Performance-based structural fire design of steel frames can eliminate fire protection on up to half of a building’s floor beams, according to a two-year study of PBSFD. Still, structural engineers ...

Essential Guide to Fireproof Home Construction for Safety and Durability Glendora, United States - February 7, 2026 / ...

Anyone building a dream home is likely to tell you there is no better luxury element in a master bedroom than a fireplace. Whether you are building, remodeling or just sprucing up your main sleeping ...

As wildfires threaten densely populated areas worldwide with increasing frequency and intensity, Thomas Gernay, an associate professor in civil and systems engineering at Johns Hopkins University, is ...

A Michigan fire chief recently shared with me the floor plans for his new fire station. Before his next review, the chief asked for my thoughts. After emphasizing I was not an architect, I reviewed ...

The apparatus, turnout gear and equipment advancements over the past 20 years are obvious. Each area was prompted by operations safety and efficiency. Similarly, over 20 years, advances in fire ...

Residents of a senior care facility are evacuated as the Eaton Fire approaches Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (Photo by Ethan Swope / AP) This is your first of three free stories this ...

Not only is Fairfax City’s Fire Station 33 a modern, state-of-the-art facility, it’s also an award-winning one. And Fire Chief John O’Neal received that honor, on behalf of the Fire Department, at the ...