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A spokesperson for the owners of the Gabriel House have released a statement just over a week after the tragic fire that ...
Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski said the girl's death may have been preventable had the building had a sprinkler system.
St. Anselm has started a senior citizen club that meets most Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Our Lady of Victory Hall, ...
The public was unaware of how close the country was to bringing in water rationing says Environment Secretary Steve Reed - who warns that fixing the system will take years ...
Elevators are not designed for fire emergencies. Lifts can turn deadly during fires due to power cuts, smoke, and poor ventilation.
etc.), NYC passed Local Law 5 (1970), forcing ultratall buildings to have sprinkler systems or smoke-pressurized stairways. As retired fire chief Vincent Dunn noted, in a high-rise“water needs to get ...
In Minneapolis, only high-rises built in 1980 or after require a sprinkler system, according to MPR News. San Jose requires all high-rise buildings have sprinklers.
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Des Moines Fire Department says a sprinkler was key to containing a fire in a high-rise building. The DMFD released photos of the damage on its Facebook page. The ...
The fire that destroyed the RISE Doro apartments in Downtown Jacksonville sparked just days before the final inspection that would have allowed the building’s sprinkler system to be activated.
Thanks to a $3 million grant, high-rise apartments throughout Wilkes-Barre will soon have fire sprinkler systems.