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 ...

Recent amendments to the Maryland State Fire Prevention Code have eliminated the requirement to retrofit existing high-rise residential buildings with automatic ...

What started out as a kitchen fire led to the evacuation of hundreds of units at the 505 Nashville complex Sunday, shedding a light on the added challenges of clearing a high rise building during a… ...

The Feb. 18 fire at the high-rise complex left 400 people displaced, 19 injured and a 25-year-old woman lost her life. Some of the building's residents claim alarms on their floor didn't go off ...

Dozens of residents of a South Side high rise remain displaced more than two years after fire damaged 140 units, and there are concerns the building won't be protected from future fires.

Recent amendments to the Maryland State Fire Prevention Code have eliminated the requirement to retrofit existing high-rise residential buildings with automatic fire sprinkler systems, a deeply ...