REAL ESTATE Keeping a Fire Escape Clear MAY 23, 2015 Photo CreditMichael Kolomatsky/The New York Times Ask Real Estate is a weekly column that answers questions from across the New York region. Submit yours to realestateqa@nytimes.com. Air-Conditioner in the Way? I live in a co-op building and have an air-conditioner in my living room window, which […]
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City Council To Consider Mandatory Fire Escape Inspections
City Council To Consider Mandatory Fire Escape Inspections Following Deadly Collapse Last Year (Credit: Justin Udo) Mike Dunn By Mike Dunn PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A deadly fire escape collapse in Center City 18 months ago has prompted a proposal in City Council to require building owners to have their fire escapes inspected every five years. Councilman Curtis Jones […]
Read more...SCHENECTADY, N.Y. Fire Escape
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Many of those displaced by the fire across from City Hall had to escape flames; one man at the Red Cross Shelter saying he barely made it out alive. PHOTOS // Fire & Ice: New York Apartment Fire “It was horrible. It was like hell on earth,” said Anthony Cortese of Schenectady. […]
Read more...Brooklyn fire in East Flatbush
Brooklyn fire in East Flatbush injures six people, including mother and 2-year-old daughter: officials BY KELDY ORTIZ , BARRY PADDOCK , DENIS SLATTERY NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Published: Saturday, March 28, 2015, 11:07 AM Updated: Saturday, March 28, 2015, 11:54 PM PreviousNext Enlarge COURTESY RICARDO WALLINGTON A fire broke out inside a three-story multi-family home in East Flatbush about 9:15 a.m. […]
Read more...Housing inspectors seek legal action
Photo: Santiago Mejia, The Chronicle Senior housing inspector Jamie Sanbonmatsu points out merchandise blocking an emergency ladder in the Mission District, where apartment buildings are being scrutinized. A fire ladder is blocked in the Mission, where apartments are being checked. Housing inspectors are seeking legal action against the owners of three apartment buildings in […]
Read more...Plan to Remove Greene Street Fire Escapes
Residents Fear Developer’s Plan to Remove Greene Street Fire Escapes By Danielle Tcholakian | March 18, 2015 3:11pm @danielleiat Slideshow 69 & 71-73 Greene St. SOHO — Tenants in two landmarked buildings fear for their safety because of their landlord’s plan to remove the external fire escapes from their buildings. But the architect hired by the owner of 69 […]
Read more...Woman Stranded on an East Village Fire Escape
Meet the Drummer Who Rescued Woman Stranded on an East Village Fire Escape By James Fanelli and Danielle Tcholakian | March 27, 2015 3:27pm Austin Branda, a humble East Village drummer, bounded up a fire escape to save a stranded resident after Thursday’s explosion. View Full Caption DNAinfo New York/Danielle Tcholakian NEW YORK CITY — When Austin Branda […]
Read more...Fire Escapes – NFPA.org 100 years later…
The National Fire Escape Association welcomes the article on fire escapes by the National Fire Protection Association. Fire escapes across the country have NEVER been assessed since they were installed and many of them are very old structures.
Read more...Jersey City man who fell to his death (from Fire Escape)
Authorities release name of Jersey City man who fell to his death A 74-year-old Jersey City man who was cleaning a fire escape died after the counterweight from the fire escape’s ladder broke loose, struck him on the head and sent him falling to the ground this morning, officials said. At 11:30 […]
Read more...Mom plunges from fire escape when step breaks loose
Mom steps out for fresh air, plunges from fire escape By Kevin Fasick and Natasha Velez May 8, 2014 | 2:24pm Modal Trigger Judy Rivera fell from her building’s fire escape.Photo: Seth Gottfried A Manhattan mom stepped out onto her fire escape for some fresh air — and it nearly killed her when she reached a faulty step and […]
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