As the number of challenges associated with high-rise buildings continue to increase, so too does the responsibility of the fire department to know as much as possible about these buildings’ design, ...
What type of construction? You may be surprised. An important feature of a pre-incident plan is the classification of building construction. Classifying the type of building should be simple, quick ...
D.C. Council advanced a bill to allow single‑stair mid‑rise apartments up to six stories. Rulemaking and safety debates are ...
Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department Chief Tom Bell can remember watching an informational film early in his training that emphasized the importance of escaping a fire in the first five minutes. Now, ...
DENVER — Crews are still working to put out what remains from a five-alarm fire that sparked at a Denver apartment building construction site Friday night, prompting evacuations. The Denver Fire ...
If commercialized, the panels could turn waste products from timber and water treatment into a sustainable construction ...
PROVO, Utah (KUTV) — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has sent a certified investigator to help determine the cause of the massive fire at an under-construction Provo apartment ...
After raising concerns in December about a proposed change to the fire code that would require sprinkler systems in more ...
A two-alarm fire erupted on the roof of a commercial building under construction in downtown Toronto on Friday evening, ...