By Sarah Wilson – The Daily Texan Nearly seven years after a fatal fire at University Towers, the off-campus dormitory installed a sprinkler system over spring break. Building manager Will Rogers said the project has been under way since [...]

  by Cara Restelli, KY3 News SPRINGFIELD — Firefighters and emergency crews say it again and again: “Smoke detectors save lives.” But a Contact KY3 investigation reveals some smoke detectors may not go off fast enough to save lives. Two [...]

  Wildfires cost the United States more than $3 billion annually. In 2007, wildfires destroyed 5,200 homes, buildings and other structures, burned nine million acres and claimed 19 lives. More than 90% of U.S. communities at risk for wildfires do [...]

  MetroWest Daily News, MA The Framingham fire and building departments are offering building owners a chance to have their properties inspected to help improve their safety. The inspections are being offered after the April 11 fire at the Jefferson Hills [...]

  BY SUSAN VOYLES – RGJ.COM – MAY 3, 2008 One month after Reno firefighters dropped their court fight over building inspections, they began this week making their first walk-through inspections of residential buildings without sprinkler systems. Reno Fire Chief [...]