Healthy homes conference Part 6
At the Springfield conference, my topic was effective code enforcement programs. After hearing about all of the substantive issues involving healthy homes, it was really a privilege to be able to speak...
View ArticleFire tragedy in high rise without sprinklers
A young woman lost her life in Chicago recently during a fire. The fire began in a unit in a high rise apartment building, the residents fled the fire but left the door open so one of their pets could...
View ArticleTip for the day: service of notices or citations
One of the constant problems I run into with defendants is trying to make sure proper service of notices or citations occurs. Too frequently defendants refuse to accept these documents making it more...
View ArticleGreetings from South Carolina
I am teaching this weekend at the Southeastern Fire School in Columbia, SC. The campus here is incredible. Many of the training classes are taking place out of doors in buildings that can be set on...
View ArticleFire prevention in South Carolina
One of the true joys of teaching around the country is that I learn so much from the people I meet. My recent trip to South Carolina is a good example of that. I had never been to a training facility...
View ArticleCycle of complacency and outrage continues
In my last couple of Tweets, I pointed inspectors to articles involving the explosion of the fertilizer plant in West Texas and a tragic fire in England. It’s a shame we wait until people die before...
View ArticleGerman architect sentenced to jail after firefighter dies
Criminal prosecutions are rare in the field of building code enforcement but when there is a high profile death that results from shoddy construction, indictments do happen. Recently in Los Angeles, A...
View ArticleCreative use of electrical boxes
I was recently in Columbus, Ohio teaching a couple classes for a conference for OBOA and COCOA. One of the attendees sent me a photograph of a magnetic door closer which I wanted to share with...
View ArticleLack of sprinklers in residential high rises
Failure to retrofit older residential high rises with sprinklers continues to be controversial given the recent publicity surrounding the death of a man because of a fire in Trump Tower in New York....
View Article8 Children Die in Fire in Building with Code Violations
Yesterday I had the privilege of teaching Advanced Legal Aspects of Code Enforcement for Property Maintenance Inspectors for the Missouri Association of Code Enforcement at Lake of the Ozarks, MO....
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