At approximately 9 p.m. last night, E242 responded to a fire about one block from quarters. Upon arrival, they encountered a large body of fire and civilians trapped above the fire. Due to the distance of the second responding engine, and without the fifth firefighter, pic.twitter.com/Ck9svUdp5m — FDNY UFA (@UFANYC) December 30, 2020
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Do You Have a Fire Escape Plan? Fire Escapes must be ready for intended use, free of obstructions, structurally sound and kept painted by the International Fire Code and certified as safe every 5 years.
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New Yorkers often treat these archaic means of egress as their own private balcony, but should they? By Jeremiah Budin Sep 18, 2018, 11:34am EDTSHARE Max Touhey New York City is full of peculiar phenomena—rickety fire escapes; 100-year-old subway tunnels; air conditionerspropped perilously into window frames—that can strike fear into the heart of even the […]
Read more...McDonald woman, children, boyfriend forced out of burning duplex A man on his way to a gym to work out early Wednesday alerted residents of a McDonald duplex it was on fire after spotting flames shooting out near the rear entrance. Amber Coleman, her two daughters, ages 3 and 6, and her boyfriend had to […]
Read more...A jam-packed apartment party in Denton ended abruptly Sunday morning when the floor went crashing into the apartment below. The incident was caught on video from multiple angles. People at the party, many of them UNT students, had to crawl from the empty second-floor apartment, back to the third. Somehow, injuries were minor. Videos show […]
Read more...Fire Escape Plans For Apartments GOLDEN TRIANGLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Two big fires at two apartment complexes destroy people’s lives this past weekend, but no one died. One happened in Starkville and the other in Vernon, Alabama. It was a close call for residents, but it’s why firefighters say you should have an escape plan. […]
Read more...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...“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...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...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: […]
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