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 [...]

  WTHR, IN – Mar 31, 2008 Tom Walker/Eyewitness News Washington – The United States has one of the highest fire death tolls in the world. People have joined together to come up with a national strategy. Last week, dozens of people [...]

  SUSAN NICOL KYLE – Firehouse.com News WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yet another powerful struggle is underway in the nation’s capital. This time, however, the participants aren’t elected. They are among the Who’s Who in the nation’s fire service. During the initial [...]