Historic timber structures face substantial fire loads and complex fire risks. Subsequent renovations and utilization may influence their fire safety performance. Therefore, accurately predicting ...

Multifamily dwellings pose numerous severe risks over and above the single-family residential structural fire, and the outcome largely depends on the initial response, first-arriving decisions and the ...

Sixteen fire departments were needed to extinguish a three-alarm fire at a chemical manufacturing company in Bern Township, PA, on Jan. 11, 2007. Firefighters initially faced several problems, ...

A special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said on Wednesday that an “extremely high level of fire load” propelled the flames that roared through the Ghost Ship ...