May 03, 2009

Home Fires On The Rise in Massachusetts Despite Fire Safety Programs

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By Gal Tziperman Lotan – Taunton Daily Gazette It was a shock. But maybe it shouldn’t have been. Oudah Frawi and his two infant sons died last week when a fire gutted their basement apartment in Quincy. A month earlier, [...]

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Feb 22, 2009

Home Structure Fire Report Released from NFPA

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Three hundred ninety-nine thousand home fires were reported in the United States in 2007, according to the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA’s) recently released Home Structure Fires report. The category of homes includes one- and two-family dwellings and apartments. On [...]

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Jan 09, 2009

Recent Fire Deaths Spark Calls for Increased Fire Safety Awareness

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Since Thanksgiving 2008, there have been more than 158 fatal fires in the United States resulting in over 200 fire fatalities. Just between between Christmas Eve and January 7 the following fatality fires were reported by the news media: * [...]

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Dec 30, 2008

Choose a Safer Home

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Building a house? From floor plan to floor coverings, from cabinet design to counter tops, there seem to be endless choices to make when it comes to your new home. There is one choice that should be made, though, and [...]

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Aug 18, 2008

Planning Commissioner on a Mission for Residential Fire Sprinklers – Pleasanton, CA

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By Robert Jordan – Valley Times PLEASANTON — Announcing residential fires in the city isn’t in Phil Blank’s job description. But for the past three years, the chairman of the city’s Planning Commission has brought up the subject every time [...]

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Jul 23, 2008

Firefighters: Fire Sprinklers in Homes Needed

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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 [...]

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Jul 20, 2008

Fire Safety Remains a Burning Issue – Alberta, Canada

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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 [...]

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Jun 08, 2008

Canada Province Changing Fire Code

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By Jordie Dwyer – Fort Record Years of work and lobbying by the province’s fire chiefs on changing the fire code has paid dividends. Following the fire that destroyed a large number of homes last July in Edmonton, the province [...]

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Jun 04, 2008

The Role of Furniture in Residential Fires

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OTTAWA, Jun 2, 2008 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) — — An engineering professor at Carleton University is conducting potentially lifesaving research by determining the role of flammable upholstered furniture in fires, thanks to a grant he received from Canada Mortgage [...]

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Jun 01, 2008

Working for a Safer Ontario: Residential Fire Sprinkler Bill

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TORONTO, ONTARIO – Bill 72, the Municipal Residential Sprinkler Act, 2008 received Second Reading today in the Legislature. “This Bill reflects several years of effort and consultations with fire professionals across Ontario,” said Linda Jeffrey, MPP (Brampton-Springdale) author of the [...]

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