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Firefighters struggle to contain blazes as Soda Fire becomes largest in US
2015-08-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Winds helped stoke wildfires sweeping across the northern Rocky mountains, the Pacific northwest and elsewhere on Saturday, posing new problems for firefighters trying to contain flames that have been fed by drought. One blaze, the Soda Fire near Nampa in south-west Idaho, had burned 265,000 acres to become the largest such blaze in the nation. The weather was expected to worsen fires in some areas over the weekend, as the federal government said it would exhaust its firefighting budget next...
CBA chief Ian Narev says upping GST, cutting taxes would fire the economy
2015-08-14 05:29:09| Automakers - Topix.net
Changing the tax mix by increasing the goods and services tax while reducing personal and corporate tax rates would "undoubtedly" stimulate the economy, says the boss of the nation's largest bank. Calling for action on Australia's big policy challenges, Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief executive Ian Narev said the bank supports the Business Council of Australia's view on tax policy, "which is we need to have a debate where everything is on the table [to] work out a tax policy that is good for the country in the long term".
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Fire Station Alerting System
2015-08-14 00:24:55| PortlandOnline
Learn more about the City's implementation of an upgraded FSAS.
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NEMA Application Guide covers electric fire pump controllers.
2015-08-13 14:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
NEMA has published NEMA ICS 14-2015 Application Guide for Electric Fire Pump Controllers. Emphasis of guidelines is to stress those considerations specific to fire pump installations. Last published in 2010, guide was developed by NEMA 1IS SC10 Technical Subcommittee. Standard has been updated to reflect latest codes from the National Fire Protection Association.
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US Navy fighter jet catches fire abroad USS Harry S Truman
2015-08-13 01:00:00| Naval Technology
US Navy personnel have suffered injuries after an F / A-18C Hornet aircraft caught fire on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75).
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