Corey Smedley tells why his department adopted the use of floor-below nozzles and smoke curtains for battling fires in unsprinklered high-rise residential buildings. Research that was conducted by the ...
House Bill 149 requires automatic sprinklers to be installed in high-rise residential buildings undergoing substantial ...
A Maryland fire safety measure inspired by the 2023 death of a young woman in a Silver Spring apartment building has been ...
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - The College Station Fire Department is conducting specialized training sessions for high-rise fire safety. There are 18 high-rise apartments along the Northgate ...
Fire safety experts say housing societies must ensure regular maintenance of air conditioners and keep all fire safety systems fully functional ...
Days after a deadly blaze in Hong Kong killed at least 151 people, China has ordered a nationwide fire safety inspection of its more than one million residential and public use high-rise buildings.
The cities are growing upward at record speed but fire safety experts warn that the systems meant to protect residents may ...