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• Ford Amatoya concept

  
  0-60mag.com — Authority: 587
  Ok, upon first glance we thought this was some sort of new robocop/terminator fighting machine. And we won’t lie, we were a little saddened when we heard that the only ammo the Amatoya packs is water. But think about it–how fun were super soakers? Multiply that by about a thousand, then mount that to a NASA gel ...
  2 hours ago

• The Amatoya: Meet the next generation of fire fighting vehicles

  
  Autoblog — Authority: 765
  Filed under: Concept Cars , Specialty , Design/Style Amatoya Reconnaissance and Suppression Vehicle - Click above for image gallery Designer Liam Fergusons vision of how to fight fires almost makes us wish we were firemen - as long as we could have the keys to one of these. The Amatoya is a site recon ...
  3 hours ago

• Ten Days of Solo Parenting Thanks to the Fire Life

  
  Stop, Drop and Blog — Authority: 130
  This morning, FireDad gave me a kiss at his usual departure time when he’s working his normal shift day. Except he won’t return until Friday evening. And then he’ll leave again on Monday morning, coming home again the following Friday night. That’s right. I’m solo parenting for ten days thanks to the fire ...
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• Liberal turmoil clouds debate on climate bills

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  The Federal Opposition looks set to change leaders, as the emissions trading legislation that sparked the Liberal row comes back before the Senate. The Upper House failed to meet the Governments deadline of passing the scheme by last week, prompting the Governments Senate leader, Chris Evans, to accuse the Opposition ...
  2 days ago

• Rudd plays careful hand at CHOGM

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Prime Minister Kevin Rudds appearance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is an exercise in double-purpose diplomacy. First, he wants to keep a high profile among his Commonwealth colleagues, meeting all the big players of this 53-nation group: Britains Gordon Brown, Indias Manmohan Singh, South ...
  2 days ago

• Is it Still Business as Usual?

  
  The Kitchen Table — Authority: 123
  Weve taked about a few things recently such as looking at the big picture  related to buildings and occupancies and the functional parameters dealing with size-up and risk assessment . Then theres the  dialog and discussion on the Predictability of Performance related to buildings and occupancies. Back in ...
  1 week ago

• Fire in Fyshwick

  
  The RiotACT — Authority: 148
  Anyone who’s ventured from the safe confines of their airconditioned office or home today would not at all be surprised to hear we’ve got fire. What you might be surprised to hear that its in Fyshwick. The RiotACT all seeing eye, not least of which has been supported on this occasion by Snarky, Localgirl, ...
  1 week ago

• Your Place, part 5: Cat Lady

  
  Switch 2 Plan B: Misadventures of a Firefighter — Authority: 117
  “Ok, Ma’am…how about you just come on outside, here… ” (… because there’s no friggin’ way we’re coming in there. Just standing here on your porch, we can smell the distinct, sharp ammonia bite of cat pee. How many do you have in there? A dozen? Two dozen? As you stand here in your doorway ...
  2 weeks ago

• APEC leaders dilute carbon targets

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is jointly hosting a climate change breakfast on the sidelines of APEC in Singapore, though the Pacific rim leaders have watered down climate change targets in their final statement. Climate change has been the big new issue on the usually trade-centred agenda of the Asia Pacific Economic ...
  2 weeks ago

• Friday Gadget: The Recon Scout Rescue Miniature, Mobile Reconnaissance Device

  
  HorizonWatching — Authority: 122
  Here’s a simple looking device with a wireless-transmitting camera that can go where people can’t…or where it is safe to go. The Recon Scout® Rescue is a miniature, mobile reconnaissance device that will add greater safety and speed to search...
  2 weeks ago

• It’s Not My Fault; It was On Fire When I Got Here (Your Place, part 4)

  
  Switch 2 Plan B: Misadventures of a Firefighter — Authority: 117
  I know you think I didn’t do enough to stop this. That we didn’t get here fast enough. And after we arrived, we didn’t act quickly enough. Pausing to tug on the rest of our gear, pull heavy hose off the rig, drag it around the corner of the house, bust in the kitchen door. And now it’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• BLACK FIREFIGHTER ASSOCIATION SUES FIREFIGHTERS UNION

  
  First In — Authority: 132
  In a federal lawsuit filed yesterday, an organization of African-American firefighters accused the Philadelphia firefighters union of being “racially harassing and abusive” to blacks.You can read the rest of this garbage here: LinkI am not going to get into a lengthy blow-by-blow about how fraudulent this entire ...
  2 weeks ago

• In the news: School chaplains & flogging, police van assault, and inaccessible firefighting

  
  Hoyden About Town — Authority: 139
  What’s grinding my gears today: WA Today: Poor parenting alarms schools Education Minister Julia Gillard has acknowledged that poor parenting is placing a heavy burden on schools and has promised principals she will give them more support to tackle violence, bullying and behavioural problems. [...] Gary Quinn, ...
  2 weeks ago

• "Howard Hughes"

  
  Switch 2 Plan B: Misadventures of a Firefighter — Authority: 117
  It’s never a good sign when the cops are standing around out front. They grin and nod at us as we walk past with our medical box, oxygen bag and heart monitor. Inside the front door of the cramped duplex, it nearly overwhelms us: The stench. We can hear the officers out front chuckling. We are wading ...
  3 weeks ago

• Supercapitalism and Enterprise Architecture

  
  User-Centric Enterprise Architecture — Authority: 110
  As a nation are we overworked? Are we just showing up, doing what were told, and making the same mistakes again and again? Robert Reich, the former Labor Secretary and Professor at University of California at Berkeley, says that we are more than ever a nation of workaholics . Reich’s book, Supercapitalism , ...
  3 weeks ago

• YouTube video sinks Turnbull minder

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  A media minder for Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has reportedly quit his job after being linked to an online bout of Liberal factional warfare. The video parodies Liberal MP Alex Hawke by portraying him as an enraged Adolf Hitler, echoing a YouTube trend of dubbing Hitler biopic Downfall with fake ...
  3 weeks ago

• An Average Week...for most of us

  
  The Kitchen Table — Authority: 123
  During this week, there were on average, over 10,173 structure fires in the United States. According to NFPA statistics the following occur on average in the U.S; • A fire department responded to a fire every 20 seconds. • One structure fire was reported every 59 seconds. • One home structure fire was ...
  3 weeks ago

• Your Place (part 2): City Lights

  
  Switch 2 Plan B: Misadventures of a Firefighter — Authority: 117
  This is, without a doubt , the nicest house I’ve ever been in. Mid-century modern—what, with all this glass and steel. Looks like something Koenig might have designed, or Shulman would have photographed. A stunning view of the city lights below, there beyond your lap pool, cantilevered patio and futuristic ...
  3 weeks ago

• Too Inexperienced to Command?

  
  Firegeezer.com — Authority: 489
  Do inexperienced lieutenants injure firefighters? That is one of the questions raised in Anne McCarthys SF Weekly article on the[...]
  3 weeks ago

• Rower has sights on 2012 Games - SLAM! Sports

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 145
  Rower has sights on 2012 Games - SLAM! Sports The one she’s on now is the Olympic ladder. After being one of the last cuts from the 2008 Olympic rowing team for Beijing, Devos is gearing toward 2012 in London. She’s also looking in the next while to climbing some firefighting ladders. The London Source: ...
  3 weeks ago

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