You saved a few thousand dollars going the DIY route. You hammered it together on weekends, watched some tutorials, and now ...

Ahead of updating the city’s guiding documents and plans, Tupelo officials have agreed to revise its fire prevention and protection rules alongside its building regulations. The Tupelo City ...

Cuyahoga County is moving to pull scattered permitting under one roof, rolling out a new county-run Division of Building Standards that would centralize plan review, permits, and building inspections ...

Last year, six states eliminated a fire-safety code requiring apartment buildings taller than three stories to have at least ...

Fire-protection systems are designed to operate immediately when triggered”— Christopher Echeverria NEW ORLEANS, LA, ...

This story was originally published by . Two months past a statutory deadline, California’s top fire safety regulator published a report Monday on whether and how the state should legalize ...

Faulty wiring causes nearly 51,000 house fires every year in the US. Not botched wiring. Not poorly planned wiring. Faulty ...

During its Feb. 25, 2026, work session, the Bend City Council discussed whether to adopt Section R327 of the Oregon Residential Specialty Code, which establishes home-hardening requirements to help ...

Escambia County stopped renovations at a Pensacola Beach home over unpermitted work and enclosing a garage for 'livable space.' Why it's a problem.

LP Building Solutions has launched LP BurnGuard Fire-Retardant-Treated Oriented Strand Board, the first commercialized ...

Though modern safety measures, such as automatic sprinkler systems, smoke detectors and self-closing doors reduce the risks associated with smoke and flame, they "do not fully substitute for the ...

The Bend City Council is moving forward with plans to adopt new home-hardening requirements aimed at making new residential buildings more resilient to wildfires. During a work session last Wednesday, ...