- Goodbye, Fire Blankets Of Old: The Great Asbestos Cleanup
Sep 15, 2008
Anyone familiar with old movies is familiar with one sight: the asbestos curtain in theaters, slowly lowered over the stage. Asbestos used to be...
Category: Society and Culture
- Not Hose Reels, Scots Reels!: Dances of the Scots Countryside
Sep 12, 2008
We're all familiar with reels as tools, whether we're talking about fishing reels, hose reels for fire fighting, or demo reels in the world of...
Category: Humanities
- Fire Brigade Flushes Out Cornered Murder Suspect
Sep 10, 2008
In 2007, a Chinese fire brigade used hoses to end a tense standoff between police and a suspected murderer.
Category: Motivational
- The Human Torch Does Fire Protection: The History Of Fire Safety Comics For Kids
Sep 10, 2008
Comic books: one of the few great American art forms, known worldwide as mental rot and poison. But a few comics have attempted to rise above their...
Category: Book Reviews
- The Little Extinguisher Box Of Tricks: "Magic Extinguisher" And Early Film
Sep 4, 2008
A fire extinguisher: for most of us, nothing but a standard piece of safety equipment, tied to the wall with extinguisher brackets and sealed in an...
Category: Arts and Entertainment
- Fire Extinguisher Signs And The Age Of The Symbol
Sep 3, 2008
Symbols: from fire extinguisher signs to airline diagrams, they're becoming a more and more common sight in our world. Some people consider the...
Category: Humanities
- The Historian Of Fire Buckets
Sep 3, 2008
Fire buckets--one of the great innovations of fire suppression technology, and one that today is largely obsolete. Foam extinguishers and other...
Category: Society and Culture
- Stainless Steel Extinguishers And Urban Art: The Controversy Over Graffiti
Sep 3, 2008
A stainless steel extinguisher: a classy piece of decor. A vital tool for fighting large, dangerous fires. And, in some urban areas--a...
Category: Society and Culture
- Chrome Extinguishers And Hotel Design
Sep 3, 2008
Fire extinguishers aren't just nice safety features to have around anymore. The prevalence of chrome extinguishers in modern hotel and restaurant...
Category: Business
- Nineteenth-Century Poet Would Bemoan A Lack Of Extinguisher Stands: William McGonagall
Aug 18, 2008
Extinguisher stands were hardly a standard safety option during the all-too-brief career of William McGonagall, the Dundee man commonly known even...
Category: Society and Culture
- From The Fence To The Fire Extinguisher Trolley: Setting Up A Construction Site
Aug 8, 2008
Setting up a small construction site is a big event for any business. But from the fence to the fire extinguisher trolley, there are any number of...
Category: Business
- When Fire Safety Fails: Complex Doors And Theater Fires
Aug 7, 2008
Fireproof doors: a foolproof solution to fire safety issues, right? Not always. As the victims of the 1903 Iroquois Theater Fire learned, sometimes...
Category: Business
- Common Sense And A Fire Escape Ladder: What You Need To Stop Big-City Burglary
Aug 6, 2008
"A more wretched hive of scum and villainy you will never find," said Sir Alec Guiness about the massively urban spaceport in Star Wars. The same...
Category: Home and Family
- Foam Extinguishers Upon The Old Miss
Aug 6, 2008
If Huck Finn and Jim had thought to carry foam extinguishers with them in their classic flight down the Mississippi, they might well have had an...
Category: Society and Culture
- Fire Safety Signs And Verbs: New York's Graffiti Master
Aug 5, 2008
Are fire safety signs beautiful? Or are they the kinds of things people simply don't notice? Or are they possibly an opportunity for unique...
Category: Society and Culture
- The Problem With Mains Smoke Alarms: They Are Too Effective
Aug 4, 2008
Mains smoke alarms are now common in modern buildings. In fact, most American building codes now require mains smoke alarms as part of their safety...
Category: Home and Family
- No Plaque?: A History Of The Fire Brigade
Aug 4, 2008
The fire brigade, especially in the past decade, has been hailed throughout the world as one of the unambiguously heroic members of a community....
Category: Business
- Fire Fighting Fakery: The Problem With "Backdraft"
Jul 31, 2008
Fire fighting, especially in recent times, has gotten a reputation as one of the most romantic and noble professions anyone could commit himself...
Category: Careers and Jobs
- WALL-E: Film Fun With A Fire Extinguisher
Jul 24, 2008
Can Pixar's latest film, WALL-E, have a fire safety message? Of course it can and kids will take more notice if they see it at the movies
Category: Movies
- Intumescent Products: A Stylish Approach To Stopping Fires
Jul 24, 2008
You've seen intumescent coatings, even if you don't think you have. Modern buildings with exposed steel frameworks are usually coated with the...
Category: Business
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