State fire marshal misses deadline for apartment building safety report, angering housing advocates

In the fall of 2023, the California Legislature tasked the state’s fire safety regulators with writing a report that some housing affordability advocates say could make it easier to build bigger, ...

State fire marshal, Sparks councilman Joe Rodriguez charged with DUI

Joe Rodriguez was arrested early Saturday on a misdemeanor DUI charge. The former school board trustee is on Sparks council and is state fire marshal.

Nevada’s state fire marshal arrested, released on a misdemeanor DUI charge, officials said

It was his first offense, according to the booking report.

1 dead in St. Mary’s house fire accelerated by ‘extensive hoarding’

One person was killed in a house fire Friday morning in St. Mary’s County, according to the Maryland Office of the State Fire ...

Fire marshal’s office investigates early-morning fire at abandoned Bridgton building

Crews responded to a Bridgton fire just before 4 a.m. Friday and later confirmed no one was inside, officials say.