Archive for the ‘Equipment’ Category

Guide: Fire Extinguisher

When to Use It, Where to Store It, and How to Discharge Its Contents
When it comes to making a decision about whether or not to fight a fire, it is important to evaluate the situation quickly and keep in mind that every fire must be treated with extreme caution. Although no two fires are exactly [...]

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Firefighting Equipment: Before the 19th Century

Extinguishers, Pumps, Engines, Fountains and Buckets of Water
In early Rome, a properly equipped firefighting area would have a sledge hammer, two fire hooks, three leathern buckets, and a syringe, often called a hand squirt, mounted on a wall. The syringes were made of brass and held two to four quarts of water. The small ones [...]

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Fire Doors

According to statistics from the directgov website, in 2006/7 there were 36,500 fires in the home. Many of these probably resulted in injury, maybe even loss of life and definitely loss of many valuable and irreplaceable belongings. In order to prevent fire in the home, there are a few tips that can be followed:
1. Fit [...]

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Fire Safety Equipments for Emergency

There are various number of fire safety equipments available in the market, but we have to know that which model and which equipment has to be bought. The common fire safety equipments available are fire blankets, fire extinguisher, fire alarm bells. In the present days the people are getting even in built protections like having [...]

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Home Sprinkler Systems

Lower Homeowners Inusrance Premiums and Limit Loss of Life, Property
Although automatic fire sprinkler systems are more readily identified with commercial office buildings, schools, shopping malls, and the like, they are also available for residential use.
Although most homeowners insurance policies will allow a rider that will lower the yearly insurance premium, they must balance the risk [...]

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