City may raise fee for false fire alarms to offset response cost
Last year, the city of Oneonta Fire Department responded to 3,654 calls, with 408 classified as false alarms — a rate of 11%. It’s a problem that Fire Chief Brian Knapp, Code Enforcement Officer Steve ...
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2-Alarm Fire Breaks at at Historic Charlotte, NC, School
The Charlotte Fire Department found smoke coming from the roof of the Wilmore Elementary School, which was built 100 years ago.
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Northwestern had over 200 fire alarms last year, but no fires
The Evanston Fire Department responded to over 200 fire alarms at Northwestern last year, said Deputy Chief of Operations ...
Firefighters battling 2-alarm fire on Chicago's Northwest Side
The Chicago Fire Department responded to the house in the 5900 block of West Waveland Avenue where flames and smoke were ...
3 kids dead in Michigan house fire where smoke alarms were not working, authorities say
Fire crews found three residents inside the home – a 16-year-old girl, a 15-year-old boy, and a 12-year-old boy. They died at ...
Extra-alarm fire sweeps through apartment building in Chicago's northwest suburbs
Tatiana Moore said she took her eye off the stove for a moment, and then flames filled her kitchen and quickly spread.