Corey Smedley tells why his department adopted the use of floor-below nozzles and smoke curtains for battling fires in unsprinklered high-rise residential buildings. Research that was conducted by the ...

Gov. Wes Moore signed a bill requiring sprinklers in certain renovated older high-rise apartments, a measure inspired by a deadly 2023 Silver Spring fire that killed 25-year-old Melanie Diaz. The ...