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 ...

Fire safety experts say housing societies must ensure regular maintenance of air conditioners and keep all fire safety systems fully functional ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - The College Station Fire Department is conducting specialized training sessions for high-rise fire safety. There are 18 high-rise apartments along the Northgate ...

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

Hong Kong’s worst residential fire in more than half a century is triggering worries that a swathe of the high-rise housing common in China’s cities could be susceptible to similar safety risks. The ...

Days after a deadly blaze in Hong Kong killed at least 151 people, China has ordered a nationwide fire safety inspection of its more than one million residential and public use high-rise buildings.

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

WITH more Malaysians living in high-rise homes than ever before, concerns are mounting over whether ageing infrastructure, uneven enforcement and human behaviour are leaving cities vulnerable when ...