Reading the roof of a fire building starts as the apparatus nears the incident, including assessment of the roof's pitch and covering, of ventilation indicators, and of dead loads and structural ...

Almost three million electric motors for gable and roof-mounted attic fans have been recalled for a faulty safety cutoff that poses a risk for the motor to short circuit and possibly create a fire ...

Not all fires are fought on the ground and that's what Terre Haute Fire Department recruits Brendan McPike and Joe Phillips learned on Tuesday during ventilation training at a condemned ...

Millions of electric motors used in gable- and roof-mounted attic fans have been recalled over fire risks. The recalled motors can be identified by the distinctive vent pattern. There have been 159 ...

Your attic might be the most dangerous room in your home right now. You probably don't think about it much, tucked away above your living space, quietly storing holiday decorations and forgotten boxes ...

The roof of a Franklin duplex was damaged Thursday morning after officials said a “flash fire” broke out. The Franklin Fire Department was dispatched to a two-story duplex along Green Street at 11:22 ...