The wake of Hurricane Andrew in Dade County, Fla., in August 1992. Fifty-four people died in the storm, which caused over $27 billion in damages and led to Florida’s adoption of a statewide building ...

The Santa Monica City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday night to approve two significant changes to the city's building codes, raising the threshold for high-rise buildings from 55 to 75 feet and allowing ...

READING, Pa. – A man is lucky to be out of harm's way after building code violations risked his escape plan during a fire Saturday. "We uncovered numerous illegal modifications to the building," said ...

Daniel Byrne and Ted Bouthiller Jr. offer a remedy for overloaded fire inspectors: include basic fire code instruction in firefighter training to put more eyes and ears on the ground for reducing ...

Tiburon has updated its municipal code to strengthen fire regulations and move closer to climate goals. The Town Council, meeting on Wednesday, adopted ordinances set forth by the Southern Marin and ...