FireWatch

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Legal Action Resulting from Delay Connecting to Fire Hydrant

Jan 2, 2012

A fire department received a call to a fire in a building under construction. They arrived and connected to a hydrant located in front of the building. Unfortunately the hydrant, which was installed by the building owner, had not been connected to the...

Do Incandescent Light Bulbs Cause Fires?

Jan 2, 2012

There is a lot of technical information available about the temperature generated by incandescent light bulbs. In general terms, the filament temperature inside an incandescent light bulb can exceed 2000 degrees Celsius. Considering the ignition temperature of paper...

Witchcraft, Hocus Pocus and Fire Investigation

Dec 21, 2011

Witchcraft is often thought of as the use of magical powers, that witches are an agent of the devil and that witches use their powers to harm people and property. Witchcraft is one way of explaining human misfortune by a supernatural power or person in the community....

Fire Safety Inspections of Licensed Community Care Faciliites in British Columbia

Dec 16, 2011

There are several regulations that govern care facilities operating from traditional single family dwellings in British Columbia. The Child Care Licensing Regulation and the Residential Care Licensing Regulation are both administered by the Community Care Licensing...

Counterfeit Smoke Alarms in Atlanta

Jun 1, 2011

This weekend firefighters in Atlanta, Georgia went door-to-door in some of the city's low-income neighborhoods to replace free fire alarms that may be counterfeit. The fire department unwittingly distributed 18,500 bogus photoelectric smoke alarms from 2006 through...