The burglar has broken into apartments in five buildings since Nov. 10. UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A burglar is breaking into Upper East Side homes by using fire escapes to enter apartments through unlocked windows, police said. The NYPD’s 19th Precinct, which patrols the entire Upper East Side, warned residents this week to keep […]
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Children Jump to Neighbors to Escape MO Apartment Fire
Three children jumped to safety and firefighters rescued two men as fire spread through the East St. Louis apartment building. MIKE KOZIATEK DECEMBER 1, 2019 BELLEVILLE NEWS-DEMOCRAT Neighbors used a blanket to catch three children who jumped from a burning apartment building in East St. Louis Saturday morning and firefighters rescued two men from the […]
Read more...Schenectady building declared ‘dangerous’ for falling bricks
Deterioration has prompted closure of the sidewalk along Erie BoulevardPete DeMola | November 25, 2019 SCHENECTADY — A prominent downtown building has been deemed dangerous by the city after bricks recently became dislodged and rained down onto the pavement below. The deterioration has prompted closure of the sidewalk along Erie Boulevard and increased city scrutiny of the […]
Read more...Essex County: Montclair Residents Rescued from Fire Escapes After Apartment Fire
MONTCLAIR, NJ – Residents of a North Fullerton apartment building were rescued from fire escapes after a 2-alarm fire ravages through parts of the building on November 24. Sometime around 12:36 AM, the Montclair Fire Department reported receiving a call from a passerby reporting that there was smoke in the area of Claremont Ave and North Fullerton Ave. While units […]
Read more...PA Firefighter Recovers from Rooftop Fall
Raw video captures Harrisburg crews battling a blaze that damaged five homes and injured a firefighter following a first-floor fall. SEAN SAURO NOVEMBER 18, 2019 THE PATRIOT-NEWS, HARRISBURG, PA. A firefighter who fell from a first-floor rooftop while battling a Saturday night blaze that damaged five houses in Harrisburg is now at home recovering from […]
Read more...Roof and fire escape collapse at downtown church during storm
DON MORGAN OCT 25, 2019 @ 6:37AM SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) – Part of the roof and fire escape at Travis Park United Methodist Church collapsed during the storm around 12:30 Friday morning. “We were called for a structure collapse, but when the first crews arrived, they determined it was a partial roof collapse,” said […]
Read more...FDNY Firefighters Injured in Bronx Building Blaze
Twelve FDNY units responded to the fire that broke out on the sixth floor of a seven-story Bronx building and also injured two residents, one seriously. MICHAEL SHERIDAN NOVEMBER 4, 2019 NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Four people, including two firefighters, were injured in a blaze in the Bronx early Monday. A call came in just […]
Read more...NJ Firefighter, Police Officer Injured in 3-Alarm Blaze
The firefighter received an electric shock and the police officer suffered smoke inhalation responding to a Bloomfield apartment blaze that left seven families displaced. NOAH COHEN NOVEMBER 7, 2019 NJ ADVANCE MEDIA GROUP, EDISON, N.J. A firefighter and a police officer were hurt in a three-alarm fire that burned at a Bloomfield apartment building, forcing seven families […]
Read more...What percentage of fire door assemblies fail the required yearly inspection?
As part of the process through which NFPA staff provides answers to technical questions received from members and AHJs, one stakeholder recently asked about compliance rates for fire door assemblies inspected yearly, as required by NFPA 80, Standard for Fire Doors and Other Opening Protectives. I took the question to mean: “What percentage of fire […]
Read more...Fire Escape Issues: Technical Bulletin #18-1: Fire Escape Stairs
Coffee Break Training Topic: Fire Escape Stairs Learning objective: The student shall be able to explain the fundamental requirements for fire escape stairs on existing buildings. Fire escape stairs may provide an alternate means of egress for existing buildings where the construction of new interior or exterior stairs is impractical. Fire escape stairs are not […]
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