THIS article is intended to provide a brief overview of water supplies for fire protection and standpipe systems. It is not a code compliance article. For detailed requirements, check with your local ...

Think about every urban, suburban and rural area where you respond. Hopefully you can come up with a few scenarios where you would have to decide if you should use the standpipe or stretch from the ...

The city imposed tough new standards for standpipe inspections yesterday, nearly 17 months after two firefighters died in a blaze at the Deutsche Bank building, where a 42-foot section of standpipe ...

The rules are fairly clear for building owners in Massachusetts. If their structures have standpipes — a key fire-suppression system that channels water to upper and underground floors — they must ...

Firefighters were caught by surprise in July, when faulty equipment at the Charles/MGH station made it impossible to pump water upstairs to douse a fire on a Red Line train on elevated tracks. But a ...

Local News Report: The MBTA doesn’t regularly inspect fire suppression systems A failed fire safety system at a Red Line station last week has brought increased scrutiny of the MBTA's fire safety ...