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California Freeway Firefighting Efforts Hampered By Drones
2015-07-18 23:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/13/scott-walker-record-republican-presidency
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Researchers develop autonomous drone to help fire-fighting inside ships
2015-02-06 01:00:00| Naval Technology
Researchers from the Carnegie Mellon University's (CMU) Robotics Institute and Sensible Machines have developed a new small quadrotor designed for fire-fighting inside navy ships.
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US Navy launches new SAFFiR fire-fighting robot prototype
2015-02-05 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The US Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) has launched a fire-fighting robot prototype, called the Shipboard Autonomous Fire-fighting Robot (SAFFiR), at the Naval Future Force Science and Technology EXPO in Washington, US.
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Ontario government sues CN rail for millions in firefighting costs
2015-01-22 18:05:30| Railroads - Topix.net
The province is seeking compensation from Canadian National Railway over four forest fires in 2012, including $38 million for a massive fire near Timmins. The province is alleging the fires were started by passing trains.
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UK Royal Navy submariners take part in week-long fire-fighting exercise
2015-01-16 01:00:00| Naval Technology
Submariners from the UK Royal Navy's submarine service have successfully completed a week-long fire-fighting exercise.
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