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.
“Charge Into Fire Safety: Lithium-Ion Batteries in Your Home” aims to educate the public on safe storage and use of rechargeable batteries during Fire Prevention Week
Officials say the chemical warehouse was storing twice the amount of chemicals than had been disclosed
This recent legacy fire prompts review of stateside historic blazes
Why do we care more about ensuring the firehouse grass is sprinklered than the firehouse itself?
Regulators are facing insurance companies not renewing policies due to high risk
Captain Jerry Boylan of The Conception will also receive supervised release after the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history
Drivers honking horns, neighbors banging on doors get the attention of firefighters as Huntington Park firehouse burns
Changes would increase safety at construction sites like the South Park site that burned in 2023
The Billings Fire Prevention Bureau experienced two fatal fires involving nasal cannulas and oxygen
A fire alarm inside Station 8 woke Concord firefighters in the early morning
Hillsborough County firefighters battled a two-alarm fire at the Mamajuana Cafe
Tragedy in Spalding County after a young girl ran back inside the burning house for her dog
Mounting levels of solid waste, a dangerous accumulation of refuse, an attractive nuisance and blighted property were among the specific violations that Sanj Jose municipal staffers cited
The Clinton Township fire chief said the township does not have a cost-recovery ordinance
Investigators found the rental license was not renewed which would have allowed inspection for working smoke detectors
The state’s number of fatal fires makes the start of 2024 the deadliest year in a decade
A man died after being struck by debris during explosions at the Clinton Township fire
Brooklyn Supreme Court judge ruled the inspection allegations are “unnecessary” to the age discrimination lawsuit from several chiefs
An investigation of e-bikes at the Queens store revealed migrants in the basement, sleeping on beds, mattresses stacked floor-to-ceiling
Inspectors found several eased space sites across the state failed inspections in the aftermath of the Nov. freeway fire
Hundreds visit the Station Fire Memorial Park each year to pay their respects
Madison Hope Summerville died from injuries she received while saving her children, ages 5, 4 and 3, from their burning home in Griffin
The victim stayed inside the burning Bronx apartment as neighbors begged him to leave
FBI raided the homes of two chiefs accused of taking bribes to fast-track inspections
Spalding County firefighters were alerted to smoke in the firehouse just before 3 a.m.
Lancaster firefighters rescued three people over ladders during a fire caused by a malfunctioning battery
A Muskegon fire marshal was in the area and saw the child inside the house during the size-up
Firefighters, inspectors faced smoldering batteries made from cannibalized parts inside the Queens scooter shop
Authorities said it is too early to determine if the violations had a part in the Lutsen Lodge fire
11 people were displaced in the latest fire in Lawrence that involved illegal apartments in the basement, attic
A sixth child has died after a tragic house fire in South Bend
No working smoke detectors were found inside the Mission Hills house
