Tag: fire
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November 22, 2009 06:42 PM EST --
Some kids have been playing with the fire alarms here over the
weekend. They pulled the fire alarm handles in 2 different locations
in the building I live in first. The fire . . .
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June 03, 2008 01:45 PM EDT --
Workers had been using a blowtorch early Sunday to heat asphalt shingles to apply to the roof of a set. A security guard spotted the fire and reported.
The fire erupted on a street . . .
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May 30, 2009 12:32 AM EDT --
Tonight, once more, we had a camp fire. I think this is our 3rd. Soon, we're going to have to buy wood, because right now, we're out of most things bigger than pinky sized. We foraged for wood behind . . .
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October 14, 2007 06:53 AM EDT --
Peg is a friend of mine from a long time ago. We have a very complicated past, she and I, and it's nothing I would ever write about, or discuss with anyone else. The fact that we live four . . .
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May 23, 2009 11:42 PM EDT --
Ahh... I love that smell!
Gilly went down to the school tonight with the neighbor & his daughters to play for a bit, and I decided that we should have a camp fire going before she got back. . . .
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September 20, 2009 06:37 PM EDT --
Was it at home, or at work? I guess I am on a safety mission right now, as the weather turns colder, we have various heating sources, and we need to know what we are doing. So, do you have a fire extinguisher? . . .
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January 13, 2009 10:46 PM EST --
We had a bit of excitement here tonight. There was a fire around 5 this evening right behind our house. Behind our house is a field and then a few other homes. The fire was about 200 yards away from our . . .
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January 15, 2009 11:11 AM EST --
Just a little update for those who read my previous article. The house that was burned down was unoccupied and was in shambles. A lot of you were worried about a family losing their home but that was . . .
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November 15, 2009 01:38 PM EST --
Hi all! On Saturday November 7 th my mom and I were out getting a few errands run. When we got the local Wal-Mart we noticed that our local Smyrna Fire Department was there. The ladder truck was set . . .
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March 04, 2008 05:40 AM EST --
I wrote this article for another site last year. I decided that it was important enough to bring it to Gather.
It was on this day five years ago that I lost one of my best friends in a tragic fire. . . .
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January 15, 2009 03:28 PM EST --
We don't want anyone to worry... everyone here is just fine. But fire alarms did blare out at our office building yesterday, forcing the evacuation of all 24 floors. Turns out it was a false alarm. . . .
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July 09, 2008 05:04 PM EDT --
The Fire Yogi is a Yogi who has the extraordinary ability to use a unique breathing technique to get into union with Fire. The yogi creates a sacred fire and actually lies in the fire, but remains . . .
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February 02, 2009 11:08 PM EST --
My phone rang tonight, and it was Terry. This was odd, because he typically does not like calling me past a certain point. Not wanting to disturb anyone who may be sleeping. He told me he was calling . . .
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September 20, 2009 06:54 PM EDT --
That includes signing off that the fire extinguisher is charged. Funny thing is, no one ever trains anyone on how to do this, and some of my employees are just high school or college students. How smart . . .
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November 17, 2009 04:08 PM EST --
My mom always had a scanner that could pick up police and fire calls. She was both fascinated and scared of fires, probably stemming from when she was 3 years old and the lumber yard next her . . .
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November 19, 2009 05:47 PM EST --
“Is this just?” Arthur asked, unsure of how to read the great violence unspooling around him. “I don’t like the look of such a fire gone wild, now that I see it.” . . .
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July 04, 2007 04:46 PM EDT --
Early this morning around 5 AM, the fire/smoke detector outside of our bedroom sounded. Both my husband and I jumped out of the bed and checked every where, but there was no fire or smoke. My mother-in-law . . .
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October 08, 2009 10:39 AM EDT --
Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the Saturday through Sunday in which October 9th falls. The week long observance was first observed in 1922. The National Archives note that Fire Prevention . . .
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October 24, 2007 09:09 PM EDT --
The heat broke like a bad fever back in September, but Summer refused to truly let go. The highs still hovered around ninety and the lows didn’t dip far below seventy. The humidity hung around . . .
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November 02, 2008 09:02 PM EST --
Over 3,000 people die in house fires each year in the United States. The smoke is deadly and the heat is unbearable. The flames move rapidly. Last winter, I witnessed this first hand. Our neighbor's . . .
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