As new skylines rise in Westchester's major cities, fire departments face the life-and-death challenge of preparing to respond to fires in growing numbers of high-rise apartment buildings. High-rises ...

Of the 324 fires reported in the city’s high-rise fires between January 2020 and October 2021, 127 buildings, or 39.2%, did not have an operational firefighting system, according to Mumbai Fire ...

PHOENIX – When responding to fires in high- rise buildings, firefighting crews of five or six members instead of three or four are significantly faster in putting out fires and completing search and ...