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  2. Fire Prevention Week - Wikipedia

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    Fire Prevention Week is a nationally observed week in the United States and Canada from the Sunday to Saturday in which October 9 falls. In the United States, the first Presidential Proclamation of the week was made in 1925 by Calvin Coolidge. Since then, the parent organization of the Fire Marshals Association of North America who first ...

  3. Glossary of firefighting - Wikipedia

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    Alarm: (1) system for detecting and reporting unusual conditions, such as smoke, fire, flood, loss of air, HAZMAT release, etc.; (2) a specific assignment of multiple fire companies and/or units to a particular incident, usually of fire in nature; (3) centralized dispatch center for interpreting alarms and dispatching resources.

  4. Fire safety - Wikipedia

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    Fire safety equipment at a construction site in China Property loss caused by arson. Fire safety is the set of practices intended to reduce destruction caused by fire.Fire safety measures include those that are intended to prevent the ignition of an uncontrolled fire and those that are used to limit the spread and impact of a fire.

  5. Fire prevention - Wikipedia

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    Fire prevention is a function of many fire departments. The goal of fire prevention is to educate the public on the precautions that should be taken to prevent potentially harmful fires from occurring. It is a proactive method of preventing fire-based emergencies and reducing the damage caused by them. Fire prevention education can take the ...

  6. List of firefighting mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    First attack response. RACE (General first response to a fire.) R escue - move people who are in immediate danger. A larm - raise the alarm and alert persons to the presence of fire. C onfine - shut doors and reduce airflow and fuel sources to the fire, to reduce its spread. E xtinguish or E vacuate - extinguish the fire if it's safe to do so ...

  7. Dozens of AmazonBasics products could pose a safety risk ...

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    A new report from CNN says dozens of products sold by Amazon with “AmazonBasics” branding could pose a safety risk, according to customer reviews. According to their lengthy investigation, at ...

  8. Stop, drop and roll - Wikipedia

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    Stop, drop and roll is a simple fire safety technique taught to children, emergency service personnel and industrial workers as a component of health and safety training in some of the anglophone world, particularly in North America. It involves three steps fire victims should follow to minimize injury in the event their clothing catches fire. [1]

  9. How The World Butchered Benjamin Franklin's ... - TechCrunch

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    You might have heard that American founding father Benjamin Franklin said something like “Those who give up liberty for security deserve neither.”. The quote has been the siren song of anti ...