Oct. 24, 2017 — Ignore house rules and city and state laws at your peril. Ah, the perils and pitfalls of cooperative living. A shareholder in a co-op in Morningside Heights possesses a green thumb, evidenced by the flourishing potted plants on his window ledges and fire escape. When he waters his plants, alas, the […]
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INSIDE NFPA NEWS, NEW PROJECT BEING EXPLORED: REMOTE INSPECTIONS?
INSIDE NFPA NEWS Volume 21 – Number 10 Remote Inspections On the heels of a white paper written and presented by the Building Code Development Committee and a recent article in the NFPA Journal, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standards Council is in receipt of a New Project Initiation Request for the development of […]
Read more...Flowerpots on a Fire Escape?
Can a Neighbor Keep Flowerpots on a Fire Escape? Ask Real Estate By RONDA KAYSEN OCT. 22, 2017 Q. I live in a co-op in Morningside Heights. My upstairs neighbors keep plants on their window ledges and fire escape. When they water them, the runoff streams down my windows and into my apartment […]
Read more...Fire tears through Sanford neighborhood
Fire tears through Sanford neighborhood, destroying apartment buildings A resident of the building where the fire started said she climbed down a fire escape to get out and was one of 4 people taken to a hospital for various reasons, including smoke inhalation. BY DENNIS HOEY STAFF WRITER AND EDWARD D. MURPHY STAFF WRITER Firefighters […]
Read more...Man injured after jumping out third floor window to escape fire
Man injured after jumping out third floor window to escape fire. Gray Hall reports during Action News at 9 a.m. on October 14, 2017. (WPVI) ABC6 – FRANKFORD (WPVI) — A man was injured after jumping from a third floor window to escape a fire in Philadelphia’s Frankford section. Firefighters were called around 7:30 a.m. […]
Read more...14 injured as fire burns
14 injured as fire burns through Brooklyn apartment building Eyewitness News Monday, October 16, 2017 03:28PM BOROUGH PARK, Brooklyn (WABC) — Fourteen people were injured, one seriously, in an early morning fire at a Brooklyn apartment building. The three-alarm blaze broke out just before 5 a.m. Monday in a kitchen on the second […]
Read more...Every Second Counts: Plan Two Ways Out for this Fire Prevention Week 2017
“Every Second Counts: Plan Two Ways Out,” is the theme for this year’s Fire Protection Week, which will be held October 8–14. According to a recent NFPA survey, nearly half of all Americans have not developed a home fire escape plan, and do not practice one regularly. Evidence suggests, however, that planning and practice can […]
Read more...OSHA’s Top 10 Most Cited Violations of 2017
OSHA just named the Top 10 most cited violations of 2017 at the annual National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo held in Indianapolis, IN. The National Safety Council (NSC) Congress & Expo brings together the world’s largest gathering of safety professionals annually and this year was no exception. Hundreds of safety professionals attended yet […]
Read more...Man arrested after fatal apartment fire
Man arrested after fatal apartment fire in south Minneapolis POSTED: OCT 07 2017 01:04PM CDT VIDEO POSTED: OCT 08 2017 07:58AM CDT UPDATED: OCT 08 2017 08:18AM CDT MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) – The smell of charred wood still lingers in the air at 1500 Park Avenue in Minneapolis. It’s all that remains of the apartment building where 59-year-old-Royce […]
Read more...6 Critical Home Fire Escape Planning Tips
Fire Prevention Week is October 8-14, 2017: Information to share with your P&C insurance clients Knowing that today’s homes burn faster than ever, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) announced “Every Second Counts: Plan Two Ways Out” as the official theme for this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, October 8-14, 2017. 2 minutes to escape […]
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