Fire Department to Burn Homes for Public
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:39:00 GMT
two fires for the public to watch. Both fires will be in recently built structures that have the same size and contents as a typical home. Both homes have a working smoke alarm, but only one has a sprinkler system. The purpose is to show the public how a
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Water: more precious than oil
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:20:00 GMT
to the Congressional Budget Office. But cities use just one-seventh of U.S. water: 47 billion gallons a day. Agriculture uses the most, consuming 142 billion gallons daily, followed by power plants that use 136 billion gallons per day, according to the
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