- Pingy: The Smallest Fire Extinguisher In The World
Jan 13, 2009
A Belgian inventor has created Pingy, the smallest extinguisher in the World. Yes it is attractive and takes up less space, but is it an ideal...
Category: Home and Family
- Family Fire Escape Plan
Jan 12, 2009
A look at how you can keep your family safer and protected in the event of a fire emergency. Planning and communicating a good escape plan for your...
Category: Home and Family
- Fire Extinguishers: Checking The Safety Standards
Jan 12, 2009
You need to be very careful with some fire extinguishers. They may cause more harm than good, if they are not made with your true safety in mind.
Category: Home and Family
- Fire Escape Ladders : Implementing Your Escape Route
Jan 12, 2009
Looking at the importance of identifying escape routes and how fire escape ladders can prove to be invaluable in this regard.
Category: Home and Family
- Canal Barges: Are They As Fire Safe As Houses
Jan 5, 2009
Following a serious canal barge fire in October 2007, which killed a man near Tamworth, this article considers the issue of fire safety on board...
Category: Home and Family
- Winter Weather Increases Risk To Fire Safety
Dec 26, 2008
As the UK has experienced the coldest start to a winter for more than 30 years, this article discusses the increased risk of fire in the home and...
Category: Home and Family
- Furniture Fire Safety: Some Shocking Revelations
Dec 26, 2008
A look at how some furniture that is being shipped into the UK from Polish factories, is illegally displaying the necessary statutory safety labels.
Category: Regulatory Compliance
- No To Fire Protection Equipment As It Is Too Unattractive
Dec 19, 2008
A discussion of the vanity that people feel towards the items that they choose to include in their home and the fact that this often means a big...
Category: Home and Family
- Boozy Nights Out Lead To Many Kitchen Fires
Dec 12, 2008
When people have been consuming copious amounts of alcohol their judgement will be impaired and this can and does lead to a significant number of...
Category: Home Security
- Christmas Fire Safety Tips
Dec 12, 2008
Tips on how to stay fire safe over the festive period, where we face a considerably increased risk.
Category: Home and Family
- Fire Protection Systems Which Should Work At Sea And In Port
Dec 12, 2008
A look at how inadequate fire protection equipment claimed the lives of three fishermen. What can be done to ensure that this does not happen again.
Category: Health
- The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety Order) 2005: Taking The Necessary Action
Dec 12, 2008
In light of new fire safety legislation, a look at how you can avoid being caught out with a big fine for failing to comply.
Category: Regulatory Compliance
- Would You Know How To Handle A Kitchen Fire?
Dec 5, 2008
Having suffered a serious kitchen fire, I realised that I would need suitable fire protection in the future. I investigated the best types of fire...
Category: Home and Family
- How Fire Safe Is Your Place Of Work?
Dec 5, 2008
Considering the amount of time that I spend within my office environment, it concerned me that nobody seemed to spare any thought for the fire...
Category: Regulatory Compliance
- Ideal Fire Extinguishers For Use In Your Home
Dec 5, 2008
When my daughter started a small fire in her bedroom, I realised that I would need to look into the best types of fire extinguishers for use around...
Category: Home Security
- Have You Got Adequate Fire Protection In Your Garage?
Dec 5, 2008
A friend suffered a serious garage fire. This compelled me to evaluate the fire protection within my own garage.
Category: Home Security
- 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
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