Fire Safety Codes
The effort aims to educate the public and rally support for legislation protecting the independent code development process
Officials say the chemical warehouse was storing twice the amount of chemicals than had been disclosed
Time and again, history has shown what happens when fire codes are ignored
The bill up for a vote would strip fire chiefs of the ability to ban live Christmas trees in churches; NFPA says not to use live trees in places where 50 or more people gather
The BMW was so close to the hydrant that it wasn’t even worth it for firefighters to break the windows to snake a water line through
They support expanding, rather than loosening, the state fire code to require sprinklers in the one- and two-family homes that are now exempted
The change would require fire alarms and sprinklers only in residential buildings with at least seven units
The victims included 10 women and three children
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