ROCK SPRING, Ga. — The American Red Cross of Georgia is celebrating the most lives saved in a single month from its ongoing effort to install free smoke alarms. The agency plans a Thursday ceremony in Rock Spring, Georgia, to …
An apartment house where six people died in a fire had been neglected during foreclosure and lacked alternative exits, allowing several bedrooms to become “death traps” when the blaze spread upstairs, a prosecutor said Monday to open the homeowner’s manslaughter …
More than half the people killed last year by house fires in Mississippi were in homes without working smoke alarms, the Mississippi State Fire Marshal’s Office said. Fire Marshal Mike Chaney points said his office investigated 55 fire deaths in …
The Shreveport Fire Department and area volunteers are taking fire safety to the streets to help reduce fire-related injuries and deaths. On Saturday, KTBS-TV reports participants will canvass the streets of the Cedar Grove, La., neighborhood to install smoke alarms …
The state of Indiana has received a grant to provide free smoke alarms to Indiana residents through volunteer fire departments. Indiana State Fire Marshal Jim Greeson hopes to provide 500 smoke alarms with 10-year batteries to volunteer fire departments that …
A McAlester, Okla., firefighter is working hard to spread the word about fire safety. McAlester firefighter Robbie Rivers said it is part of an ongoing “Stop the Burn” campaign that was started in the area after a McAlester house fire …
Mississippi is on pace once again to have the lowest number of fire deaths on record. State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Ricky Davis tells The Clarion-Ledger 62 people died in fires last year, with 37 of those deaths occurring by …
The state fire marshal’s office says it has distributed more than 25,000 smoke alarms to homes in high-risk areas across Tennessee. Research and a risk assessment conducted by the office in 2011 showed that smoke alarms were present in only …
The state fire marshal plans to join with firefighters from around Iowa to announce two grants totaling nearly $300,000 that will fund the purchase and installation of smoke alarms. State Fire Marshal Ray Reynolds will announce the $245,000 federal smoke …
Authorities say nine people died in Georgia fires during the first 11 days in 2013, marking a deadly start to the year. Fire officials say that with colder weather approaching Georgia this week, people should be diligent about fire safety …