Fire Safety

Lynne Peeples

A 'Toxic Treadmill': Dangerous Flame Retardants Remain Widespread In Children's Products

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Chlorinated Tris, Pbdes, Video, Baby Products, California, Fire Safety, Flame Retardants, Fire, New York, Pcbs, Green News

Flip over your couch cushion or desk chair and chances are, you'll see the same tag that is affixed to the bottom of many others: "This article meets ...

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Smokehouse Blaze 'Best Smelling Fire We've Seen': Firefighters

AP | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: 200 Pounds Kielbasa, Video, Fire Smell, Best Smelling Fire We've Seen, Smokehouse Fire, Fire Safety, Pennsylvania Weird News, New Castle, Funny Firefighters, Weird News News

NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Firefighters in Pennsylvania have managed to save 200 pounds of Polish sausage from what they're calling the best-smelling fire the...

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Fired up About Safety

Bonni Brodnick | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Greek Life, College Life, Fire Safety, Off Campus Housing, Fire Safety College, Campus Housing, Parents News
Bonni Brodnick

Let us now turn the page in life and discuss: off-campus housing for your college daughter or son.

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Dorm on Fire, Student Calls Parents Before Firemen

Lisa Belkin | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Lenore Skenazy, Sheltered College Students, Free Range Kids, Fire Safety, Parents News
Lisa Belkin

Have we spent so much energy protecting our children from the world that they are unprepared to live in it?

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Shatner's Tips For Avoiding Disaster This Thanksgiving

Esquire | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Insurance, William Shatner, Thanksgiving, Fire Safety, Fried Turkey, Thanksgiving Recipes, Captain Kirk, State Farm, Fifty News

Deep-fried turkey: moist, delicious, and a grease fire just waiting to happen. The vogue for frying turkeys has somewhat tapered off in the last few y...

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LOOK: Florida Scoutmaster Accidentally Sets Arm On FIre

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Video, Boy Scouts of America, Scoutmaster Sets Arm on Fire, Boy Scouts, Fire Safety, Florida, Fire, Weird Florida, Weird News News

You may wear the scout's fire safety badge on your shoulder, but that doesn't mean your arm is fireproof. Unaware that he had some kerosene on his ...

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NY State Attorney General: Nuclear Plant Violates Fire Safety Rules

Reuters | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Indian Point New York, Japan Nuclear Crisis, Entergy, Indian Point Nuclear Plant, New York, New York City, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Fukushima Daiichi, Andrew Cuomo, Eric Schneiderman, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Fire Safety, Nrc, Japan Nuclear Meltdown, Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Indian Point, Indian Point Power Plant, New York News

March 28, 2011 8:44:57 PM NEW YORK, (Reuters) - The Indian Point nuclear power plant has sought more than 100 exemptions from the fire code tha...

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The Winter Danger That May Surprise You

Mark Shriver | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Craig Fugate, Fema, Children, Safety, Fire Safety, Fire, Heating, Weather, Healthy Living News
Mark Shriver

A perfect storm of increased heating costs and record cold weather have forced many families already struggling with the recession to turn to potentially dangerous heating sources.

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Rescued Dog 'Sparkles' Teaches Children About Fire Safety

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rescue Dogs, Sparkles Rescue Dog, Daryn Kagan, Fire Education, Fire Safety, Volunteer Firefighter, Video, Impact News

After Sparkles, the Dalmatian, was rescued from neglect, she found a new life living with a volunteer firefighter. Now, the duo, firefighter Dayna an...

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Nightclub Inferno Couldn't Get Sprinkler Tax Bill Through Congress, Can Unemployment?

Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House, Great White, Congress, Senate, Lobbying, Tax Refunds, Economy, Fire Safety, Fire Sprinklers, National Fire Sprinkler Association, Fire, Rhode Island, Tax Reform, Bill, Politics News

[Jim Dalton] is reviving a coalition of more than 30 corporations, trade associations and fire safety organizations that want to rewrite the tax rules...

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