| | Home Fire Safety
| Residential Smoking Fires and Casualties
In 2002 alone, lighted tobacco products caused an estimated 14,450 residential fires, 520 civilian deaths, 1,330 injuries, and $371 million in residential property damage according to a new USFA topical fire research series report. The report summarizes the characteristics of smoking fires, with an emphasis on the casualties associated with these fires. |  | | | Fire Extinguisher Basics
There are three types of fire extinguishers available for use on campus by the general population: pressurized water, carbon dioxide, and multi-purpose dry chemical. In addition, there are specialty extinguishers which are available in specific locations for special hazards. These extinguishers include: sodium bicarbonate based BC extinguishers for kitchen use, halon extinguishers for use on computers and other sensitive electronic equipment, and Metal X extinguishers for use on metal fires. | | | | 123, Weight Loss & Maintenance Has Become So Easy
Millions of people spend billions of dollars, hoping to achieve the same thing, effective weight management. For years, many people have struggled to maintain a healthy weight and body. With a majority of Americans being overweight or even obese, the problem has grown into a crisis. Nearly 300,000 people die each year from weight-related disease. | | | | | 7 Proven Ways to Resist the Urge to Smoke
Millions of people spend billions of dollars, hoping to achieve the same thing, effective weight management. For years, many people have struggled to maintain a healthy weight and body. With a majority of Americans being overweight or even obese, the problem has grown into a crisis. Nearly 300,000 people die each year from weight-related disease. | | | | | Understanding Over-weight - How to Successfully Get slim
If you eat more nutrients containing energy than you need for your daily activities, for the internal processes of your body, and for the burning process that maintains the body temperature, the excessive nutrients can be transformed to fat and stored in the fat depots in your body. The causes of this occurring, and thus of overweight, are one or more of these factors. | | | | | | | | Recommended Books & Things | | | | |
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