HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM) – It was a narrow escape for a mom and her three kids in Houston. The family’s home was one of several at the Cornerstone Village Apartments that caught fire after midnight on Monday morning. Video shows firefighters bringing the family down a ladder perched against the back balcony while flames raged […]
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Wood Plunges Construction Site, Hits Girl in Head
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 […]
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...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...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...At Least 32 People, Including Firefighters, Hurt
At Least 32 People, Including Firefighters, Hurt in Roaring Brooklyn Fire: FDNY Published at 5:35 AM EST on Jan 22, 2018 | Updated at 2:07 PM EST on Jan 22, 2018 Almost three dozen people were injured after a roaring fire that sent residents out their windows to escape broke out inside an apartment building […]
Read more...Fire Rips Through Brooklyn Apartment
Dozens injured as fire rips through Brooklyn apartment By Joe Marino January 22, 2018 | 2:45am | Updated Modal Trigger Robert Stridiron Almost three dozen people were injured – two of them children – when a fire broke out on the first floor of a Brooklyn apartment building Sunday night, police and fire department officials said. […]
Read more...Threat of Falling Ice Shuts Down Chicago Street
Threat of Falling Ice Shuts Down Chicago Street By Lisa Chavarria Sunday, Jan 7, 2018 A portion of a street in Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood was closed Sunday because of the threat of falling ice from a frozen-over high-rise. A broken sprinkler system on one of the upper floors of a building at 615 […]
Read more...At Least 23 Hurt In 7-Alarm Fire In The Bronx
At Least 23 Hurt In 7-Alarm Fire In The Bronx January 2, 2018 at 5:10 pm NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Nearly two dozen residents and one firefighter were hurt in an early morning seven-alarm fire in the Bronx. The fire is believed to have started around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday in a furniture store inside a four-story […]
Read more...Bronx fire escape was choked with people
Bronx fire escape was choked with people: ‘There was no room,’ says survivor JULIA JACOBO Friday, December 29, 2017 08:31PM Survivors of the New York City apartment building that was engulfed in flames Thursday night described their harrowing attempts to escape the blaze. The deadly fire was sparked by a 3-year-old boy who was […]
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