A fire alarm jolts you from your office desk, and you head for the nearest exit. But what if the closest exit has already ...

Dozens of fire chiefs packed the state Capitol on Wednesday, protesting a plan to reduce the numbers of exits required in smaller apartment buildings. The proposal is designed to ease Connecticut’s ...

“My building already has two exits. I don’t understand why I must have a third.” Often when dealing with fire codes, people see them as something to dread or as another restrictive hassle that’s ...