Do These Conditions Apply to Your Building? You may be required to submit a Building Information Card if your residential building meets any of the following: What the Code Requires If your building is classified as Occupancy Group R-2, is 125 feet or more in height, and has non-sequential or non-standard floor numbering, the owner… Read more »
Read moreFDNY Practice Tests Now Available
FDNY Practice Tests Now Available — Included Free with All NY Fire Safety Institute Courses Preparing for an FDNY certification exam requires more than just reading the study material. The most effective way to prepare is to test your knowledge under realistic conditions. NY Fire Safety Institute now offers a full suite of FDNY practice… Read more »
Read moreWHAT IS A FIRE & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS BULLETIN
2025 / 2026 WHAT IS A FIRE & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS BULLETIN The annual fire and emergency preparedness bulletin serves to supplement the fire and emergency preparedness guide with timely fire and/or emergency preparedness information and guidance. No later than August 15th of each year, the Fire Department will post the fire and emergency preparedness bulletin.… Read more »
Read moreNatural Gas Detectors
Natural gas alarms must be installed in private dwellings, class A multiple dwellings, and class B multiple dwellings on or before May 1st, 2025. Are you Local Law 157 / RCNY 908-02 Compliant? F & F Supply is offering the DeNova Natural Gas Detector, a no-fuss 10 year battery powered natural gas detector which is fully compliant with LL… Read more »
Read moreApartment Building Fire Emergency Preparedness Guide – Updated 2024 Edition
NYC Fire Code requires owners of apartment buildings to prepare and distribute the new NYC Apartment Building Emergency Preparedness Guide, which was updated and released in December 2024. The guide includes a building information section to be completed by the owner, which must be distributed to apartment building residents and staff as required by Fire Department… Read more »
Read moreToday Show: Candle Safety
Are you playing it safe with candles? 4 rules to remember https://www.today.com/home/candle-safety-tips-burning-candles-home-t114839
Read moreThe Hot Topic of High Rise Fire Prevention – Japan Times
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2017/09/03/how-tos/hot-topic-high-rise-fire-prevention/#.Wa10ukEpCEc
Read moreThree Burned in Elevator Fire on UES
http://abc7ny.com/3-burned-in-apparent-flash-fire-in-upper-east-side-elevator/2338575/
Read moreHire Rise Catches Fire in Winnipeg – CTV News
http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/mobile/fire-on-20th-floor-evacuates-osborne-village-highrise-1.3573559
Read moreIran Releases Report on Building Fire – Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iran-releases-report-on-january-building-fire-and-collapse/2017/08/30/a1642014-8d63-11e7-9c53-6a169beb0953_story.html?utm_term=.3a344b7bd0a4
Read moreAustralian High Rises Swathed in Flammable Cladding Despite Risks – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-04/australian-high-rises-swathed-in-flammable-cladding/8862784?pfmredir=sm
Read moreIdaho Historic Hotel Catches Fire – The Spokesman Review
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/29/fire-rips-through-historic-kellogg-hotel/#/0
Read moreEight out of 173 social housing blocks pass fire safety tests on cladding – The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/05/eight-173-social-housing-blocks-grenfell-cladding-pass-fire-safety-tests
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Read moreWoman, 82, Killed in Memphis High Rise Fire – WMCActionNews5
http://m.wmcactionnews5.com/story/36253269/82-year-old-killed-in-highrise-fire
Read moreHOTEL FIRE SAFETY DIRECTOR to FIRE LIFE SAFETY DIRECTOR Phase I: FSD (F-25/F-58) to FSD with Active Shooter (F-85) Attend the Actice Shooter/Medical Emergency Prepareness course and pass the school’s graduation exam Title of the F-85 C of F will read: FSD w/Active Shooter Prep. The expiration date on the FSD F-25/F-58 will be carried to… Read more »
Read moreFire Breaks Out at Universal City Hotel – Daily News
http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20170830/worker-gravely-hurt-firefighter-injured-in-fire-at-sheraton-hotel-in-universal-city
Read moreAdditional Active Shooter Medical Emergency Preparedness classes:
August 9th PM class from 2:30pm to 7pm.August 9th AM class is full and closed. We have also added an 9am class on August 23.
Read moreResidents Told to Stay Put in Bedford Fire – Bedford Today
http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/news/residents-told-to-stay-put-in-bedford-high-rise-fire-1-8131072
Read moreMassive fire breaks out at Dubai skyscraper – ABC7ny.com
http://abc7ny.com/2273336/
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