by Samuel King – WSBT News GRANGER — Firefighters say a recent fire in Granger shows the danger in some newly built homes. The fire heavily damaged a house in the Saddlebrook subdivision in Granger on May 10. Firefighters say [...]

  by John Snell – The Oregonian A retired deputy division chief with Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue has received the Silver Sparky award from the State Fire Marshal’s Office. Tim Birr received the award Friday at the Oregon Fire [...]

FIRE CHIEF The Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association, a section of the International Association of Fire Chiefs and National Fire Protection Association held its 2008 annual conference in Virginia Beach, Va. Approximately 150 chiefs from Canada, China, the United Kingdom, and [...]

  By JO ANNE KILLEEN – Onalaska Life Anybody who doubts how fast a fire can spread would have gotten a firsthand taste of how dangerous a blaze can be Tuesday at the Onalaska Fire Department. In a dramatic demonstration [...]

  By Sarah Wilson – The Daily Texan Nearly seven years after a fatal fire at University Towers, the off-campus dormitory installed a sprinkler system over spring break. Building manager Will Rogers said the project has been under way since [...]

  by Cara Restelli, KY3 News SPRINGFIELD — Firefighters and emergency crews say it again and again: “Smoke detectors save lives.” But a Contact KY3 investigation reveals some smoke detectors may not go off fast enough to save lives. Two [...]

  Wildfires cost the United States more than $3 billion annually. In 2007, wildfires destroyed 5,200 homes, buildings and other structures, burned nine million acres and claimed 19 lives. More than 90% of U.S. communities at risk for wildfires do [...]

  MetroWest Daily News, MA The Framingham fire and building departments are offering building owners a chance to have their properties inspected to help improve their safety. The inspections are being offered after the April 11 fire at the Jefferson Hills [...]