Fire

Montecito Home to Many Celebs Loses 100 Homes to Wildfire

Iria — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:13:46 -0600

A wind-whipped wildfire, officially known as the Santa Barbara Tea Fire, has destroyed at least 100 homes and a college dormitory, injured four people and forced thousands to flee the longtime celebrity "community" of Montecito.

Westmont College Fire Update

admin_huliq — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:29:46 -0600

A natural gas line has broken at the Westmont College, forcing the fire department to shut off natural gas to the college. This has brought down our generators. We have between 1/2 hour and 4 hours of UPS left, so may not be able to post further updates through the web site.

Firefighters Battle West Houtson Recycling Center Fire

admin_huliq — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:38:06 -0600

The Houston Fire Department is battling a two-alarm warehouse fire at Brittmore near Westview in west Houston.

New approach to ad hoc networks for first responders

harminka — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:27:18 -0500

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers successfully demonstrated a prototype approach to maintain two-way communications with first responders as they make their way in building fires, and mine and tunnel collapses.

Downtown L.A. Garment District Fire

admin_huliq — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:16:36 -0500

Fire engulfed a two-story building in the garment district of downtown Los Angeles early this morning.

Universal Studios Fire Damages Buildings in L.A

admin_huliq — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:01:18 -0500

There is a large fire at Universal Studios. The fire started around 5:15 AM PT on the New York sound stage and has continued to spread.

Scorched Earth millenium map shows fire scars

harminka — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:46:43 -0500

A geographer from the University of Leicester has produced for the first time a map of the scorched Earth for every year since the turn of the Millennium.

Fire without smoke

harminka — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:50:10 -0500

Could combustion without flames be used to build industrial gas turbines for power generation that are much more efficient than current models and produce almost no polluting emissions? Researchers in the Middle East provide a possible answer in the current issue of the Inderscience publication, International Journal of the Environment and Pollution.

Explosion Rocks Dubai's Al Quoz industrial area

admin_huliq — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:39:42 -0500

At around seven this morning there was a huge explosion at a fireworks factory at Al Quoz industrial area in Dubai, not far from Sheikh Zayed Road.

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue brigade reduces downtime and enhances efficiency with Yosemite

webitpr — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:57:00 -0500

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue is a metropolitan fire brigade, which functions under the control of South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority. Its primary role its to help the community of South Yorkshire in the prevention and eradication of fires and the protection of the public within its jurisdiction. It covers the county area of the South Yorkshire region, encompassing the four districts of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield.

Little Boy Thrown From Third Floor Window, Saved

admin_huliq — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:36:30 -0600

A fire broke out in Ludwigshafen leaving Kamil Kaplan, 32, no choice, but to release his 8 month old nephew, Onur Calar, from a window on the third floor by throwing the little boy from the window.

Sentences handed down over Paraguay fire that killed over 300

Blood_Red_Sandman — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:25:36 -0600

Sentences have been handed down in a 2004 fire that was Paraguay's deadliest.