Should Buildings Still be Built with Fire Escapes? Outdoor fire escape systems have been a familiar escape device for those living in high rise buildings for many years, but are they becoming obsolete? Buildings all over the world are beginning to lose their fire escapes and instead, are being built with internal fireproof staircases. This is due to […]
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Third Victim Of Louisville Apartment Fire Dies
A third victim of a suspicious apartment fire in Louisville has died. Officials say John Bullock died from injuries sustained in the fire on July 2. Firefighters rescued Bullock from a back apartment. Two women also died in the fire that burned through an old home converted into apartments in Old Louisville. Investigators say there is […]
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Jersey City apartment complex where fire escape snapped cited for safety violations Residents say rusted fire escape steps gave way beneath their feet as they fled a 2-alarm fire in a 4-story apartment building at 500 Garfield Ave. in Jersey City on Monday, June 15, 2015. Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal Reena Rose […]
Read more...FIRE ESCAPE COLLAPSES AS RESIDENTS ESCAPE FIRE IN JERSEY CITY
NEWS FIRE ESCAPE COLLAPSES AS RESIDENTS ESCAPE FIRE IN JERSEY CITY Jim Dolan has the story in Jersey City. By Jim Dolan Tuesday, June 16, 2015 09:23AM JERSEY CITY (WABC) — Residents at an apartment house in New Jersey are lucky to be alive. The fire escape that was supposed to be […]
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...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...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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Roughly 100 buildings in the Springs have fire escapes. Are any of them safe? By Pam Zubeck @PZubeck J. Adrian Stanley The Tejon Street fire escape was blocked off last week. Editor’s note: This story was updated Friday, Sept. 26, to eliminate a reference to Patricia Cortez seeking damages from Colorado Springs’ city government; her lawyers […]
Read more...Fatal Philly fire escape collapse
_ Leonia man identified as victim in fatal Philly fire escape collapse PHILADELPHIA — The 22-year-old man who died after a fire escape collapsed at a historic Center City building on Sunday morning was identified by authorities Monday as Leonia resident Albert Suh. According to the Associated Press, Suh and two women, ages 25 and 26, […]
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