Jun 26, 2008

Fire Sprinkler Projects Delayed at Three USC Dorms

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By JAMES T. HAMMOND – The State Almost 1,000 USC students who live in dorms could go another year without fire-dousing sprinklers and other fire protection because of a state building moratorium. The State Budget and Control Board has halted [...]

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Jun 23, 2008

Fire Sprinklers Vital in Fire Safety

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By Russell Sanders – Courier Journal The No. 1 priority of government at all levels is public safety. Elected and appointed officials often talk about the importance of fire safety, but it’s nothing but rhetoric if they don’t participate in [...]

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Jun 19, 2008

Largo, FL Condo Fire Spread Quickly Without Attic Firebreaks

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By Dave Balut – 10 News Largo, Florida – Chris Gallant and his fiancee are glad they can salvage clothes and other items after a fire at the Belleair Oaks condominiums in Largo. Others lost everything because there were no [...]

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Jun 15, 2008

Wrightsville Beach, NC Fire Chief Continues to Promote Residential Fire Sprinklers

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by Jules Norwood – Lumina News In 2006, the most recent year for which data is available, fires claimed the lives of 3,245 civilians in the United States, more than all natural disasters combined. Wrightsville Beach Fire Chief Frank Smith [...]

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Jun 14, 2008

South Carolina Fire Chief to Fight Fire Sprinkler Bill Veto

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By RICK BRUNDRETT – The State Gov. Mark Sanford has vetoed legislation providing tax breaks to home and business owners who install fire sprinklers — a move Columbia’s fire chief says he plans to fight. In a letter late Wednesday [...]

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Jun 11, 2008

Prevention Still Best Way to Fight Fires

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By Joan Oliver – Northwest Herald Fire safety is a lot like insurance: You don’t think about it until you need it. That is, until something bad happens. Last week in Harvard, 27 people were displaced when two apartment buildings [...]

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Jun 10, 2008

Old Buildings Don’t Follow New Fire Codes

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By DAVID FITZGERALD – Northwest Herald Last week’s apartment fire in Harvard and another apartment fire in Woodstock last year could have been less severe if the buildings were built today, Woodstock Fire Chief Ralph Webster said. “Those buildings were [...]

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Jun 08, 2008

Canada Province Changing Fire Code

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By Jordie Dwyer – Fort Record Years of work and lobbying by the province’s fire chiefs on changing the fire code has paid dividends. Following the fire that destroyed a large number of homes last July in Edmonton, the province [...]

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Jun 08, 2008

Peabody, MA Fast Moving Blaze Acted ‘like a blow torch’ says Fire Chief

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By Bruno Matarazzo Jr. – The Salem News PEABODY — Within minutes of sparking, fire engulfed one building of a large apartment complex off Dearborn Road yesterday, destroyed the building within hours and displaced approximately 700 residents in the complex. [...]

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Jun 06, 2008

Dartmouth, MA Gas Hoarding Eyed as Cause of Apartment Fire

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By Brian Boyd – SouthCoastToday.com DARTMOUTH — A couple tried to beat the high cost of gasoline by hoarding it in their apartment, but the plan backfired when fumes ignited, causing a fire that displaced residents from eight units in [...]

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