A fire and life safety survey of Massachusetts’ 272 assisted living communities conducted in the wake of a deadly community fire found that while most operators have strong emergency preparedness ...

The following checklist highlights key facility maintenance areas that, while often overlooked, are critical for a secure and ...

All 272 facilties responded to the survey with results showing 189 of the locations identifying at least one area where they could enhance safety through renovations.

HOUSE FIRE. TODAY, AMES FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS CREWS WERE CALLED TO A HOME NEAR TRIPP STREET AND SOUTH FRANKLIN AVENUE THIS EVENING. THE HOMEOWNER HAD HEARD HER SMOKE DETECTORS GOING OFF AND FOUND THE ...

Only 17% of buildings in a Chicago Fire Department bureau database for fire code violations have received required annual ...

While it may be considered by some as a tedious and necessary evil, fire protection systems require and deserve a specific amount of inspection, testing ...

After a deadly fire at the Gabriel House assisted living facility in Fall River killed 10 people this summer, a MassLive investigation published last month revealed critical loopholes in the fire ...

In the wake of the deadly Gabriel House fire, Massachusetts regulators may soon tighten safety inspection protocols at assisted living facilities to close loopholes that put vulnerable residents at ...

Growing up as a kid in Minneapolis, Johnny Crow never saw Native American firefighters manning the trucks responding to emergencies in his Phillips neighborhood south of downtown. Still, it didn’t ...

Recent health inspections in some Westland restaurants revealed fire hazards, fruit flies and more between July and September of this year, according to Wayne County Health Department inspection ...

A dozen people were killed in the Los Angeles County fire. Months after the Palisades Fire devastated parts of Los Angeles County and killed a dozen people, officials announced the arrest of a man ...