PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- In response to Sunday's deadly fire in New York City a federal task force is now being convened to examine fire safety standards for residential buildings. Philadelphia has its ...

Due to recent fire events, building owners and property managers across the country are re-examining the life safety and security systems installed in their high-rise buildings. Major cities as well ...

FDNY on the scene in the Bronx (photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) Walking up four floors in a friend’s apartment building the other day I noticed something you might not: on almost ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The Senate approved a measure Wednesday that would require tall buildings to have stairwell doors that open from both sides, a response to last fall's deadly fire in the Cook ...

CHICAGO - A fire that killed six people in a downtown high-rise has officials debating whether the blaze was handled properly by emergency crews and whether the government building was adequately ...

Type of Lock: A fail-safe lockset or fail-safe lever trim for fire exit hardware is used for stairwell reentry (fire exit hardware is panic hardware that is listed for use on a fire door assembly).

City officials Monday zeroed in on a possible malfunctioning apartment door for allowing choking smoke to spread throughout a 19-story Bronx high-rise during a massive weekend blaze that killed 17 ...