I highlight this story because I bet this is something most North Country towns could benefit from a similar step-up in code enforcement.<\/p>\n
Here’s what Lake George Fire Chief James Barber told the village board this week, according to the Glens Falls Post Star<\/a>:<\/p>\n Barber said firefighters found items stored in stairwells, a “heavy fireload” of materials in storage areas and windows with boards over their glass, all apparent fire code violations.<\/p>\n Other fire calls in recent years exposed similar issues, including one in which apartments used by foreign workers above a bar were found to have padlocks on the exteriors of doors, and another in which a business was found to have disconnected its sprinkler system, Barber said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Seems to me I see a lot of fire stories in local newspapers.\u00a0 Would a lot of those be avoidable if code inspectors were kicking the tires regularly, especially in rental homes and apartment houses?<\/p>\n