Posts Tagged ‘Safety’
Reducing fire risks while cooking
According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) cooking is the leading cause of fires in the home. Taking precautions to reduce the risk of starting a fire while you are cooking can not only safeguard your family, it could also help avoid the stress and expense of dealing with damage to your home and [...]
Equipment: Water rescue
Spring will soon be here and so will the storms that follow. With our ever changing environment, storms can bring down a lot of water in a short period. With the onset of increasing growth and development, this water sometimes has no place to go. The result is flooded streets and populated areas. We also [...]
Tips to use Fire Equipment
The importance of fire equipment is increasing daily, as they play a important part in controlling the accidents generated by fire. We tend to may think about them unnecessary, because we forever expect others to try and do the protection measures in case of emergency. We could take all the precautions to stay our self [...]
Tampa: Substandard Fire Safety Equipment
Tampa Convention Centre officials have been given 30 days to fix faults with fire safety equipment within the Centre based in downtown Tampa, Florida
City fire marshals carried out an inspection of the convention centre recently and found a number of problems with the convention centre fire alarm system which reportedly have been outstanding for [...]
Rescuers back underground in search for four missing miners
The teams have breathing devices in case they encounter deadly gases. They hope that the missing miners were able to reach safety chambers.
Reporting from Montcoal, W.Va. — Four rescue crews made their way into the Upper Big Branch mine just before 5 a.m. Eastern time Thursday in an attempt to reach four miners unaccounted for [...]