A Maryland fire safety measure inspired by the 2023 death of a young woman in a Silver Spring apartment building has been ...

House Bill 149 requires automatic sprinklers to be installed in high-rise residential buildings undergoing substantial ...

Multiple safety incidents: Fires in Tacoma and Schenectady and a Pell City fire station closure revealed vulnerabilities in building safety and infrastructure. Law born from tragedy: Maryland passed a ...

When a fire breaks out in a high-rise building, conventional wisdom is that stairwells are the only way out. Lifts are verboten in such scenarios, while sheer height typically prevents any other ...

Safety certificates have been mandated for all multi-storey buildings across the division's six districts. Under the new directives, all high-rise buildings must be equipped with fire hydrants and ...