By Jeff Mores – Northwest Arkansas’ News BENTONVILLE – Normally, firefighters are the only people who get excited about indoor sprinkler systems. As Aug. 1 – the day the updated Arkansas Fire Prevention Code goes into effect – approaches, sprinklers [...]
Charleston Gazette MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A privately owned fraternity house at West Virginia University has been condemned for unsafe living conditions by the Morgantown Fire Department. The Tau Kappa Epsilon house was shut down last week after inspectors found live [...]
Residential fire sprinklers are proven life safety devices with a little dose of eco-friendliness to go along with it. My grandmother use to say, “An ounce of prevention, out weighs a pound of cure.” Still to this day, I hate [...]
By Robert DeWitt – Tuscaloosa News Residential sprinkler systems save lives, firefighters say. ‘What will residential sprinklers mean to us?’ asked John Brook, a battalion chief assigned to training in the Tuscaloosa Fire Department. ‘Eight out of 10 people who [...]
BY HEATH DRUZIN AND ROCKY BARKER – Idaho Statesman A wall of fire barreled through the forest with a jet-engine roar near Secesh Meadows last August, and local fire chief Cris Bent knew his work was about to be tested. [...]
By Amber Smith – The Ledger HAINES CITY | Dennis Coder was angry after his home and a mobile home burned last month at his Drift In Resort in rural East Polk County. His anger was focused at Polk County [...]
By Nick Kuhl – Leduc Representative Major fires that can spread from home to home in crowded neighbourhoods and cause mass chaos are hopefully a thing of the past. The Alberta government announced new measures last month that will tighten [...]
By State Rep. Lida Harkins – Dover-Sherborn Press As many residents likely remember, in February 2000, five innocent lives were taken after a nondescript office building on Route 9 in Newton burst into flames. Despite a rapid response from local [...]
It is estimated that over 300,000 home fires occur annually. Although a fire alarm plays a key role in fire survival, it would still be more beneficial to prevent a fire from ever starting. Home fires can be prevented, provided [...]
By Kurt Kamm – American Chronicle In 2007, a fire started by downed power lines and driven by 60-80 miles-per-hour wind, swept through Malibu. The Sheriffs´ Department came to our home at 4:30 AM and told us we had 15 [...]
