There were no sprinklers inside the apartment building at 27th and Highland, where a fire on Sunday, May 11, killed five people. The building was built before sprinkler systems were required by state ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Could there have been more safety measures put in place to stop the Gold Coast high-rise fire in which Chicago Fire Lt. Jan Tchoryk died Wednesday? Some tenants at the building at ...

Home fire sprinklers sit at the intersection of safety, cost, and building policy, promising to stop small flames from ...

WALKER, Mich. — The proposed changes to building codes in Michigan could make new homes more expensive. However, the Walker Fire Department said the installation of sprinkler systems in newly built ...

It’s been six yers since a fire tore through the 36-story Marco Polo condominium on Kapi‘olani Boulevard in Honolulu, killing four people. That tragedy prompted a new local ordinance requiring ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — Decatur Fire & Rescue (DFR) is joining a nationwide movement to urge people to consider installing sprinkler systems in their homes. On Wednesday, the department conducted a ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Residential high-rise buildings on Oahu that do not have fire sprinkler systems now have about a month and a half left to get a so-called "life safety evaluation" to comply with ...

On August 22, a fire broke out in a Bellevue apartment that completely destroyed 21 units and displaced residents from more than four dozen units in the complex. It took 88 medical, support and fire ...

When fire strikes, an indoor residential sprinkler system can mean the difference between minor damage and devastation. That was made clear in a five-minute video that West University Place Fire Chief ...

Many people think they have an idea of how fire sprinklers work because of how the systems have been portrayed in movies and television shows. Someone pulls the fire alarm, a lighter is held up to a ...