Jul 3, 2013
Investigators have linked a number of fires to radiant heaters used by exterminators. Last year a 50-unit condominium in Edmonton burned when exterminators used propane fired heaters to bring the temperature in the infested room above 120 degrees. Exterminators say more than an hour and a half of exposure to such high temperatures ensures a 100 percent bed bug kill but fire experts warn heating confined spaces with powerful heaters creates a serious fire hazard.
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Jul 3, 2013
Fire chiefs in the UK call for an “urgent review” into the use of Chinese lanterns. The lanterns have become an increasingly popular sight at weddings, Halloween celebrations, music festivals and even funerals.
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Jun 26, 2013
Indonesia plans to use weather changing technology to try to unleash torrents of rain to extinguish fires.
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Jun 26, 2013
Watch this four minute video on research into fires in space that may lead to a better understanding of the chemistry of fire and technological advances here on earth.
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Jun 26, 2013
A research team at Purdue University is developing a fire-fighting robot some say will change the way fire departments perform internal attacks. A spokesperson said, “You can put the robot in places where you would never dream of putting a human being”. For more information watch the video.
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Jun 26, 2013
Since 2008 the B.C.-based Firefighters Without Borders Canada charity has donated 13 fire trucks, more than 1,000 sets of turnout gear, over 400 SCBAs, and other gear totalling 20-plus tons of equipment valued at more than $2 million. Recipients have been located in Belize, Philippines, The Congo, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Thailand.
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Jun 20, 2013
When a fire department is woefully under-staffed should taxpayers elsewhere bear the burden of this deficiency — and have their firefighters put at risk?
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Jun 20, 2013
The fire service should be spending money on life saving equipment and not gimmicks is the opinion of readers who have reacted to this story about plastic sticks for homeowners to press buttons on their smoke alarms.
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Jun 20, 2013
The City of Surrey received a 2013 Community Health and Safety Program Excellence Award from the International City/County Management Association for its approach to fire prevention through a targeted smoke alarm giveaway program. The program sends firefighters door-to-door and has cut fire losses in half, increased smoke alarm activations and reduced fire size and spread.
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Jun 19, 2013
Good news from the NFPA. On-duty firefighter deaths in 2012were the second lowest in 35 years and the number of sudden cardiac arrests was the lowest on record.
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