CAPE MAY — Owners of the city’s historic Victorian bed and breakfasts vented their frustrations Tuesday about state fire codes they say are inconsistent and unfair, and may be driving them out of ...

Cal Fire added at least 2.8 million Californians into its Fire Hazard Severity Zones. The zones, referenced in over 100 sections of code and regulation, are tied to home hardening, defensible space ...

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Pender County Commissioners have adopted an updated fire code meant to help ensure safety and responsible development.

CHANGE IS DESPERATELY NEEDED AND IT’S ALL IN THIS 27 PAGE REPORT, KNOWN AS AN AFTER ACTION REPORT. IT’S ON THE FALL RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT’S RESPONSE THAT NIGHT, AND THE FIRE CHIEF SAYS IT SHOULD SOUND ...

Portage's fire sprinkler code — put into place in 1998 — requires a sprinkler for buildings larger than 7,000 square feet for wood construction and 10,000 square feet for non-wood buildings. Any place ...

The new fire marshal for Hawaii is looking forward to working with communities to implement best practices to prevent wildfires. Speaking at a news conference Thursday, Dori Booth said she wants to ...

Black Mountain Brewing owner John Richardson has now heard back from the North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal.In that ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection began rolling out a long-awaited update to its fire hazard severity zones Monday, which is set to more than double the number of acres in ...

Cal Fire has released a long-awaited set of updated maps outlining the fire hazard severity zones in Marin County and elsewhere in the Bay Area. Marin fire officials say the maps, while mostly showing ...