Corey Smedley tells why his department adopted the use of floor-below nozzles and smoke curtains for battling fires in unsprinklered high-rise residential buildings. Research that was conducted by the ...
Three of the Wilkes-Barre Housing Authority’s high-rise apartment buildings now have functioning fire-suppressant sprinkler systems, and work on a fourth is underway. Sprinkler system installation at ...
WILLOUGHBY HILLS, Ohio (WJW) — A Saturday, Jan. 24, fire at a local high-rise apartment building was electrical in nature, meaning firefighters had to stay dry. Just before 10 p.m. that day, hours ...