NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 29-- The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance issued the following news: A steadily increasing number of Tennesseans live or work in multi-story or high-rise buildings ...

Objective The aim of this whitepaper is to illustrate the safety risks that face occupants of high-rise buildings. Through an examination of the vulnerabilities of high-rise buildings, the ...

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) engineers recently released a two-disk DVD set that demonstrates how Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV), a technique in which powerful fans force ...

Corporators claim fire infrastructure has failed to keep up with the city’s expansion ...