Five Cities Fire floats tax idea
The Five Cities Fire Authority is still in its infancy, but leaders of the South County fire agency
Crazy temps make ice fishing dangerous in suburbs
Mild temperatures, little snowcover and sunny days have experts urging skaters, fishermen and others to stay off the ice on lakes and rivers in northern Illinois. The warning comes less than a week after a Johnsburg man fell through the ice and died. Fox Lake Fire Protection District Battalion Chief Tom Preidis said local bodies of water are "honeycombing" as they melt, causing unsteady ice.
Selectmen discuss need for cisterns to aid firefighting
MERRIMAC — Selectmen listened to the pros and cons of a proposed cistern system to be used in dispensing water during firefighting at their meeting Monday night. Acting DPW director John Riordan presented the pros; fire Chief Ralph Spencer, with the support of Deputy Chiefs Larry Fisher and Gregory Habgood, presented the cons.
Dr. Erdem Ural is New Chairman of ASTM International Committee on Hazard Potential of Chemicals
Erdem Ural, Ph.D., president of Loss Prevention Science and Technologies Inc., is chairman of ASTM International Committee E27 on Hazard Potential of Chemicals. With membership of 65 or more, this committee develops standards on hazard potential of chemicals related to fire explosion and uncontrolled energy release. Ural specializes in combustible dust and vapor gas explosions and flash fires ...
Research and Markets: 2012 Worldwide Engineering Services Industry - Industry & Market Report
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2012 Worldwide Engineering Services Industry - Indust
U.S. Air Force Recommends Pioneering's Safe-T-element® for Military Family Housing
Highlighted as a "Quality-of-Life" Improvement and Cost Saving MeasureSAN DIEGO, CA, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Pioneering Technology Corp. (TSX-V: PTE; OTC BB: PTEFF), ("Pioneering"), ...
Victaulic Launches Innovative New Website, Enhances Online Brand
New site enhances customers' online experienceEaston, PA (PRWEB) January 16, 2012 Victaulic, a global leader in the production of mechanical pipe joining and fire protection systems, announces today the launch of its redesigned website. The Victaulic website redesign will create a more pleasant user experience with optimized search functions, customer profile options and ease of access to ...
XL Insurance Combines Property, Asset Protection; 6 Engineering Heads Named
XL Group plc’s Insurance segment has combined its Property Underwriting and XL Global Asset Protection Services (XL GAPS) engineers to form one unified team, which consists of “nearly 200 risk engineers worldwide.” XL said its goal is to “efficiently direct …
Seqwater loads up on legal firepower
SEQWATER has stepped up its legal firepower and will maintain it followed its dam manual during last January's deluge, when engineers front a Queensland flood inquiry hearing.
Netkiller Brings Fire Safety 100% onto the Web
Netkiller, a global IT cloud integration firm and Google partner, has developed a valuable new application in the emergency response & fire safety industry. The application runs entirely on the Google Apps Engine, and demonstrates Netkiller’s ability to create custom Pure Google Apps Solutions.San Jose, CA (PRWEB) January 24, 2012 This January, RFSignalman, a division of Niemann Technology Inc ...