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.

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 29-- The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance issued the following news: A steadily increasing number of Tennesseans live or work in multi-story or high-rise buildings ...

Fire safety in residential properties is not merely a rule or requirement, but rather a protective measure in the context of ...

Noida News: A series of lift-related incidents in Noida and Greater Noida has raised fresh safety concerns, with another ...

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) engineers recently released a two-disk DVD set that demonstrates how Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV), a technique in which powerful fans force ...

Even today, there is ongoing debate among builders, safety experts and first responders about whether New York City is doing enough to reduce the risks of high-rise fire catastrophes—all as a new ...

Objective The aim of this whitepaper is to illustrate the safety risks that face occupants of high-rise buildings. Through an examination of the vulnerabilities of high-rise buildings, the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A broken glass panel from an under-construction, high-rise fell onto a downtown Austin street Wednesday afternoon, prompting an investigation and other safety measures by the company ...

ANNAPOLIS, MD– Gov. Wes Moore signed legislation Thursday designed to strengthen fire safety standards, named for a Marylander killed in a fire in February 2023. The Melanie Nicholle Diaz Safety Act ...

As the number of challenges associated with high-rise buildings continue to increase, so too does the responsibility of the fire department to know as much as possible about these buildings’ design, ...