The provisions and requirements for fire sprinkler systems within buildings have been mandated within codes and standards since the late 1800s. The inclusion of these systems fit within our core ...
There were no sprinklers inside the apartment building at 27th and Highland, where a fire on Sunday, May 11, killed five people. The building was built before sprinkler systems were required by state ...
It’s 3:30 a.m., and you have been dispatched to a report of a multifamily structure fire in your engine company’s first-due response area. Dispatch is reporting a fire has been called in on the fourth ...
Every day on the news you see another house going up in flames. People’s total belongs gone in a flash, lives lost. One simple solution to this problem is the installation of fire sprinkler systems.
On August 22, a fire broke out in a Bellevue apartment that completely destroyed 21 units and displaced residents from more than four dozen units in the complex. It took 88 medical, support and fire ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OLATHE, Kan. — A fire at a retirement ...
The inspection process for fire sprinklers in Massachusetts relies on a haphazard honor system that can fail the very people it’s meant to protect. A MassLive investigation following the July fatal ...
Sprinkler system design and construction are paramount to fire suppression and safety in all industrial facilities. They have more significance within the waste, recycling and scrap metal industries ...
Whether building or buying a newly constructed home, making it safe and secure for the inhabitants should be a priority. Today’s homeowners often ask for alarm systems, carbon monoxide detectors, ...
Realize Safety partners Tony Robinson, left, and Patrick Golling demonstrate their firefighting technology at a home in Pacific Palisades on July 9, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) ...