Indiana’s fire deaths have surged to 54 so far this year, giving the state more fire fatalities in just over five months than all of last year – a troubling increase the state’s top fire official said Friday he’s at …
The state fire marshal plans to join with firefighters from around Iowa to announce two grants totaling nearly $300,000 that will fund the purchase and installation of smoke alarms. State Fire Marshal Ray Reynolds will announce the $245,000 federal smoke …
Not one person has been killed in a fire in Texas in the past ten years inside an apartment complex that was equipped with a fire sprinkler system according to data provided by the State Fire Marshal’s Office. In contrast, …
The state fire marshal is urging Ohioans to take fire safety precautions when decorating for the holidays. Fire Marshal Larry Flowers says decorative lighting, live Christmas trees and unattended candles can pose fire threats. The National Fire Protection Association reports …
The state fire marshal says careless smoking sparked a fire that displaced 25 families living in a South Florida apartment building. Battalion Chief Joel Gordon says an occupant in the Plantation apartment where the fire started admitted he had been …
The Rhode Island state fire marshal says he called attention a year ago to problems with school and nightclub inspections. The Providence Journal reports that Fire Marshal John E. Chartier wrote to Providence’s acting fire chief in November 2011 that …
Butch Browning, who resigned as state fire marshal last month, will return to the job Monday after a state police investigation turned up no evidence that he attempted to defraud the state or violate the public trust, the commander of …
There’s more bad news for members of a central Ohio church where authorities believe a man drove a stolen car into the building, set a fire and watched from a nearby playground swing as the facility burned last month. WBNS-TV …