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Thousands of lightning strikes touched down across the Northstate this week, igniting 15 fires within the Klamath National ...
When a fire breaks out in a high-rise building, conventional wisdom is that stairwells are the only way out. Lifts are ...
Cal Fire’s aerial firefighting fleet comprises more than 60 Grumman S-2Ts, Bell UH-1H Super Hueys, Sikorsky S70i’s, North ...
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Startup Pyri believes its lightweight fire detectors can give vulnerable communities an invaluable head start in the race to ...
Fire prevention and safety There are several things families and individuals can do to increase their chances of surviving a fire: If someone doesn’t have smoke alarms, install them.
Fire Damage Homeowners Insurance Doesn’t Cover While your home insurance policy will cover many fire occurrences, there are some exclusions. Check with your insurer for details about your policy.
Weeks after a fatal Mother's Day apartment fire that killed five people, a Common Council committee called in city officials to review the city's sprinkler code. Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski ...
Also, keep fire safety in mind when deciding where to install the air conditioner: Don’t place it in an egress window that serves as the only means of escape should a fire erupt. Energy Efficiency ...
Seven months before fire swept through the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, the city’s water managers were formulating a plan to revive an old reservoir to temporarily boost the ...
A gleaming new data center sits less than half a mile from the electric substation where a fire plunged Heathrow Airport into darkness last week. The data center’s own power was also cut that ...
Fire officials also noted that all three residents said they did not remove bolts or the cover from the gas meter. It is possible the cover was not secured and fell off, but that remained unknown.