The following summarizes our written fire drill procedures for High-rise buildings, which are defined by the 2009 International Fire Code (IFC) as buildings or structures having occupied floors ...

Because of the difficulties associated with fighting a fire in a high rise apartment – other assets and additional support had to be called in to help extinguish this blaze. Residents can be seen ...

The city said the addition of Squad 1, a high-rise fire unit, established in 2022, which is trained in fighting fires in tall buildings and comes with specialized equipment, was key to the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- More than two years after a fire at the Harper Square Cooperative residential high-rise in the Kenwood neighborhood, dozens of frustrated residents were wondering if they would ...

Deruyter said new mid-rise and high-rise buildings are being constructed throughout the city, and fighting high-rise fires ... “The higher the fire is in the building, the longer it will take ...

Ewing, New Jersey, Jan. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Thursday, December 2 nd, a devastating fire broke out in a seven-story residential high-rise at 865 Lower Ferry Road in Ewing, NJ ...

At approximately 5:41 a.m., the Urbana Fire Department was dispatched to 1202 E. Harding Dr. for a fire alarm sounding in the whole building.Crew reported heav ...

Since the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze in London a month ago, unit owners have been working to update fire safety measures. -- The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo Even before a Honolulu high-rise ...

SOUTH STRABANE, Pa. (KDKA) — A resident is dead and another is in the hospital after a fire at a senior high-rise in Washington County on Wednesday. Firefighters say they got word of a fire at ...

A fire at a Downtown Jersey City high-rise building early Thursday morning was quickly contained, so efficiently that residents never had to leave their apartments, authorities said. Jersey City ...