The unit has security bars on all windows, which is great. These security bars are straight and flat. I.E. they are not the kind that have a bump out to accomodate an air conditioning unit. Thus ...

They may deter crime. Some believe the potbelly design is a security measure.The outward curve makes it more challenging for burglars to maneuver tools between the bars, making break-ins harder.

Original window bars are grandfathered, so they are not in violation of the fire code. If you install window bars now, you must install a lock/security latch that can be opened from the inside. I had ...

Q: I live in a ground-floor, rent-stabilized apartment in Harlem, with a window in the living room and another in the bedroom. For years, the security bars on both windows lacked emergency egress ...

A 4-year-old Chinese boy has been rescued after getting his head stuck in security bars, leaving him dangling from a fourth-story window.

Seven years after a fire ripped through an East Palo Alto home killing nine people trapped inside by window security bars, local fire officials say residents have lost interest in a free program ...

Five years after San Mateo County's deadliest house fire, city and fire officials in East Palo Alto are making a new push to replace or repair illegal window security bars still installed on ...

Two days after 4-year-old Estefania was found not breathing, her head trapped in the security bars of a window at her home, Fresno County authorities are hoping an autopsy will shed light on her ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Security bars on doors and windows give people inside a sense of safety. But they can prove deadly in a fire as was appears to be the case on Severson Avenue early Monday ...