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Legal Report: Fire Safety

U.S. Congressional Legislation: Fire Safety

06/30/2010 - A bill (H.R. 4908) introduced by Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) would provide grants that colleges and universities could use to improve fire-safety programs. The grants, which could be for amounts up to $250,000, would be awarded to fund programs to increase fire safety awareness among college and university students, including those living in off-campus housing. The grants would fund a program for up to two years and would have to be matched by an investment of at least 25 percent of the total grant amount.
Gaming: Fire Safety

Fast Track to Fire Safety

04/27/2010 - How Oaklawn Racing and Gaming in Hot Springs, Arkansas, revamped its fire system while the facility was being expanded.
Daily Headline : Fire Safety

Nuclear Power Plants Move to Software-Based Risk Assessments to Fend Off Fire

08/26/2009 - Nuclear power plants across the country with the support of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are moving to terminate human-led fire protection for systematic, computer-based risk assessments, according to The New York Times.
Beyond Print: Fire Safety

Wind-Driven Fires

07/31/2009 - The National Institute of Standards and Technology has produced a free two-DVD set that provides insight on fighting wind-driven fires through three different techniques.
Daily Headline : Fire Safety

Firefighting Robots Protect London

07/30/2009 - A team of firefighting robots has helped the London Fire Brigade avoid injuries and public disruptions associated with acetylene-based cylinder fires.
Product Showcase: Fire Safety

America's Fire and Security Expo Product Showcase

06/29/2009 - Products from the floor of America's Fire and Security Expo coming to Miami Beach, Florida, from July 28 to 30.
Daily Headline : Fire Safety

Some Wildfires in Australia Believed to be the Work of Arsonists

02/10/2009 - As the worst bushfires in Australia's history continue to consume the southern state of Victoria, police fear the death toll will rise to over 300 as the search continues for an arsonist believed responsible for at least one of the fires.
Government: Fire Safety

A Burning Issue: How to Save Lives

09/24/2008 - Fire has been one of history's most destructive forces. New technologies now in development offer the potential to lessen these losses by addressing such thorny problems as how to track firefighters in a burning building, how to detect fires much earlier, and how to control a raging fire's path.
Daily Headline : Fire Safety

NIST Issues Report on Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7

08/21/2008 - World Trade Center Building 7 (WTC 7), which was not hit by a plane on 9-11, has been the subject of conspiracy theorists, who have suggested that it collapsed from a controlled demolition. NIST now says in a draft report that the cause was "thermal expansion of long-span floor systems at temperatures “hundreds of degrees below those typically considered in current practice for fire resistance ratings."
Beyond Print: Fire Safety

Fire Protection

07/25/2008 - The National Institute of Science and Technology has unveiled a new Web site as a one-stop shop for all the fire service’s needs. Check it out.
Daily Headline : Fire Safety

Sounding the Alarm on Dust Explosions

06/04/2008 - Companies that produce ignitable chemical dust must do more to prevent deadly explosions like the one at an Imperial Sugar Company plant in Georgia in February, says a member of the government's chemical safety board.
Daily Headline : Fire Safety

Heart Attacks, Car Crashes Top Causes of Firefighter Death

06/02/2008 - Health maintenance and fitness programs could save lives, as would increased seat belt use, say experts at a conference hosted by the National Fire Protection Association.
IT: Fire Safety

Suppression Progression

12/12/2007 - An IT room is now safe not only from fire but from the damage an outdated suppression system might have done.
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