Residents’ concerns about whether their affordable housing complex in Southeast Portland meets fire-safety codes led to a city investigation that found that the development was approved shortly before ...

The New York City Fire Department issued its first-ever criminal summons to a driver whose car blocked a fire hydrant and slowed down efforts to extinguish a Bronx fire that killed two people, ...

“My building already has two exits. I don’t understand why I must have a third.” Often when dealing with fire codes, people see them as something to dread or as another restrictive hassle that’s ...