10 injured in Hunts Point Bronx <p><strong>NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)</strong> — An extra-alarm fire broke out in the Hunts Point section of the <span class=”vm-hook-outer vm-hook-default”><span class=”vm-hook”>Bronx</span></span> Tuesday.</p><p>Ten people were injured and witnesses risked their lives to help rescue those inside.</p><p>The FDNY was notified at 1:10 p.m. of the fire in the five-story <span class=”vm-hook-outer vm-hook-default”><span class=”vm-hook”>apartment</span></span> building at 860 Hunts […]
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Heroes rush into burning building
Heroes rush into burning building, save senior citizens PONTIAC, Mich. (WXYZ) – “I ran in there and knocked on her door,” said Kenneth Breaux. Proulx and his brother Joseph Jones ran into the West Manor Apartments in Pontiac after seeing smoke coming from the roof of the building Saturday evening. “My step mother Shirley […]
Read more...A fire fighter climbs up the fire escape ladder outside Famous Familiga Pizza to join others battling the blaze
A fire tore through a luxury Greenwich Village apartment building on Wednesday after an ‘explosion’ on the sixth floor. Plumes of smoke billowed from The Hamilton at 60 East 9th street after the blast at around 5.45pm. Forty-four FDNY vehicles raced to the scene and hoisted fire fighters on to the roof to tackle the […]
Read more...6 Children Hospitalized After Providence Fire
Six children have been hospitalized with minor injuries following a fire in Rhode Island.
June 26, 2017, at 5:06 a.m.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Six children have been hospitalized as a precautionary measure following a fire in Rhode Island.
Firefighters say the fire broke out in a Providence apartment building around 10 a.m. Sunday.
Arriving firefighters found two children on the second floor fire escape and used ground ladders to rescue them. Fire officials say the two rescued and other four children who lived in the building were taken to the hospital as a precaution.
None of the five adults who lived in the building were injured. One firefighter was hospitalized for a hand injury.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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Ottumwa, Iowa Addresses Courthouse Fire Safety
OTTUMWA, IOWA— The initial report from a consulting firm’s May site visit has the county wondering what additional work will have to precede the replacement of windows in the courthouse. In March the county board of supervisors agreed to have Chairman Jerry Parker contact Victor Amoroso of A and J Associates for recommendations on replacing […]
Read more...‘potentially catastrophic’ conditions at apartment building
DA looking into ‘potentially catastrophic’ conditions at apartment building Updated: May 14, 2017 – 11:41 AM The Allegheny County district attorney’s office is looking into conditions inside of a Wilmerding apartment building. Vincent Coury, a tenant of Faller Apartments, said he has a crack in the gas line to his stove, a hole in his ceiling […]
Read more...Howdy Ya’ll! We’ll Be In Texas Next Month To Host a Fire Escape Awareness Seminar, Come Join Us, As We Speak to Local AHJ’s Across Texas About The Dangers of Fire Escapes!
Join us for our monthly meeting & training for June 2017. This month we will be joined by Francisco Meneses with the National Fire Escape Association to discuss fire escapes. We will discuss the basics of code requirements as it relates to the -history of fire escapes -standardizing the process of inspecting fire escape systems […]
Read more...Fire Escapes Can Save Lives, or Take Them!
Fire Escapes Can Save Lives, or Take Them! Philadelphia Property Owners Required to File Fire Escape Inspection Reports by July 1st 2017. The tragic January 12th 2014 fire escape collapse which took the life of one Philadelphia student and severely injured two others when they fell 4 stories while smoking out on a fire escape balcony […]
Read more...Philadelphia developed a new application to help citizens map locations of Fire Escapes throughout Philly
Fire Escape Breaking News! The next big Fire Escape Tsunami wave has officially touched ground-zero in the city of Philadelphia, that is, because Philly’s Fire Department and Department of Licenses and Inspections just released an application, called “Fire Escape Crowdsourcing”; that will help identify and officially map Fire Escapes throughout the city in preparation for […]
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Deadline to Comply is Fast Approaching
Deadline to Comply with New Fire Inspection Requirements is Fast Approaching Article from The National Law Review Wednesday, April 19, 2017 The deadline to comply with the new inspection requirements mandated by the recent amendment to the Philadelphia fire code is fast approaching. In the wake of a fire escape collapse in Center City that […]
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