THIS article is intended to provide a brief overview of water supplies for fire protection and standpipe systems. It is not a code compliance article. For detailed requirements, check with your local ...

Buildings are equipped with fire protection systems for many reasons. Normally, owners/developers install them to meet building codes requiring developers to design buildings so that combating a fire ...

Think about every urban, suburban and rural area where you respond. Hopefully you can come up with a few scenarios where you would have to decide if you should use the standpipe or stretch from the ...

Boston firefighters ran into trouble when they responded to a minor fire under a Red Line train at the MBTA’s Charles/MGH station on Thursday and found that they could not use a standpipe at the ...

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In our first article in this series, we broke the ice as to the need for a standpipe hose system that consists of multiple items. The “system” that we identified consists of three elements that are ...

Many jurisdictions are experiencing a growth in construction of large apartment complexes. These buildings present unique challenges to responding engine companies. Long hose stretches and ...

Workplace fire safety relies on the presence of a balanced fire protection approach, says Fred Goodnight, president of the Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association (FEMA). "One of the most critical ...

Firefighters were caught by surprise in July, when faulty equipment at the Charles/MGH station made it impossible to pump water upstairs to douse a fire on a Red Line train on elevated tracks. But a ...

Testimony April 21 and 25 in the manslaughter trial of three construction supervisors related to the fatal 2007 fire at the former Deutsche Bank building site in lower Manhattan focused on the removal ...