Fernway Elementary blaze sparks fire safety changes in Shaker Heights
"It's a beloved school so we certainly would be remiss if we didn't try to identify what happened here," Sweeney said. "We would much rather prevent a fire from occurring than actually responding to put a fire out, so it's critical that we found out what happened here."
To prevent similar fires, the city set out to strengthen standards for similar hot work projects involving welding, cutting, and roofing torches.
"If you're going to do this work in
City leaders revised the permitting process to include more combined involvement by the
The city will also require contractor training to get a license for hot work projects based on a program being used in
Under the new requirements in
"We're hoping that what we're doing here can prevent this from over reoccurring again," Sweeney said.
Sweeney said he hopes other local municipalities will follow suit and improve their regulations.
Students from Fernway were moved to other schools after the fire. Work is underway to rebuild the school. Renovations are expected to be completed in the spring of 2020. In November, the
Parents and the
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