ROWAN COUNTY - Authorities say it will probably take a couple of days to determine what caused the three-alarm fire that destroyed the Webb Road Flea Market this morning. more >>
JOHNSTON COUNTY - Two more structures went up in flames over the weekend in Johnston County, adding to the list of suspicious fires being investigated by authorities. more >>
MECKLENBURG COUNTY - On Monday, August 16th the Charlotte Fire Department along with other Mecklenburg County Volunteer Fire Departments and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management assisted York County, South Carolina with a motor vehicle accident involving an overturned gasoline tanker and a passenger vehicle which subsequently resulted in a large fire on Interstate 77 at the NC/SC stateline. more >>
RALEIGH - Firefighters from around the state and region spent the end of last week and this past weekend renewing old friendships, cultivating new ones and learning about the latest in tactics and equipment at the 2010 South Atlantic FIRE RESCUE Expo. more >>
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY - On July 1st, Bethany Stations 1 and 2 (Rockingham County Station 140) firefighters along with Summerfield (Guilford County Stations 9 and 29), Stokesdale (Guilford Station 12) and Monroeton (Rockingham County Station 10) responded to a structure fire on Bobcat Road. more >>
YADKIN COUNTY - On Friday April 16th, the West Yadkin Fire Department responded to a report of a semi truck into the woods on Interstate-77 at Highway 421. more >>
Consumers are bombarded with news and information every day. Important safety information may be missed by parents due to the hectic pace of the day. Now, caregivers and consumers in New York City and across the country have an easy way to keep their families safe in their homes. more >>
Smoke alarms are proven life savers. There are more than 300,000 residential fires every year, so when there is a fire, smoke alarms buy families valuable escape time. more >>
Green for Operations and Inspectors
On Thursday August 26, 2010 Michael O’Brian, the founder of www.inspector911.com will be presenting at Fire Rescue International (FRI) in Chicago Illinois. The program is aimed at discussing the challenges a Fire Marshal, Inspector, and Fire Chief are challenged with when enforcing model building and fire codes with growing green [...] more >>
Fatal fire raises concern about antifreeze
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) today issued a safety alert recommending that residential fire sprinkler systems containing antifreeze should be drained and the antifreeze replaced with water.
The alert follows a research study and an initial set of fire tests conducted after a fire incident raised concerns about antifreeze solutions [...] more >>
Vision 20/20 Offers Access to Model Performance In Fire Prevention Symposium
Have you ever wondered what are the model fire prevention programs in the United States?
Well you can tune in today and be apart of history. The vision 20/20 symposium is on its second day of sharing the best ideas across the United States. The free [...] more >>
International Code Council Looking for Nominations
Here’s the deal there are many unsung heros that fall under the area of Inspectors. So why not make sure they are nominated and honored.
Nominations are now being accepted for the ICC Awards to be presented at the 2010 ICC Annual Conference, scheduled for October 25–28 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
ICC Awards [...] more >>
Conference to Kick of this Week (June 7-10, 2010)
Las Vegas plays host to this years National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) conference and exposition. The program includes 100 educational conferences and nearly 300 exhibitors.
The conference has multiple pre-confernece seminars and officially kicks off at 1:00 pm on June 7, 2010. The conference typically brings together architects, [...] more >>
Do They Shoot What they Ship
Article by Fire Marshal Greg Olrich
Over the last 10 or 15 years I’ve had the responsible of overseeing the fireworks displays that take place in our community. My routine has been to review the proposed shows then conduct on site inspections to assure the display is safe and follows [...] more >>
Proper Penetrations
Multiple inspectors are challenged with systems that pass thru a fire separation or fire wall. This can be the fire inspector looking at a fire sprinkler pipe which passes thru a 1.o hour fire separation or the Plumbing Inspector who is looking at a water filled pipe. The common practices is to plaster [...] more >>
Final Action Hearings to Conclude this Week
The International Code Council is currently 1/2 way thru the final action hearings in Dallas Texas. The final action hearings for the A group of code changes began Sunday May 16, 2010 and will conclude this Sunday. These code changes are various items that recieved public comment after the [...] more >>
May is Building Safety Month!
Okay so its part way thru the month, and we thought its time for a quick reminder that its Building Safety Month. For the first time Building Safety Week has been expanded into Building Safety Month. BSM is growing in popularity which highlights the importance of building and designing safe, sustainable [...] more >>
International Code Council Update
New Green Construction Code Unveiled. The International Code Council announced the release of Public Version 1.0 of the International Green Construction Code (IGCC) to regulate construction of new and existing commercial buildings. The IGCC aims to significantly reduce energy usage and greenhouse gasses. It addresses site development and land use, including [...] more >>
FireNews.net: Line of Duty Deaths
Click here for a listing of North Carolina Line of Duty Deaths.
RALEIGH -- Weather forecasts indicate that Hurricane Earl is on a path that could impact North Carolina
this week. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is reminding all North Carolinians to ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Virgil Lawrence Manuel of
Graham. Manuel was charged with three counts of terminating a group health insurance plan without ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that the N.C. Department of Insurance has been
awarded $1 million in federal funding to ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of three individuals allegedly involved in a
fraudulent stolen vehicle scheme meant to deceive ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the winners of four statewide awards from
the Department's Seniors' Health Insurance Information Program, SHIIP, Division. They are ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of Jacqueline Leigh Cherry and her mother Rebecca
Cherry Stilley, both of Winterville. They were charged with insurance fraud ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Michael Devon McLean of
Lumberton; he is charged with one count of embezzlement ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin announces today the
election of the new chairman of the North Carolina Home Inspector Licensure Board ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the conviction of Robert Gene Killens of
Lumberton. He was found guilty of one count of insurance fraud ... more >>
RALEIGH -- After hearing reports that a 15-month-old Wayne County child was critically
injured yesterday when her father was moving his vehicle ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Edward Charles Harris of
Goldsboro. A licensed insurance agent, Harris was charged with five counts of ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Maria Guadalupe
Flores of Raleigh; she was charged with one count of insurance fraud ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Alesia Burnette of Durham on five counts
of insurance fraud. Warrants have also been issued for two others still at large ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Paul Joseph Stafford of Raleigh; he was
charged with one count of willful termination of a group health plan ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Lakeitha Hinton Jones of Durham; she was charged
with one count of attempted obtaining property by false pretense and two counts each of insurance fraud ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin and DHHS Secretary Lanier Cansler today announced
that Senate Bill 1193 has been signed by Governor Bev Perdue ... more >>
RALEIGH -- It is shaping up to be a particularly deadly year for children dying from hyperthermia in hot cars.
On average, 35 to 40 children across the country die ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of four people for their alleged involvement
in a series of automobile insurance fraud schemes ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin reminds all North Carolinians to put safety first
this Fourth of July holiday weekend ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Annette J. Porter of Raleigh; she was
charged with one count of obtaining property by false pretense ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin announces today that the Office of State Fire Marshal
has the authority to issue one-time, temporary pyrotechnic licenses ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Lori Bunce Herring of Fayetteville; she was
charged with one count each of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that he has ordered a schedule of mitigation
credits for qualifying homeowners insurance policies in North Carolinas beach and coastal territories ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Felicia Louis Rocchi ... of Hillsborough;
she is charged with ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that the Department's SHIIP program is
available to help some 23,000 N.C. Medicare recipients who may be affected ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin wants to remind North Carolinians that starting this week,
approximately one million policyholders will begin receiving ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that the Department of Insurance has
received the North Carolina Rate Bureau's filing to establish ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Craig Genard Jenkins ... of
Raleigh ... for submitting 132 bogus ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Candice Dawn Barrington of Laurinburg,
charged with one count each of insurance fraud and ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Leonard Gerald Thompson of Fayetteville.
He was arrested Tuesday and charged with 30 counts of performing fire safety inspections ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that the Department's SHIIP program is
available to help some 24,000 N.C. Medicare recipients who are affected by ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Leslie Michelle Nowell of Wilson
for allegedly staging a robbery in an attempt to receive insurance money ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Julia A. Clay of Roxboro; she was
charged with insurance fraud and ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the launching of a
mobile version of the N.C. Department of Insurance's Web site ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of David Ray Cummings of Lumberton
on one count each of insurance fraud ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that the Department's SHIIP program is available to
help some 24,000 N.C. Medicare recipients who may be affected ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin today announced that
Jonathan Sowers, a training specialist in the Department's Fire and Rescue Training and
Inspections Division ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin announces that starting
today all pyrotechnic operators in North Carolina must obtain ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin urges North Carolina
families to follow these safety tips to stay safe during and after the upcoming winter storm ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Aaron Pittman of Louisburg,
and his wife, Mildred Diane Dew of Rocky Mount. Both are accused of an elaborate scheme to steal the
life savings of an elderly woman ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Frank P.
D'Alonzo for allegedly terminating, without notice, group health insurance for the employees of
Impact Athletics in Cary ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Gayland Anthony
Oliver of Greensboro, on charges of submitting false claims to his insurance company ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that the federal
subsidy program for COBRA coverage for involuntarily terminated workers has been extended ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Sheila Carol Williams.
Department investigators allege that ... Williams used her position at N.C. Farm Bureau to steal ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin announces that beginning
Jan. 1, N.C. landlords are required by law to install ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Lamar Olin White, last known address is Raleigh,
who filed a fraudulent insurance claim with Liberty Mutual Insurance Company ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the sentencing of the last defendant
in an auto insurance fraud ring that spanned four years ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Ashley Carrol Waddell of
Greensboro on felony embezzlement and larceny charges ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced additional indictments in
the criminal investigation of Charles Mark Hall of Smithfield ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today issued an update on the criminal investigations
case involving insurance agent Jennifer Hughes Puckett ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Wanda Nichols
Covington and her brother, Thomas Nichols Jr., both of Lewiston Woodville. According to the
arrest warrant, Covington is accused of filing false paperwork Progressive Insurance Company ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Kimberly Joyce Smithson of
Garner on charges of larceny and breaking and entering, filing a false report, insurance fraud and obtaining
property by false pretenses ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Joseph Preston
Alligood of Elizabeth City. Alligood, an independent insurance agent, is charged with 13 counts
of embezzlement by an insurance agent ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of three more people,
which brings the total number of arrests in the Rowland Staged Accident Ring to seven ... more >>
RALEIGH -- More than 100 seniors pounded the pavement today at a relay event in Raleigh to kickoff a
statewide enrollment campaign for Medicare's "Extra Help" low-income subsidy ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin urges North
Carolinians to learn fire safety skills during Fire Prevention Week 2009 ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Earl Harvey Scott, Holly Springs.
According to the arrest warrants, Scott lied to his insurance companies and claimed a total of $33,971.91 in
fraudulent lightening damage ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Charles Mark Hall,
Smithfield, on charges of embezzlement by an insurance agent and exploiting disabled or elder trust ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Pace Airlines
CEO William Charles Rodgers, Liberty, Mo. Rodgers is charged with one count of willful failure
to pay group health insurance premiums ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Heidi Michelle
Flaherty of Advance. According to the arrest warrant, Flaherty filed a fraudulent insurance
claim stating that she lost two diamond rings ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Jackie Lynn Braddy
of Scotland Neck. According to the arrest warrant, Braddy filed a fraudulent insurance claim
stating that his riding lawn mower had been stolen ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of James William Rupard of Laurinburg,
... on charges he sold fake annuities to three victims ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Antonio Oneal Thorpe of Oxford,
on charges of obtaining property by false pretense and unlicensed bail bonding. ... more >>
RALEIGH -- As many as 80 percent of all car seats are improperly installed ... This is especially
scary because motor vehicle crashes are the No. 1 killer of children ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the receipt of the workers compensation
rate filings from the North Carolina Rate Bureau ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Doranne Phillips Flynn,
53, of Southport. Flynn is charged with one count of willful failure to pay group insurance, a class H felony ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of Travis Lamond
Draughn of Tarboro and Noah Freeman of Norfolk, Va. on charges of insurance fraud. Freeman and
Draughn are father and son ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of Mamie L. Jackson and
Delton L. Dorty, both of Durham ... accused of staging auto accidents ... an arrest warrant also has
been issued for the arrest of Jackson's daughter ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Shamea V. Hayes of Powellsville.
Hayes is charged with one count of insurance fraud.... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of ... four Rowland residents ...
all involved in staging traffic crashes .... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Chinell Jray Blount ... of Durham ...
on charges of insurance fraud and ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced today that just seven days after the General
Assembly passed HB 1305, otherwise known as the Beach Plan Reform Bill, AAA Carolinas has announced ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the distribution of $6.5 million to
661 former members of the Phoenix Fund, Inc... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the conviction of Vonna Johnson, Morganton, on seven
counts of insurance fraud ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of John Terry Leavelle, 30, Thomasville.
According to Department investigators ... Leavelle visited 30 doctors for prescriptions ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the winners of four statewide awards
from the Department's Seniors' Health Insurance Information Program, SHIIP, Division .... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin wants North Carolinians to be aware of a class-action settlement
that some 304,995 consumers across the state may qualify for ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the sentencing of six in an auto insurance fraud
ring that spanned four years ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today signed a settlement with the North Carolina Rate Bureau that
will roll back private passenger auto insurance rates to just under 2006 levels ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of John Fitzgerald Haynes ...
of Bessemer City ... who was charged with insurance fraud and one count of altering serial numbers. more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Massey Ray Bowser,
25, ... in what is commonly called an "owner give-up" ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Rhyan Neil Hammonds ... Hammonds
filed a false disability claim through his employer ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Ashley C. Waddell ...
According to the investigation, Waddell ... took $89,314.52 in insurance claims payments ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Rodique Androsly Quick ... after
a year of evading investigators ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that Michael A. Howell ... has pleaded guilty
to 25 counts of embezzlement by an insurance agent. Howell is also charged with first degree murder ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Stanley J. Davis, Jr., 40,
367 Joe Brown Road, Woodland, on two counts of ... more >>
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of Merlin Jerome Smith, 41, Yolanda Smith, 40,
and Chadwick Mason, 21, all of 154 Lakeview Dr., Elizabethtown ... more >>