Sentence examples for fire safety officials from inspiring English sources
The question of whether to retrofit buildings like dormitories and high-rise apartments -- even without any legal requirement -- has long spurred debate among developers and fire safety officials.
Fire safety officials said that lint accumulations were combustible, especially if they clogged exhaust vents from dryers and blocked the escape of hot air.
For private campuses, the department relies on local fire safety officials to conduct inspections, issue violation notices to building owners, make follow-up inspections to make sure violations have been fixed, impose penalties and keep records on the process.
Simultaneous fires in two new high-rises on this city's booming waterfront and subsequent safety citations at one of the buildings have prompted concern that construction could be outpacing the city's capacity to ensure fire safety, officials said yesterday.
Normally, fire safety officials say, residents of high-rise buildings are advised to stay in their apartments during fires that do not directly threaten them, evacuating only when told to do so by firefighters, lest they increase the dangers by running into smoky hallways.
Protesters said fire safety officials had inspected their campground as recently as Thursday without telling them the generators needed to go.
"There was no contact," said Peter Byrne, a Rockland County fire safety official who was on the panel of experts convened by the state after the fire.
Smoke was so thick in the restaurant, at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, that a Rockefeller Center fire safety official said his eyes were burning.
After the Hampton fire, public safety officials began tracking halogen fires and to issue warnings about the lights.
After ousting 60 residents from illegal lofts in a factory building in Brooklyn that had fire safety violations, city officials were analyzing 120 similar sites in the borough yesterday to determine if more buildings should be emptied.
The site initially included data on fire safety violations, but federal officials removed the information because they were unsure "how to portray deficiencies that remain uncorrected" under waivers granted by the federal government.
