Fires in balloon-frame construction present the engine company officer with various challenges. In addition to securing a water supply, stretching a line and extinguishing the main body of the fire, ...

Chicago, incorporated in 1833 with a population of 350, began innovating as soon as it was born. Poised on the prairie’s stoop as the West was opening, Chicago created a lasting contribution to the ...

Every generation witnesses its own advances in building technology. Balloon-frame construction was a major advance over the previous method of post-and-beam construction, whereby skilled carpenters ...

Fire crews have a warning about older homes, especially row houses, after a kitchen fire got out of control in minutes over the weekend. According to firefighters, the way your home is constructed ...

You arrive as the second engine at the scene of a residential fire in a two-story wood-frame house with a finished attic. The first engine reported a fire on the first floor in the rear of the ...