Fire

Wed August 02, 2017

After Fire, Massachusetts City Votes for Safer Building Codes

Waltham, Mass., city councilors voted unanimously July 31, to call on the state of Massachusetts to implement tighter restrictions on the size of wood-frame residential buildings after a massive ten-alarm fire destroyed a wooden apartment complex under construction in late July....

Tue August 01, 2017

Busy Fire Season Closes South-Central Idaho Roads

It's been a busy few weeks; fire season is officially here. It started as soon as a human-caused fire closed Interstate 84 near Glenns Ferry on June 5. As soon as winter snows melted and spring floods subsided, summer dryness hit the lowlands....

Thu July 13, 2017

Chicago to Build Training Campus For Police, Firefighters

CHICAGO (AP) A $95 million public safety training campus is being planned to replace cramped and aging police and fire academies in Chicago. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that the new shared training academy will be in West Garfield Park....

DANICA KIRKA - The Associated Press - Wed July 12, 2017

UK Leader Names Chair of Inquiry into London Tower Fire

LONDON (AP) British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed a retired judge to chair a public inquiry into the devastating west London fire that killed at least 80 people, as more high rises across the country failed fire-safety tests....