
The Portland woman was on the phone with a 911 dispatcher saying she was inside a basement bathroom
Felt YouTube gave them a wider audience
Federal officials say an estimated 3,900 hotel and motel fires are reported to U.S. fire departments each year
Consider the many ways you can pass on the messages of fire and life safety to those in your community
Novato Fire Station No. 3 has a non-pyrophytic garden, full of plants that won’t catch on fire as quickly as most other plants
Employees at private fire-safety companies do not announce themselves as fire personnel but give that impression based on clothing
The revised bill would prohibit the state fire marshal from requiring sprinkler systems in new one- and two-family homes
Chief Kelvin Cochran also addressed line-of-duty deaths, welcoming last year’s reduction in firefighter fatalities
Thomas Carr said he fought a similar battle over sprinklers in Maryland before taking over the Charleston Fire Department
The annual effort is meant to reduce the risk of wildfires posed by oft-called squatters
The firefighter who made the kits says city officials blocked him from receiving a $25,000 grant
In 2009, 2 people died in fires in Portsmouth
Automatic fire extinguishing systems already are required in townhouses and apartments
Four people died in three fires on the same day
South Carolina joins California, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey as states that have adopted the sprinkler requirement
Investigators are only halfway done combing through the scene and have yet to determine a cause
It was the third failed evacuation drill in recent years for the facility, according to state records