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DNV GL issues new fire safety report on Ro-Ro decks
2016-06-21 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Global certification body and classification society DNV GL has issued a report fire incidents occurred in Roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) spaces in a bid to address increasing safety concerns in the sector and provide guidance to ship owners.
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Battle intensifies as Santa Barbara fire grows amid heat wave
2016-06-20 04:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: A massive heat wave descended on Southern California on Sunday, bringing record-breaking temperatures and fueling fires throughout the region, including one in Silver Lake that threatened homes and forced the closure of the 2 Freeway for several hours. Temperatures hit triple-digits in several valley and inland area cities, sending residents to air-conditioned shops and movie theaters as fire officials kept a wary eye on the forecast, worried that dry, gusty winds would make already-ripe fire...
Deader Than Ever: California Forests Head Into Fire Season
2016-06-18 20:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KQED: Roger Coigny has lived in the mountain community of Pinehurst for most of his 75 years. Hes seen a lot of changes, but nothing like the millions of Ponderosa pine trees here in the Southern Sierra Nevada that have died over the past two years. And the ones that die the quickest are the biggest, most beautiful, tallest and strongest, he says. The trees are stressed and dying after more than four years of unprecedented levels of drought, plus an infestation of bark beetles. Last summer,...
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Fire service demands recall of dangerous tumble dryers
2016-06-18 01:40:10| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Manufacturers of dangerous tumble dryers should recall them immediately after figures revealed firefighters are attending three blazes a day caused by the appliances.
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Portland Fire & Rescue
2016-06-17 21:02:50| PortlandOnline
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