Construction regulations have evolved through a rigorous process guided by professional expertise. But safety and housing affordability shouldn’t be seen as competing goals.

Fire protection works best when it is built into the process rather than added after the fact”— Christopher Echeverria ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The city of Los Angeles repeatedly approved development in fire-prone areas in violation of state standards for ...

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, on Saturday, March 25, 1911, was one of the deadliest fires in U.S. history. The fire resulted in the deaths of ...

California’s fire safety regulators were asked to study whether mid-rise apartments can go with a single staircase. They’re more than a month late.

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Changes could be coming to longstanding Massachusetts building codes that advocates say would make it much easier to build ...

As New York State and LIPA push ahead with plans for large battery-energy storage facilities, pockets of resistance continue to emerge on Long Island, even after the recent adoption of new fire safety ...

As building codes evolve and fire risks grow more complex, rigorous testing and third-party certification of passive fire protection systems are essential to ensuring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A single-family home under construction on Sandal Lane in Los Angeles. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times) The city of Los Angeles ...