The U.S. Fire Administration Announces its Support of a New Building Code Calling for the Use of Fire Sprinklers in New Homes After 30 years of testing, research and development, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) [...]
By Eric Lindberg – The Daily Sound Fire sprinklers will be a mandatory requirement for any new buildings, additions and major remodels in Santa Barbara after leaders unanimously approved changes to the city’s fire code yesterday in an effort to [...]
By ERIN COX – HometownAnnapolis.com In the wake of a deadly fire last week, Council Chairman Cathy Vitale has revived her plan to mandate a sprinkler system for every new home. Ms. Vitale, R-Severna Park, introduced a bill Monday night [...]
By John Ford – Neosho Daily News A state legislative committee is at odds over the phrasing of part of a new law enacted to improve fire safety at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in Missouri. The Joint [...]
By Robert Jordan – Valley Times PLEASANTON — Announcing residential fires in the city isn’t in Phil Blank’s job description. But for the past three years, the chairman of the city’s Planning Commission has brought up the subject every time [...]
According to the Association of British Insurers, every day in the UK 200 homes suffer a fire, and one person dies and 40 are injured as a result of fires in the home. Regrettably, many of us will be involved [...]
. Location: Rush City, MN Home Type: Single Family Modular Yr Built: 2006 Sq. Ft.: 4200 Date of Fire: August 27, 2007 Damage: Total Loss $407,000 Last year, on August 27, 2007, the Jungels family had their lives change forever. [...]
Chicago Daily Herald Hoffman Estates fire officials are investigating what caused an attic fire in a two-story home at 1680 Jefferson Road. The fire department was called to the scene at 3:20 p.m. Saturday after someone reported smoke coming from [...]
By Alison Rauch – WACH Fire officials continue to investigate what sparked a weekend blaze that left 20 people homeless. Flames broke out around 1 a.m. Saturday at the Union Square Apartments off Houck Street. When firefighters arrived, the two-story [...]
By Martha Quillin and Jerry Allegood – Raleigh News & Observer OCEAN ISLE BEACH – Bigger beach houses all along the North Carolina coast are packing people into places where sprinklers and other fire safety measures are not required, state [...]
