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Chemical fire and explosion offers lessons for industry

By www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com
Published On :: Mon, 07 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Washington — Chemical facilities should create processes to control or eliminate “dead legs” – stagnant sections of piping that may be susceptible to corrosion or hazardous materials, the Chemical Safety Board says.


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Best practices for preventing electrical fires in 2020

By www.ishn.com
Published On :: Thu, 05 Nov 2020 10:11:00 -0500

In 2018 alone, there were 103,600 recorded incidents in commercial buildings. Electrical malfunctions are a leading cause of these events, and they cost businesses $373,400,000 in 2018.


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Feds investigating major chemical fire at Bio-Lab Facility in Conyers, GA

By www.ishn.com
Published On :: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 11:24:34 -0400

The owner of a Georgia chemical plant that had a massive chemical fire has been cited and fined repeatedly by the federal government, mostly for violations related to employees not receiving proper safety training.


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Palakkad Assembly bypoll: midnight police raid ignites political firestorm

By www.thehindu.com
Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 21:07:42 +0530

Congress, CPI(M), BJP trade charges over allegations of black money, conspiracy


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Environmental and private property contamination following the Norfolk Southern chemical spill and chemical fires in Ohio

By pubs.rsc.org
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Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10,3007-3023
DOI: 10.1039/D4EW00456F, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Paula B. Coelho, Gracie Fitzgerald, Kristofer Isaacson, Rasul Diop, Gouri Prabhakar, Stephanie Heffner, Akshat Verma, Jeffrey P. Youngblood, Youn Jeong Choi, Stefanie Surdyka, Samuel A. Spears, Marty D. Frisbee, Katherine R. Del Real, Lauren A. Gustafson, Ana María Núñez-Torres, Caitlin R. Proctor, Linda S. Lee, Heather D. Whitehead, Kyle Doudrick, Brock A. Harpur, Andrew J. Whelton
In February 2023, a train derailment in Ohio caused a chemical spill and fires releasing contaminants into the air, soil, waterways, and buildings.
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Standalone physical firewall vs software based one

By www.bleepingcomputer.com
Published On :: 2020-05-08T04:43:08-05:00


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Why buying local firewood matters

By www.mnn.com
Published On :: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:57:27 +0000

Invasive insects and diseases can hitch a ride on firewood — with devastating effects on local ecosystems.


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Dugout Sports, MLB pitcher Mitch Keller team up to support local firefighters during pandemic

By feedproxy.google.com
Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 12:42:34 PDT

CEDAR RAPIDS — Jay Whannel is baseball through and through. He was a star player in high school and college, played briefly in the professional independent leagues. He coached in college and...


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“It’s the embers, stupid!” CAL FIRE staff chief addresses structure loss; reducing wildfire risk in the wildland-urban interface

By community.nfpa.org
Published On :: Wed, 09 Aug 2017 12:54:24 PDT

As most of us know, states across the U.S. can no longer rely on a defined fire season. This sobering truth is especially evident in California where the fire season is 70 days longer than it was 40 years ago, and fire ignitions in the state have greatly


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An introduction to mathematical fire modeling / Marc L. Janssens

By library.mit.edu
Published On :: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 07:51:14 EST

Online Resource


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