Designing and integrating fire protection systems into mass-timber buildings presents unique challenges, even for the most ...

An estimated 352,000 house fires occurred in 2023, according to the NFPA. Learn more about house fire statistics, including ...

Airway Heights would become the first town in Eastern Washington to mandate fire sprinklers in new homes with City Council approval.

A deadly fire at Green Tree Apartments in Kings Mountain is under investigation, with reports revealing the building lacked a ...

The same applies to fire codes. NFPA 101 Life Safety Code ... the Asch Building and similar buildings still were built without sprinkler systems. The Asch Building’s floors and window sills ...

Officials credit the properly functioning fire alarm and sprinkler system for playing a critical role in the early detection of the fire, which helped prevent its spread before the fire department ...

A fire in a commercial building in Camarillo was reported early on the morning of April 13, but no one was inside ... a single unit and stopped by a sprinkler system. Crews ventilated the ...

The man accused in the April 13 arson attack on the Harrisburg ... Enterline said the residence, built in 1968, had no fire suppression sprinkler system. He estimated repairs could cost ...

Firefighters contained the fire to a single building and knocked it down with a sprinkler system, detailed the VCFD. Crews aired the building out and were on scene for another two hours.