Allentown house fire displaces at least 20; two injuries reported Frank WarnerContact ReporterOf The Morning Call Flames broke out Friday night in the second floor of a four-story building near Seventh and Chew streets in Allentown, and drove out the residents of six apartments. The blaze was reported 8:45 p.m. at 314 N. Church […]
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ABC6: Fire escape collapse injures 1 in Brewerytown
BREWERYTOWN (WPVI) — A fire escape collapsed in Philadelphia’s Brewerytown section on Tuesday, sending one person to the hospital. The Action Cam was there as a man was wheeled into an ambulance on a stretcher just after 2 p. Though officials aren’t releasing much information, we know it happened in an alley near 29th Street […]
Read more...Dangerous Philadelphia fire escapes
Action News Investigation: Dangerous Philadelphia fire escapes By Wendy Saltzman Wednesday, May 06, 2015 PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — The pressure is on for Philadelphia lawmakers to tighten lax inspection laws which critics warn have resulted in catastrophic fire escape collapses across the city. For the first time on camera, the victims involved in a […]
Read more...Reading man jailed after burglary at apartment house
READING, PA – City police arrested a man after he broke into an apartment house in the same south Reading neighborhood where he lives, investigators said Monday.Terence R. Barber, 29, of the 400 block of South Fifth Street was taken into custody shortly before noon Saturday. Police said that Barber was arrested after one of […]
Read more...Man injured after jumping out third floor window to escape fire
Man injured after jumping out third floor window to escape fire. Gray Hall reports during Action News at 9 a.m. on October 14, 2017. (WPVI) ABC6 – FRANKFORD (WPVI) — A man was injured after jumping from a third floor window to escape a fire in Philadelphia’s Frankford section. Firefighters were called around 7:30 a.m. […]
Read more...Philadelphia’s L&I Needs Your Help Locating City Fire Escapes
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspections is asking for your help in a public safety campaign. It’s trying to track down every fire escape in the city. City Council passed a law, last year, requiring building owners to get every fire escape on their property inspected. L&I spokesperson Karen Guss says the […]
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...DANGEROUS PHILADELPHIA FIRE ESCAPES
ACTION NEWS INVESTIGATION: DANGEROUS PHILADELPHIA FIRE ESCAPES Wednesday, May 06, 2015 PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — The pressure is on for Philadelphia lawmakers to tighten lax inspection laws which critics warn have resulted in catastrophic fire escape collapses across the city. For the first time on camera, the victims involved in a fatal accident in Center City […]
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