Tag: fire: Page 2

Construction Equipment

Dump truck driver unaware he’s hauling a raging fire

This video comes to us from our friends in Russia, where apparently anything can happen on the highways. And as crazy as all the videos taken by dashboard cameras have been, this guy driving a dump truck full of fire is by far the nuttiest thing we’ve seen on a Russian road. The video shows […]

August 16, 2013

Business

Researchers call for change to U.S. building codes

After a thorough review of fire safety literature since 1976, a California-based research team is calling for a change to U.S. building codes that would exempt the addition of chemicals to foam plastic insulation in order to pass the Steiner tunnel test for flame resistance, according to ScienceDaily. The Steiner tunnel test applies a flame […]

November 27, 2012