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No Working Smoke Detectors in Deadly IL Fire

Two people were found dead early Friday morning after a fire in a dwelling in Chicago Heights, Illinois. The fire dep...

Fire-Lite Alarms ECC Mass Notification System Recognized by Security Industry Association

Fire-Lite Alarms by Honeywell (NYSE:HON) announces its new Emergency Command Center (ECC) has earned the top Mass Not...

Silent Knight Expands Training to Include Mass Notification

Silent Knight by Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announces its nationwide series of fire alarm training courses have been expan...

IBHS Dispels Fire Sprinkler Myths

The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) is helping to dispel five common myths about fire sprin...

USFA Announces 2012 Outstanding Research Awards

The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Fire Administration announced today a select group of six fire service exe...

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The Center for Campus Fire Safety: Boston University Student Dies in Off-Campus Fire

In the early morning of Sunday April 28, 2013, a fire broke out in a quiet Allston neighborhood. This fire would claim the life of one Boston University student and would injure two other students and six firefighters

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FDNY IMT: Putting the Plan in Action

On October 29, 2012, New York City (NYC), Long Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey were struck by superstorm Sandy with catastrophic results.

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Construction Concerns: Construction Types and Fire Behavior

Greg Havel reviews fire behavior preplanning for the various construction types and describes a tactical approach for firefighters operating in buildings about which they have little preincident intelligence.

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U.S. Chemical Safety Board Root-Cause Investigation of West Explosion Continues

As other agencies wrapped up their on-site investigations into the ammonium nitrate explosion at West Fertilizer in West, Texas, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) announced its work to examine all aspects of the tragedy will continue in the town of West, at the Western Regional Office in Denver, and at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC.

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No Working Smoke Detectors in Deadly IL Fire

Two people were found dead early Friday morning after a fire in a dwelling in Chicago Heights, Illinois. The fire department indicated that the home did not have working smoke detectors.

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Liberty Mutual Awards Two Firefighter National Firemark Award

May 22, 2013 Liberty Mutual Insurance is celebrating America's firefighters by announcing the recipients of its National Firemark ...

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