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North Idaho fire districts announce change to 'fire signoff' process

Selkirk Fire Rescue & EMS announced Wednesday that starting Friday, May 29, the process for fire signoffs and related plan reviews on single-family residential construction projects (R3 properties) ...
Oregonian

Fire-code investigation at Portland affordable-housing complex finds parked cars could block fire trucks

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 ...
AOL

After Gabriel House, Fall River FD aims to change national fire codes

FALL RIVER — In an effort to ensure a tragedy like the July 2025 Gabriel House fire never happens again, the Fall River Fire Department is pushing hard for key changes to state and national fire codes ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Deadly Fall River assisted living home fire prompts call for statewide fire code changes

CHANGE IS DESPERATELY NEEDED AND IT’S ALL IN THIS 27 PAGE REPORT, KNOWN AS AN AFTER ACTION REPORT. IT’S ON THE FALL RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT’S RESPONSE THAT NIGHT, AND THE FIRE CHIEF SAYS IT SHOULD SOUND ...
Firehouse

Community Risk Reduction: What Is a Fire Code?

“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 ...