Fire prevention and code enforcement activities are historically documented throughout the world as far back as early as the first century. Community leaders of those times recognized specific ...

At this year’s Illinois Fire & Life Safety Education Conference, Iowa State Fire Marshal Director Ray Reynolds gave the Keynote address and emphasized that the fire service “is about people, ...

There was a fire Tuesday morning at a long-closed bar in Redding that was formerly called Bert and Ernie’s. The blaze broke ...

With today’s continually advancing building engineering technology, design professionals are presented with a multitude of options for HVAC design. With such variety comes the burden of comprehending ...

The late speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Tip O'Neill, once said, "All politics is local." The same can be said of the nation's fire codes. Perhaps it is because of the highly-localized, ...

Three weeks ago, a fire on Monticello Avenue displaced 30 Jersey City residents. That building was cited with 17 violations related to fire safety. Unfortunately, the enforcement of fines against ...

Smoke, not flames, caused the deaths of 25 people in a nightclub fire at Arpora, exposing serious lapses in fire safety enforcement, planning, and preparedness in high-occupancy entertainment venues.

Savannah Fire responded to a fire at the City of Savannah Code Compliance Building on Drayton Street early Sunday morning. The Savannah Fire Department was dispatched to 1700 Drayton Street around ...

The owner of the former Bert & Ernie's building could be fined up to $40,000 if the property does not get cleaned up and ...

Greeley City Council will seek new methods to address code compliance issues before making any drastic and aggressive changes to the landscaping code and how code compliance is performed. On Tuesday, ...

Michael Padilla, an inspector with the City of Dallas Code Compliance, tosses a large plastic bag of trash into a city vehicle while working with Amazon employees during a community cleanup outside of ...