News tagged with fire safety
Violent computer games have role in fire safety
Feb 04, 2009 |
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The software code underlying violent computer games can be used to train people in fire safety, new academic research has found.
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HP recalls laptop batteries over fire hazard
May 14, 2009 |
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Hewlett-Packard (HP) is recalling some 70,000 batteries for notebook computers because of a fire hazard, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said on Thursday.
Fire safety training uses virtual reality
Oct 25, 2005 |
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The 12-year-olds have heard it many times -- "Don't play with matches." -- so now firefighters are getting their attention using virtual reality fires.
NIST releases final WTC 7 investigation report
Nov 20, 2008 |
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released its final report on the Sept. 11, 2001, collapse of the 47-story World Trade Center building 7 (WTC 7) in New York City. The final report ...
Carbon Nanofibers Cut Flammability of Upholstered Furniture
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Carbon, the active ingredient in charcoal, is normally not considered a fire retardant, but researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have determined that adding a ...
This hard drive is hardened to disasters
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Anyone who has been reading my column or listening to my radio talk show "Computer America" knows I have been preaching the back-up mantra for years. If I ever decide to have a bumper sticker on my car, it will read: "It's ...
Caustic ash left behind by wildfires
Dec 06, 2007 |
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U.S. geologists say ash and debris from California wildfires is full of arsenic, lead and other caustic materials that pose a health and safety risk.
Electronic nose sniffs hazards
Mar 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An advanced sensor technique and data processing used to monitor air conditioning inside space stations is now being used in an innovative fire protection system for Stockholm’s metro system.
Wild chimps have near human understanding of fire, study says
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The use and control of fire are behavioral characteristics that distinguish humans from other animals. Now, a new study by Iowa State University anthropologist Jill Pruetz reports that savanna ...
Researchers develop new test method to measure stored heat in firefighter suits
Apr 14, 2009 |
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For decades, researchers have evaluated the thermal performance of protective clothing worn by firefighters. A particular area of current interest is how to address the burns received by firefighters when they are not directly ...
Swedish hi-tech 'snake' blazes trail to safer firefighting
Jul 19, 2009 |
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Firefighting, arguably one of the world's most dangerous jobs, is about to get a lot safer thanks to a revolutionary technique developed in Sweden.
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