“My building already has two exits. I don’t understand why I must have a third.” Often when dealing with fire codes, people see them as something to dread or as another restrictive hassle that’s ...

The Bay Fire Department and Bay Waterworks are flow testing all fire hydrants in the city and will color-code each hydrant ...

Summit County normally updates its building and fire codes every six years, and the local fire departments are recommending ...

A hard truth in 2023: Unless you are located in California, Texas or the Southeast, your fire department probably isn’t growing. Your workload might be getting larger, but your human and physical ...

JANESVILLE--A dispute over a recent fire code inspection at a Janesville business continues to simmer even after fire officials denied that they targeted the owner for his opposition to a new central ...

Cal Fire added at least 2.8 million Californians into its Fire Hazard Severity Zones. The zones, referenced in over 100 sections of code and regulation, are tied to home hardening, defensible space ...

On Thursday a new fire code policy went into effect in San Francisco, surrounding the charging and storage of lithium-ion batteries for Powered Mobility Devices (PMDs), the SF Fire Department ...