Investigators are looking into why a sprinkler system failed to activate during the massive fire that destroyed Medline's distribution warehouse in Tracy. More than 24 hours after the fire began, ...

After an unusually busy brush fire season in New York City last year, the FDNY tied an artificial intelligence-powered platform into an existing camera system at city parks for early notifications of ...

The Cambridge City Council narrowly voted Monday to end the city’s use of ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection system that has drawn years of criticism from residents and councilors over privacy concerns ...

A Camden scrap metal recycling facility at the center of repeated fires and environmental concerns has unveiled a new multimillion-dollar fire suppression system designed to stop fires before they ...

In a makeshift demonstration kitchen in Concord, California, cooking oil splatters in and around a frying pan, which catches fire on an unattended gas stove. Within moments, a smoke detector wails.

The eyes of the city are on the Bosque. Not real eyes. Something better -- camera sensors that can detect thermal activity up to 100 feet away. Eighteen of these have been installed in wooded areas ...

Abstract: Fire accidents are very dangerous. It causes harm to people, buildings and their properties. Traditional Fire Detection Systems like heat sensors, smoke detectors are used in many places.

The Automist home sprinkler system uses compact mist portals to put out flames while sparing important materials. We've never seen anything like it before. Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested ...

Heat sensors embedded in handrails could save six vital minutes over established methods of detecting fires in large container ships, researchers have found. Danish researchers carried out tests using ...

Both of my grandmothers recounted their version about the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904. Someone in the family opened the trap door to the roof and they climbed a ladder to watch it from that perch.

A two-alarm fire at Newport's Castle Hill Inn likely started in a bathroom and spread between the walls. The fire chief stated the blaze evaded the hotel's initial fire detection system. No injuries ...