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More evidence emerges: Sprawl lengthens emergency response times
Submitted by Jon Davis on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 9:25pm.Suburban sprawl is hurting Emergency Medical Service response times, according to a new study released by University of Virginia researchers and published in the November 2009 edition of the ... read more »
Public comments window open for fire code proposals
Submitted by Jon Davis on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 10:29pm.CNU went 1-for-2 at the International Code Council’s fire code hearings in October 2009, but as ... read more »
CNU at the fire code hearings: Here we go...
Submitted by Jon Davis on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 2:51pm.BALTIMORE -- CNU’s proposed changes to the International Fire Code will be heard and either approved or rejected within the next two hou
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CNU's fire code proposals up today in Baltimore; watch the hearings online
Submitted by Jon Davis on Sun, 10/25/2009 - 4:14pm.BALTIMORE – The International Code Council hearings are an arena in which the (mostly) irresistible force of brevity meets the immovable agenda: hundreds of proposed additions, deletions, correct
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Transportation Summit host touts street design-safety links
Submitted by Jon Davis on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 8:31pm.Street design goes far beyond traffic “throughput” or aesthetics alone; strong links between street design and public safety must be recognized and incorporated into everyday traffic engineerin
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Charlotte case study links street connectivity with faster response time, greater efficiency for emergency services
Submitted by logannash on Mon, 08/03/2009 - 9:54pm.In the past, New Urbanists and some fire departments have been at odds over street design.
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Connected Streets and Emergency Response
Submitted by mbittner on Thu, 11/20/2008 - 8:28pm.While the environmental, social, and even
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More sprinklers, narrower streets?
Submitted by Jon Davis on Sat, 04/12/2008 - 1:09pm.Sprinklers are the key to greater flexibility from the fire service, says Capt. Frank Kinnier, an assistant fire marshal with Chesterfield County (Va.) Fire & EMS.
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