“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...Tag: fire escape maintenance
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 […]
Read more...Designer Creates a Fire Escape Tunnel for High-Rise Buildings
A British designer has created a unique life-saving evacuation chute he claims it ‘could have emptied Grenfell Tower in 20 minutes’. Eric Hooper, 72, said watching live coverage of the devastating fire that killed at least 80 people left him ‘frustrated as hell’. He said fitting the escape tube on the 21-floor residential block could […]
Read more...Fire destroys apartments in North Providence
By Shiina LoSciuto and Sarah DoironPublished: October 2, 2017, 10:25 pm Updated: October 2, 2017, 10:28 pm NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Multiple emergency vehicles rushed to the intersection of Douglas Avenue and Mineral Spring Avenue in North Providence around 6:30 p.m. North Providence Fire Chief Edward Digiulio said one of their first responders was […]
Read more...NFPA Announces Fire Prevention Week Theme: ‘Every Second Counts: Plan Two Ways Out’
Nearly half of all Americans have not developed a home fire escape plan. Of those that have, one-quarter have never practiced it. These and other findings from a recent survey conducted by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) prompted the official theme for this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, October 8-14, 2017: “Every Second Counts: […]
Read more...People Jump From Windows to Escape East Portland Apartment Fire
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — Flames forced people to jump from their windows, some from the third floor, after a fire broke out Tuesday morning at the Glendoveer Estates apartments, located on the Portland-Gresham line in Multnomah County. The fire happened about 7:15 a.m. on Tuesday. Brothers Christin and Disean Mann both jumped from the second […]
Read more...Fire Marshal: Discarded Cigarette Causes $1M Cherry Hill Blaze
CHERRY HILL — A tenant’s discarded cigarette outside his third-story apartment sparked a blaze that caused $1 million in damage to the complex and displaced him and 19 other tenants Thursday afternoon, authorities reported. Brinton Davis, the tenant of the top-floor apartment, reported the fire on the exterior deck/fire escape of his apartment about 2:42 […]
Read more...Victim on Fire Escapes Burning Trinity Bar Building in New Haven: FD
Fire broke out in apartments above Trinity Bar in New Haven Friday and one person injured in the fire is in critical condition at the hospital, according to fire officials. Officials received reports of people trapped inside the building just before 2 p.m. after seeing heavy smoke and fire coming from the building on Orange […]
Read more...
You must be logged in to post a comment.