Q: Can I install a door holder on an interior stairway exit door in a restaurant? If so, do I install smoke detectors on either side of the door? A: For this purpose the International Building Code ...

SEATTLE - A team of crooks is pulling fire alarms to empty out apartment buildings, according to police, and then go door-to-door looking for valuables. Fire alarms are meant to save lives, but they ...

Witnesses say fire alarms were silent and many doors were locked when a blaze at a Russian shopping mall packed with children and their parents on the first weekend of the school recess killed 64 ...

In a proactive move to enhance fire safety in the community, Milwaukee firefighters conducted door-to-door checks Wednesday for working smoke alarms. The move comes after an incident Tuesday night, ...

Smoke alarms save lives. They are everyone’s first line of defense against fires. But all too often, the Chattanooga Fire ...

Before Rep. Jamaal Bowman “accidentally” activated a fire alarm and forced the evacuation of a House office building last month, the far-left lawmaker hastily removed two emergency exit signs from ...

Sprinklers help stop fires, but most houses aren't equipped with them. Turns out another way to help fires from spreading inside a home is decidedly low tech: Shut interior doors to keep the fire from ...

EXTENSIVE. ABSOLUTELY. KHIREE. AND SPECIFICALLY THE GODDESS. AND THEN LUMBER, LIQUORS, YOU KNOW, THEY TELL ME THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SITTING IN THIS SPOT ON EUTAW STREET AND LOMBARD FOR DECADES NOW. AND ...

The Tulsa Fire Department, the American Red Cross, and Bank of Oklahoma volunteers teamed up for “Project Life,” a fire safety initiative focused on installing free smoke alarms and educating ...

Statistics show that Florida leads the country in drowning rates among children under the age of nine years old. Experts say kids are naturally curious about water and can easily drown in backyard ...