Tenants evacuated from Hartford apartment building again as safety concerns linger POSTED 10:35 PM, AUGUST 11, 2015, BY LAUREN VICTORY, UPDATED AT 10:51PM, AUGUST 11, 2015 HARTFORD — Tenants at the Spring Street Apartments were greeted by Hartford police and officials with the city’s Licenses and Inspections Department late Tuesday afternoon and told they needed to evacuate the […]
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Questions arise about evacuation plan
Questions arise about evacuation plan for new Paterson school location AUGUST 10, 2015, 7:18 PM LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2015, 7:29 PM BY JOE MALINCONICO PATERSON PRESS CHRIS MONROE/SPECIAL TO THE RECORD Exterior of the new HARP Academy on Colt Street in Paterson. PATERSON – Some local officials are questioning whether the downtown office […]
Read more...death from fire escape after drinking
METRO Barista falls to death from fire escape after drinking By Dana Sauchelli and Georgett Roberts June 16, 2015 | 1:51pm Modal Trigger Photo: Demetrius E. Loadholt A Wisconsin transplant who regularly drinks on her Manhattan rooftop with pals drunkenly slipped off the fire escape as she climbed back to her apartment and fell to her death early Tuesday […]
Read more...Keeping a Fire Escape Clear
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 […]
Read more...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...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...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...Blaze that kills 2 Boston firefighters
_ BOSTON —D & J Ironworks failed to follow safety precautions, which officials said led to a massive fire in the Back Bay that killed two firefighters in March. That’s the finding of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration. 2 FIREFIGHTERS KILLED IN 9-ALARM BACK BAY BLAZE […]
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