BOISE – Boise Fire Department officials say fireworks are likely the cause of a three-alarm apartment fire early Wednesday morning at the Edgewater Apartments off State Street in Boise. Firefighters responded to reports of a fire at the complex shortly after 2:30 a.m. When crews arrived, heavy fire was visible from the third floor of […]
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Heroes rush into burning building
Heroes rush into burning building, save senior citizens PONTIAC, Mich. (WXYZ) – “I ran in there and knocked on her door,” said Kenneth Breaux. Proulx and his brother Joseph Jones ran into the West Manor Apartments in Pontiac after seeing smoke coming from the roof of the building Saturday evening. “My step mother Shirley […]
Read more...A fire fighter climbs up the fire escape ladder outside Famous Familiga Pizza to join others battling the blaze
A fire tore through a luxury Greenwich Village apartment building on Wednesday after an ‘explosion’ on the sixth floor. Plumes of smoke billowed from The Hamilton at 60 East 9th street after the blast at around 5.45pm. Forty-four FDNY vehicles raced to the scene and hoisted fire fighters on to the roof to tackle the […]
Read more...Ottumwa, Iowa Addresses Courthouse Fire Safety
OTTUMWA, IOWA— The initial report from a consulting firm’s May site visit has the county wondering what additional work will have to precede the replacement of windows in the courthouse. In March the county board of supervisors agreed to have Chairman Jerry Parker contact Victor Amoroso of A and J Associates for recommendations on replacing […]
Read more...‘potentially catastrophic’ conditions at apartment building
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 […]
Read more...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 […]
Read more...Philadelphia developed a new application to help citizens map locations of Fire Escapes throughout Philly
Fire Escape Breaking News! The next big Fire Escape Tsunami wave has officially touched ground-zero in the city of Philadelphia, that is, because Philly’s Fire Department and Department of Licenses and Inspections just released an application, called “Fire Escape Crowdsourcing”; that will help identify and officially map Fire Escapes throughout the city in preparation for […]
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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 […]
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