Santa Monica City Council approves changes to building codes, raising high-rise threshold and allowing single-stairway ...

The goal was to make it easier to build more housing and address a shortage experts say caused housing costs to rise.

WHAT THIS MEANS AND WHAT COULD CHANGE. SO THIS IS OUR HOLDING LINE. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE A LITTLE SMOKY. A TEAM OF EIGHT FIREFIGHTERS FOUGHT THIS SMALL VEGETATION FIRE NEAR THE YUBA RIVER THURSDAY ...

This is a clear and ever present danger to our residents and to our fire and emergency services first responders.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin City Council on Thursday approved several amendments to city code that would change building requirements in the city. Those changes included some ways to make Austin more ...

As the funding system stands now, residents pay a fire fee based on the heated square footage of their property, plus its surrounding acreage. That money is distributed to 22 fire departments across ...

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Carson City is updating its fire and building codes for the first time in several years to comply with state and federal laws. The city updates its codes every six years to stay up ...