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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
Read more...Firefighter’s Manoeuvre Ends in Fatal Fall
Firefighter’s Practiced Maneuver, Five Stories Up, Ends in Fatal Fall By ANDY NEWMANAPRIL 21, 2017 William Tolley, a New York City firefighter, died on Thursday after falling from a tower ladder. CreditUli Seit for The New York Times It was a routine operation at a routine apartment-building fire using a piece of equipment that was tailor […]
Read more...Rusty fire escapes could get upgrade in Iowa town
Rusty fire escapes could get upgrade in one eastern Iowa town By Katie Wiedemann, KCRG-TV9 | Posted: Tue 6:59 PM, Apr 18, 2017 | Updated: Tue 7:31 PM, Apr 18, 2017 DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG-TV9) — Property owners in Dubuque can get some financial help upgrading aging fire escapes. The city council approved that funding Monday […]
Read more...Residents rescued
Residents rescued from 2-alarm fire at housing complex Caitlin Mota | The Jersey Journal PrintEmail By Caitlin Mota | The Jersey Journal on March 22, 2017 at 7:54 AM, updated March 22, 2017 at 7:55 AM A two alarm fire ripped through an apartment building at the Marion Gardens Housing Complex on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. (Caitlin […]
Read more...Former NYU student who fell from fire escape wins $29M suit
Former NYU student who fell from fire escape wins $29M suit By Julia Marsh March 8, 2017 | 5:24pm Modal Trigger A former NYU student was was paralyzed from the waist down after falling from a fire escape. A former New York University athlete won a $29 million verdict in Manhattan court Tuesday – one that cannot be appealed […]
Read more...2 Children Dead, 4 Hurt In Chicago South Side Fire
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two girls were found dead and four others were injured in a house fire Saturday night in the Woodlawn neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. CBS 2’s Lauren Victory Reports. There is still no official cause for the fire that killed seven-month-old Ziya Grace and two-year-old Jamaii Grace. Both children were found dead in […]
Read more...Deadly warehouse fire in CA difficult to prevent
Inspectors: Deadly warehouse fire in CA difficult to prevent By Bill Hormann, 13abc | Posted: Mon 3:03 PM, Dec 05, 2016 Despite inspectors’ best efforts, a deadly warehouse fire like that which claimed more than 36 people in Oakland, California, could happen in Toledo. The reason is simple: it is not easy finding buildings that are […]
Read more...Gone unchecked for too long
City: Aging fire escapes showing signs of distress, deterioration Council members say issue has gone unchecked for too long Updated: 8:40 PM EDT Oct 19, 2016 Cinncinatti Fire Escapes Left for Too Long CINCINNATI —Cincinnati City Hall is taking on an issue that council members said has gone unchecked far too long. The discussion is […]
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