The loss of lives, property and heritage and the damage to health and society are among the scourges that are caused by fire, and it is lower and middle income countries that are paying the price. This was the message from Brian Meacham, who gave the keynote address on the first day of the 7th International Tall Buildings Conference in May, held alongside FIREX International in London.
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Firefighters have a 9 percent higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer and a 14 percent higher risk of dying from the disease than the general adult U.S. population, according to studies by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and other agencies.
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Being prepared is simply that, a state of preparedness with the prerequisite resources and personnel.
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In the United States, the fire service has evolved over hundreds of years and seen great change: Bucket brigades gave way to steam engines, steam engines evolved to modern pumpers, and now we are seeing the birth of electric fire engines.
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Ford has issued three recalls of more than 350,000 vehicles in North America, including nearly 3,000 in Canada and 39,000 in the U.S. due to a risk the engines could catch fire.
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Health Canada is recalling more than 256,000 packages of cigarettes over “increased fire hazard” concerns.
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School admits it failed to perform routine inspections, will pay more than $100K in fines, bursaries.
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Several city council members held a hearing on Wednesday to discuss fire safety and what can be done to prevent another tragedy like the Twin Parks fire that killed 17 people.
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REV Fire Group will debut Vector, the first North American-style fully electric fire truck at the Indianapolis show.
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Today, researchers will report on a new type of coating that could limit the flammability of wood used in construction, potentially providing more time to escape fires and also curbing their spread.
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