Fire protection works best when it is built into the process rather than added after the fact”— Christopher Echeverria ...

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Why must fire protection begin in schematic design, and what happens when it does not? The HelloNation feature "Why Fire Protection Must Begin in Schematic Design," featuring Building Expert Jeff ...

OTTUMWA — After nearly an hour-long discussion filled with some misunderstandings, the Ottumwa City Council moved ahead with the first reading of an ordinance classifying how often certain commercial ...

“A lot of people don’t think about businesses as being a space where death is going to occur and as we saw over in Switzerland, and we have a long history here in the United States of very similar ...

Wright Twp. supervisors will consider adoption of a fire inspection ordinance along with amendments to its animal ordinance at their meeting Feb. 9.

Fire safety in residential properties is not merely a rule or requirement, but rather a protective measure in the context of ...

A city “scarred and shaped by fire” is inviting more of the same by inspecting over a 12-month period just 17% of the buildings in its database for fire code violations and failing to maintain an ...