Catherine Nelms, of the Fire Industry Association, outlines why using the fire alarm log book is vital for schools across the country. As we all know, fire drill practice in schools is an absolute ...
The United States does not have a federally mandated set of rules for the fire alarm industry; instead, we have a patchwork of rules that vary across all 50 states and more than 80,000 jurisdictions.
The specific type of site meant it was legally exempt from requiring fire alarms. Lars Schafer, the district fire inspector, told reporters: "It is a nightmare for a firefighter. "No one wants to have ...
When fire crews arrived, they saw flames coming from the building. It was then escalated to a 2nd alarm around 7:40 a.m. and then a 3rd alarm just after 8:15 a.m. Chopper 6 flew near the scene ...
A three-alarm fire broke out near a beach in Marshfield on Wednesday, drawing firefighters from neighboring towns to help quell the blaze, officials said. Around 12:30 p.m., fire officials in ...
(Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND — Amid weather conditions that recalled a devastating fire decades ago, firefighters on Friday managed to beat back a five-alarm blaze in the Oakland ...