fire protection

Hannibal Henry is used to helping his disabled neighbor. He got her groceries, cleared snow off her car and called for her to order pizza because she had no phone. But then suddenly last week his assistance went beyond doing errands — he heard a smoke alarm about 11 p.m.

He went over and found her — it was definitely being a good neighbor.   -Ed Collins

 

An unattended stove led to a kitchen fire at the La Mirada Apartments, 3900 W. 22nd Lane, Saturday morning. The fire activated the building's automatic sprinkler system, which limited the damage to the stove area, according to the Yuma Fire Department. No serious injuries were reported.

Fire sprinklers save lives and protect property   -Yuma Fire Department

 

We read with very keen interest the action that the Public Works Department of St. Maarten took against a property owner in Sucker Garden, as was described in The Daily Herald on February 25. We are a large group of the original condominium owners at Rainbow Beach Club, another of St. Maarten's Erato Family Enterprise, and many of us and our families have been intimately involved in the growth of St. Maarten Department for many years. We have no contention with the action of Public Works concerning th  

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has invested in a new hyperbaric test chamber that functions as a deep-water ocean simulator. The chamber will allow the institute to provide testing and evaluation services to the offshore oil and gas industry. SwRI has provided testing services for the oil and gas industry for years.

This new simulator allows us to offer our clients the ability to test pipe materials, hose assemblies and other items at extreme well depths and water depths   -Jesse Ramon

 

An apartment was damaged by smoke and water in a fire Friday morning in Yuma. Fire inspector Kayla Holiman added that three adults and five children got out safely, and that the fire was contained to a bedroom. Shortly after 6:30 a.m. Friday, Holiman said, the Yuma Fire Department responded to a fire at El Encanto Apartments, 2651 S. 8th Ave.  

Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a world leader in product safety testing and certification, announced today that Microtek Laboratories, a provider of engineering and testing services, has signed a Preferred Partner Agreement with UL. The signing of the Agreement with Microtek expands UL's services for printed circuit boards (PCBs) and provides PCB manufacturers with comprehensive conformance testing and certification services. "The Preferred Partner Program will enable PCB manufacturers to work seamless  

In this Smart Living segment, we tested four safes with four different price tags. The more expensive safes look and feel pretty sturdy, costing $290 and $134.99. The least expensive safes cost $64.99 and $22.99. Each of the four is supposed to protect items for at least a half-hour at temperatures up to 1500 degrees Fahrenheit.

We tried to create a realistic environment, something you might see in a house fire   -Pete Piringer

 

Eighteen people were forced from a burning apartment building Wednesday morning, but there were no major injuries reported. Fire Chief Dan Forsythe said a 35-year-old woman was taken by relatives to Silver Cross Hospital and later transferred to Loyola Medical Center in Maywood for smoke inhalation, and Manhattan police Officer Tom Friddle apparently pulled his shoulder when a man he was helping from a balcony fell on him. He was treated at Silver Cross Hospital and released.

They had the parents pass down their 6-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter, before getting (the man and woman) down too   -Bill Fitzgerald

 

A single-alarm fire in the West Ward damaged two homes yesterday morning, fire officials said. The blaze began on the 800 block of Stuyvesant Avenue, on the third floor of an occupied rowhome, Battalion Chief Rich Seeds said. It soon jumped the alley and set fire to the roof soffits next door.  

If you're an engineer developing a device to predict a flashover, you've got to know if the device is going to work in deadly conditions.