#fire-safety

#fire-safety

Kelly Ramsey, the first woman in nearly a decade to join the Rowdy River Hotshots, shares insights from her memoir detailing her two years as a wildland firefighter.

A lithium battery from an e-scooter caused a one-alarm fire at the Rose Hotel on Sixth Street, resulting in one person being rescued by SF firefighters.

Apple has issued a warning about charging your iPhone under your pillow, as it can easily overheat and become a potential fire hazard.

The sequence of turning on your gas grill is crucial; always open the lid first to prevent gas buildup which could lead to an explosion.

A passerby at The Narrow Quarter Bistro acted quickly to extinguish a small fire caused by a smoking tree, preventing potential damage to the building.

When neighbors in Summit County pooled a half-million dollars to clear dead pines and carve out a massive fire break... they thought they'd done everything right.

Fire compartmentation is essential to prevent the rapid spread of flames, safeguarding both lives and infrastructure.

Homeowners at the Sligo apartment complex have united in their efforts to address critical fire safety and water ingress issues, spending hundreds of thousands on repairs.

"He was eight inches shorter in length than he was before he burned," their attorney, Scott West, told the newspaper. "That's thermal fracture."

"Prescribed fires are a lot about trust." Nielson emphasized the importance of confidence in the controlled burn process to reduce hazardous wildfires in California.

If you make an order to that effect, it will bankrupt the society.

The fire broke out after welding on a barge at the site ignited an explosion, Kourosh Dehghani, the provincial head of the crisis management organisation, told Iranian state television.

The remedial efforts at Royal Artillery Quays will address significant fire safety risks identified in investigations due to installation flaws in the building’s external insulation system.

Brentwood's downtown fire station rebuild will significantly enhance fire service for its 67,000 residents, improving safety across Contra Costa County with additional resources.

Because water and electricity don't mix, and salt water is an even better conductor than fresh water. When salt water covers a lithium battery, it can cause a short circuit that causes the battery cells to overheat in a sequence of rapid reactions, a process called thermal runaway that can cause the entire battery to burn.

Robert Price, 76, died when two teenagers attacked his home with fireworks, leading to a fatal fire. They were sentenced for manslaughter in the Old Bailey.

A propane leak can be incredibly dangerous, potentially leading to fire, explosion, property damage, or health risks like carbon monoxide poisoning.

We want to remind businesses to ensure all remaining stocks of disposable vapes are sold, and only buying vapes that follow the new regulations.

"It's usually the result of fuel vapors accumulating somewhere," said Ted Sensenbrenner, director of boating safety at the BoatUS Foundation, a national nonprofit based in Virginia.

It's new. It's taken a little time to figure out what the standard should be. We've gotten there. We're excited about that. We're ready to expand further, faster, than we have.

To lose Dad in such a horrific incident has been devastating for all of us. We really want to make sure this doesn't happen again.