Q: I live in a townhouse in Gaithersburg, Maryland, built in the early 1980s. It has a finished basement with a small egress window with a rounded well outside. During heavy rainstorms, which we've ...

Door barricades are the latest industry response to a tragic event. Cocoanut Grove. Triangle Shirtwaist. Our Lady of Angels School. Each of these events resulted in the deaths of hundreds of men, ...

SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. — Changing building codes have cost short-term vacation rental property owners in South Haven both time and money. Many say they spent thousands installing larger egress windows to ...

CT fire officials said they were 'vehemently opposed' to the change in the building code and one stairway exit could lead to ...