AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin City Council on Thursday approved several amendments to city code that would change building requirements in the city. Those changes included some ways to make Austin more ...

In a city where skyscrapers meet curbside diners, commercial cooking is on the rise and industry experts say our fire ...

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) launched A Code for Every Moment, one of the most significant public awareness campaigns in its more than 125-year history, to educate the public and ...

The House Committee on Fire Protection/Construction Code Task Force met on Monday as members work on a consistent fire code for residential and commercial construction. Louisiana builders often ...

The 2006 editions of the International Code Council (ICC) plumbing (IPC) and building (IBC) codes, and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) NFPA 101 Life Safety Code are now available. As ...

Firefighters respond to a five-alarm fire in a row of apartment buildings in Queens, N.Y., on Jan. 6. (Gardiner Anderson/New York Daily News/TNS) A New Year’s celebration in the Swiss Alps turned ...

[Editor's Note: The following was written by New Milford Fire Marshal Karen A. Facey.] Fire marshals statewide are responsible to ensure that the buildings within their community are compliant with ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Paul Rogers, cofounder of Energy Safety Response Group and former battery subject-matter expert for the FDNY. Every day in America, nearly 3,800 fires break out ...