A study found that alert systems using an immediately loud sound increased firefighter heart rates by a median of seven beats a minute, compared with five beats a minute under a system that phased in ...

Fire department leaders point to research linking gradually increasing alert volume to smaller heart-rate increases.

Wilmington firefighters encountered heavy fire and smoke at the city’s wastewater treatment plant early in the morning of Feb. 17. The structure fire involved an industrial dryer and related equipment ...

Thousands of smoke detector fire alarms sold exclusively on Amazon are being recalled over a sound issue that could pose a fire hazard. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said in a notice ...

In the months leading up to the fatal inferno at The Social Seminole apartment complex, a Tallahassee Fire Department inspector noted numerous and recurring failures with its fire alarm and sprinkler ...

THE SCENE WHERE CREWS ARE STILL ACTIVE. CAITLIN JESSICA. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE’RE HERE AT THE COVE HOTEL IN SALEM. CREWS CONTINUE TO PUT OUT THIS FIRE THAT STARTED IN ONE HOTEL ROOM AND THEN SPREAD TO ...

Crews battled a three-alarm blaze Sunday morning at a Phillipsburg manufacturing plant. Fire Chief Richard A. Hay said flames ignited shortly before 10 a.m. at the McWane Ductile Plant, 183 Sitgreaves ...

One person died after a second-alarm house fire in Bristol on Saturday morning. At around 8:30 a.m., firefighters responded to a report of a residential fire on Perkins Street. Stream Connecticut News ...

Since early 2020, I’ve used abode as my primary security system and have done so across two separate homes. It is now 2026, and in the world of smart home tech, six years is usually an eternity. I ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE)— Hitting snooze may be a universal habit, but two University of Tennessee students are on a mission to break it. Inside the Haslam College of Business, Max Gallinek and Dan ...

NOW FROM MCKEESPORT. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND AT THIS HOME HERE IN MCKEESPORT. IT LED TO SEVERAL FIREFIGHTERS TO BE CALLED FOR INITIALLY A KITCHEN FIRE, BUT EVENTUALLY EVOLVED, LEADING ...

Two apartment buildings in San Marcos were damaged by a three-alarm fire Monday afternoon, as crews from several nearby agencies battled to keep it from spreading, officials said. Residents in the ...