Wood Plunges From NYC Construction Site, Hits Girl in Head The 8-year-old girl, named Tatiana, needed staples to her head but is expected to be OK, according to her family By Adam Kuperstein Published at 2:44 PM EST on Feb 23, 2018 | Updated at 6:50 PM EST on Feb 23, 2018 What to […]
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80 displaced as apartment building abruptly condemned
80 displaced as New Haven apartment building abruptly condemned; Problems were long-standing By Jessica Lerner and Mary E. O’Leary Updated 10:23 pm, Friday, February 23, 2018 NEW HAVEN — About 80 city residents were evacuated from their Norton Street apartment complex Thursday afternoon when authorities abruptly condemned the five-story, century-old building due to unsafe conditions. Jason […]
Read more...ABC6: Fire escape collapse injures 1 in Brewerytown
BREWERYTOWN (WPVI) — A fire escape collapsed in Philadelphia’s Brewerytown section on Tuesday, sending one person to the hospital. The Action Cam was there as a man was wheeled into an ambulance on a stretcher just after 2 p. Though officials aren’t releasing much information, we know it happened in an alley near 29th Street […]
Read more...Dangerous Philadelphia fire escapes
Action News Investigation: Dangerous Philadelphia fire escapes By Wendy Saltzman Wednesday, May 06, 2015 PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — The pressure is on for Philadelphia lawmakers to tighten lax inspection laws which critics warn have resulted in catastrophic fire escape collapses across the city. For the first time on camera, the victims involved in a […]
Read more...The Great Escape
The Great Escape Fayola Powell Feb 06, 2018 The traditional way of evacuating buildings during emergencies can be very problematic; limited exits, panicked people stampeding, etc. Many lives can be lost while people are overwhelmed by the overarching emotions of fear, anxiety, and confusion. In the early 1800s, French inventor M. Daujon developed an invention […]
Read more...Smoke Detectors Save Lives
Smoke Detectors Save Lives: Plainfield Fire Dept Most fire deaths occur in homes without a working smoke detector. By Shannon Antinori, Patch National Staff | Feb 6, 2018 5:59 pm ET | Updated Feb 6, 2018 5:59 pm ET PLAINFIELD, IL — The majority of home fire deaths happen in homes with no smoke alarms […]
Read more...The Beauty of Fire Escapes
Architect Shows the Beauty of Fire Escapes through Photographs A visual survey of the design and aesthetics of fire escapes, featuring photos taken in twenty-five US cities Cocoa, Florida – WEBWIRE – Tuesday, February 6, 2018 “The Fire Escape A Visual Survey. Second Edition” by Peter J. Lagomarsino Peter’s passion for photography and art paved […]
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...NY Times: What Happened at the Bronx Fire
At least 12 people were killed when a fire rushed through a five-story apartment building in the Bronx on Thursday night, New York City officials said. Four of the dead were children. The fire was caused by a 3-year-old boy playing with the knobs on a stove, city officials said. His mother ran out of […]
Read more...Chinatown Tenants Forced Into Shelter Fear Landlord Won’t Let Them Return
Residents of 85 Bowery worry a broken staircase could be used as a pretext to evict them More than 85 people were forced out of their embattled Chinatown building last Thursday when the city declared the building unsafe — and they fear the landlord, who has been trying to evict them for years, will now […]
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