The most effective means of combating a fire in a residential occupancy is a properly designed, installed, and maintained fire sprinkler system. These systems use automatic fire sprinklers that ...

On August 22, a fire broke out in a Bellevue apartment that completely destroyed 21 units and displaced residents from more than four dozen units in the complex. It took 88 medical, support and fire ...

is your neighborhood reporter for North Beach, Downtown Corpus Christi and the Bay Area. NUECES COUNTY, Texas — During a routine inspection of the Nueces Courthouse, Corpus Christi Fire Department ...

Mayor Sarah Smith Hymes and council members Amy Phillips, Tamra Underwood and Russell “RJ” Andrade voted for it. The current code only requires residential buildings of over 6,000 square feet to have ...

A deadly blaze that left five people dead on Mother's Day has prompted a debate over requiring automatic sprinklers in apartment buildings in Milwaukee. Highland Court Apartments, the site of the fire ...

An automatic sprinkler system prevented further damage to a manufacturing facility after a fire started inside Monday night. Durham Fire said crews responded to an automatic fire alarm around 11 p.m.