Keep The Home Fires Burning

Life beyond the burn

Edit The Miami Herald 01 Oct 2016

He was home in the small Canadian village of Rosengart, Manitoba, about a mile from the border with North Dakota, setting fire to a pile of wet leaves outside ... Forty-four burn survivors from the United States and Canada gathered for a stay sponsored by the International Association of Fire Fighters, which paired a firefighter as a mentor to each of ......

Firefighters are by your side through fire and flood. Our thanks? The threat of being sacked

Edit The Guardian 01 Oct 2016

In Greater Manchester, where cuts have meant the loss of 400 posts in six years, we’re fighting a losing battle to keep you safe ... But we don’t know what the new plans will be, and we’re still worried about the future of the fire service and our ability to keep you safe ... At a house fire, we need two firefighters to go inside, one to operate the pump and an officer in charge, to keep operational oversight....

2016 Alaska fire season numbers well below normal (Alaska Department of Natural Resources)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Oct 2016

A total of 558 wildfires burned 500,095 acres in Alaska this summer, making it the 36th largest fire season on record dating back to 1939, according to statistics from the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center in Fairbanks ... In terms of acres burned, 2016 didn't compare to 2015, when 768 fires burned more than 5.1 million acres in Alaska, making it the second-largest fire season on record in the Last Frontier....

New Orleans firefighters rescue 1-year-old boy in duplex fire

Edit The Times Picayune 01 Oct 2016

Bernard area duplex, according to the New Orleans Fire Department. The fire started just before 7.30 p.m. and seriously damaged the home, located in the 1300 block of Sere Street ... The caller alerted the dispatcher that there might be people trapped inside the burning home ... Only the mother and child were home at the time of the fire ... Firefighters brought the fire under control within 17 minutes of their arrival to the scene....

State pilot project is using fires to help fight wildfires

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 01 Oct 2016

Known as the Forest Resiliency Burning Pilot project, the new effort ... Burning those trees reduces the dangerous ladder fuels that could have carried a future fire from the forest floor, where it's relatively safe, into a destructive canopy fire, Johnson said....

Marshes Fire (Tuolumne County) Started 9/26/2016, updated 10/01/2016 (OSFM - Office of the State Fire Marshal)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Oct 2016

OSFM - Office of the State Fire Marshal) ... Firefighters held the area burned on the Marshes fire at 1000 acres since yesterday ... Much of the fire area has not burned in over thirty years, resulting in a major buildup of dead vegetation. Firefighters must also continuously watch for rattlesnakes and yellow jackets which survived the flames in underground burrows, and are now out and moving through the burn....

Marshes Fire (Tuolumne County) Started 9/26/2016, updated 10/01/2016 (CALFIRE - California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Oct 2016

Firefighters held the area burned on the Marshes fire at 1000 acres since yesterday ... Much of the fire area has not burned in over thirty years, resulting in a major buildup of dead vegetation. Firefighters must also continuously watch for rattlesnakes and yellow jackets which survived the flames in underground burrows, and are now out and moving through the burn....

College girl gang-raped by boyfriend, others

Edit The Times of India 01 Oct 2016

A 19-year-old college girl in Dhing in Nagaon district of central Assam is battling for life with 80 per cent burn injury after she set her ablaze to escape the social stigma for being gang-raped by her boyfriend and his two friends in a crematorium ... "The girl doused herself with kerosene on morning of September 24 and set herself on fire ... According to medical reports she has received 80 per cent burn," the police officer said....

Witch Killing Video: 73-year-old Woman Burned Alive For Allegedly Making Villagers Ill

Edit Inquisitr 01 Oct 2016

The woman was accused of making a number of villagers ill and, taking matters into their own hands, the villagers democratically decided not only that she was a witch but also her fate — death by fire ... The 73-year-old was subsequently tied to a tree and set on fire, killed by being burned alive for engaging in witchcraft ... There is also a video reportedly depicting the burning incident....

SUMMER FIRE RESTRICTIONS LIFTED SEPT 30, TRAILS REOPENING OCT 1 (NPS - National Park Service)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Oct 2016

30, fires are permitted in Lake Mead's backcountry; however, visitors must follow the below regulations ... Fires must be at least 10 feet from the nearest beach logs, structure or vegetation ... Fires should not be covered with sand;as it will insulate the heat and create an unseen danger for wildlife and visitors ... The National Weather Service has issued a Fire Weather Watch in Southern Nevada for Oct....

SUMMER FIRE RESTRICTIONS LIFTED SEPT 30, TRAILS REOPENING OCT 1 (Hopewell Culture National Historical Park)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Oct 2016

30, fires are permitted in Lake Mead's backcountry; however, visitors must follow the below regulations ... Fires must be at least 10 feet from the nearest beach logs, structure or vegetation ... Fires should not be covered with sand;as it will insulate the heat and create an unseen danger for wildlife and visitors ... The National Weather Service has issued a Fire Weather Watch in Southern Nevada for Oct....

Purple Haze: No. 10 Washington rolls No. 7 Stanford 44-6

Edit The Miami Herald 01 Oct 2016

Stanford's only TD came late in the third quarter on a 19-yard pass from Ryan Burns to J.J ... Burns was 15 of 22 for 151 yards, but Washington controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides ... The Cardinal were unexpectedly sloppy ... The defense was up to the task of keeping McCaffrey under control and forcing Burns to beat them through the air ... The Cardinal head home after two straight weeks on the road to host Washington State....

Chennai patrol: Kodungaiyur dump yard tops heap of problems

Edit The Times of India 01 Oct 2016

The fire is possibly started by the people who have found some use for the unwanted materials like empty cans, bent iron rods, or steel scrap, anything that could fetch a few rupees ... home to seek value for the collection of the day ... "Though I live 3km from the yard, the stench is horrendous and when I come back home late at night, my eyes burn."....

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