Intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) containing combustible or flammable fluids can cause dangerous fires when improperly stored in warehouses and chemical facilities. Industry and public safety officials are currently working together to help reduce this risk. Visit the Fire Protection Research Foundation web site for more information or http://www.nfpa.org/ibc.
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This FHWA video explains why the Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI) is an innovative, proven solution for improving safety and mobility at interchanges. The DDI resembles a conventional diamond interchange, except that all traffic along the crossroad travels on the left-hand side to facilitate unopposed left turns to and from the interchange ramps.
IntuVue 3-D Weather Radar Hazard Display Update V1.0 has been selected by Pegasus Airlines to maximize passenger safety and comfort. Pegasus Airlines' selection of the upgrade brings new features, including hail and lightning prediction and the industry's longest turbulence detection range, to Europe for the first time following the system's certification by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Pegasus Airlines will also be able to reduce unscheduled maintenance costs and aircraft grounding through IntuVue's new features that simplify decision-making about re-routing and tactical maneuvering around inclement weather. In this February 2014 Honeywell video, the company said it would install the software upgrade across the airline's 42-strong, IntuVue-equipped Boeing 737 fleet over the next eight months.
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You would be amazed to learn what you never knew you never knew about the history of the U.S. Department of Labor. Spend just six minutes with this fantastic 2014 video, produced in conjunction with our centennial, to discover how the department was created, meet all the labor secretaries, get a glimpse of our legislative history, and appreciate the many and important things we do for workers across the nation.
This Stars and Stripes video shows U.S. Navy firefighters from Naval Support Activity Bahrain putting a new fire trainer at the Bahrain international airport to the test, while getting their rookie firefighters much needed live-fire training. The Navy plans to install more fire trainers at the site and turn a plot of land adjacent to the runway into a fire training complex. Story at http://www.stripes.com/1.269647.
NIST develops tests for evaluating and comparing capabilities of emergency-response robots. More than 100 such robots have run the gauntlet of standardized challenges at the NIST test facility in Gaithersburg, Md.
Technology will increasingly provide NFPA an opportunity to share safety information with authorities around the world. For example, Brazilian authorities reached out to NFPA last year following the fatal Kiss Nightclub fire. That fire bore an uncanny resemblance to 2003's The Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island. Learn more about NFPA President Jim Shannon's look ahead to 2014 at http://www.nfpa.org/2014preview.
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To ensure that the tunnel walls are protected in the case of a fire, they have been treated with special fire protection mortar because temperatures exceeding around 300 degrees Celsius lead to the concrete crumbling, and when concrete is exposed to temperatures above 1,000 degree Celsius it loses its load-bearing capacity altogether and the tunnel collapses. The MasterRoc FP 1350 fire protection mortar manufactured by BASF protects the concrete used for the tunnel tube in the Bodio section near the southern entrance to the tunnel against excessive heat. "Being covered with a layer of fire protection mortar, the tunnel walls withstand temperatures of up to 1,400 degree Celsius for a minimum of 90 minutes. This way we gain some precious time for firefighting," says Frank Clement, a BASF expert for underground fire protection solutions. Visit http://www.ugc.basf.com for more information.
Scott Lahmers, a technical specialist with ThyssenKrupp Elevator Manufacturing, narrates this 2013 video made from photographs he took as the last escalator was being installed in the One World Trade Center in Manhattan.
The Logistics Park Kansas City intermodal facility, the Plattsmouth River Bridge, Tower 55, and track maintenance in North Dakota to accommodate increased movement of crude oil trains were among BNSF Railway's capital projects during 2013.