Ironically Atlanta’s Winecoff Hotel touted itself in advertisements and on its stationery as being "absolutely fireproof." Instead of being immune to fire, the Winecoff Hotel is notorious for being...
As part of its TERPcares initiative, TERPconsulting donated time, energy, and monetary resources to several non-profits this month in support of Giving Tuesday. In a continuing endeavor to spread kindness...
[caption id="attachment_4464" align="alignnone" width="300"] Cocoanut Grove Nightclub fire courtesy of the Boston Public Library. [/caption] The intended tropical paradise that was the Cocoanut Grove Nightclub was anything but on November 28,...
TERPconsulting’s Mark Hopkins, PE, FSFPE has been selected to present during the American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA41) Convention, Exhibition & Apprentice Competition being held October 15 - 19 at the...
The Great Chicago Fire, which occurred over 48 hours on October 8-10, 1871, is considered one of the most famous fires in U.S. history. Urban legend has spurred...
The North Las Vegas Fire Department has a highly trained arson investigator on its team who nose how to sniff out intentionally set fires. Relying on good old-fashioned detective work...
TERPconsulting regional director Mark Hopkins, PE, FSFPE, will be joining several of his esteemed colleagues in the fire protection engineering field for a live panel discussion at the SFPE22 Annual...
Although the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire tragically took the lives of 146 people in NYC’s Manhattan two years prior, the lessons learned because of the 1911 blaze did not quite...
TERPconsulting is pleased to announce that Randy Day, PE has been officially certified as a Fire Resistive Joint and Penetrations (Firestop) Special Inspector for the city and county of Denver....
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Hartford circus fire leaves 168 dead and hundreds injured July 6, 1944, is known as “the day the clowns cried.” It was a hot day, around...