#FIRE PREVENTION

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Legit though, we should start turning ecosystem restoration and work to make our world more tolerant to the effects of climate change into annual holidays and festivals

Like how just about every culture used to have festivals to celebrate the beginning of the harvest or its end, or the beginning of planting, or how whole communities used to host barn raisings and quilting bees - everyone coming together at once to turn the work of months or years into the work of a few days

Humble suggestions for festival types:

Goat festival

Besides controlled burns (which you can't do if there's too much dead brush), the fastest, most effective, and most cost-efficient way to clear brush before fire season - esp really heavy dead brush - is to just. Put a bunch of goats on your land for a few days!

Remember that Shark Tank competitor who wanted to start a goat rental company, and everyone was like wtf? There was even a whole John Oliver bit making fun of the idea? Well THAT JUST PROVES THEY'RE FROM NICE WET PLACES, because goat rental companies are totally a thing, and they're great.

So like. Why don't we have a weekend where everyone with goats just takes those goats to the nearest land that needs a ton of clearing? Public officials could put up maps of where on public lands grazing is needed, and where it definitely shouldn't happen. Farmers and people/groups with a lot of acres that need clearing can post Goat Requests.

Little kids can make goat-themed crafts and give the goats lots of pets or treats at the end of the day for doing such a good job. Volunteers can help wrangle things so goats don't get where they're not supposed to (and everyone fences off land nowadays anyway, mostly). And the goats, of course, would be in fucking banquet paradise.

Planting Festival and Harvest Festival

Why mess with success??? Bring these back where they've disappeared!!! Time to swarm the community gardens and help everyone near you with a farm make sure that all of their seeds are sown and none of the food goes to waste in the fields, decaying and unpicked.

And then set up distribution parts of the festival so all the extra food gets where it needs to be! Boxes of free lemons in front of your house because you have 80 goddamned lemons are great, but you know what else would be great? An organized effort to take that shit to food pantries (which SUPER rarely get fresh produce, because they can't hold anything perishable for long at all) and community/farmer's markets

Rain Capture Festival

The "water year" - how we track annual rainfall and precipitation - is offset from the regular calendar year because, like, that's just when water cycles through the ecosystems (e.g. meltwater). At least in the US, the water year is October 1st through September 30th of the next year, because October 1st is around when all the snowmelt from last year is gone, and a new cycle is starting as rain begins to fall again in earnest.

So why don't we all have a big barn raising equivalent every September to build rain capture infrastructure?

Team up with some neighbors to turn one of those little grass strips on the sidewalk into a rain-garden with fall-planting plants. Go down to your local church and help them install some gutters and rain barrels. Help deculvert rivers so they run through the dirt again, and make sure all the storm drains in your neighborhood are nice and clear.

Even better, all of this - ESPECIALLY the rain gardens - will also help a ton with flood control!

I'm so serious about how cool this could be, yall.

And people who can't or don't want to do physical stuff for any of these festivals could volunteer to watch children or cook food for the festival or whatever else might need to be done!

Parties afterward to celebrate all the good work done! Community building and direct local improvements to help protect ourselves from climate change!

The possibilities are literally endless, so not to sound like an influencer or some shit, but please DO comment or reply or put it in the notes if you have thoughts, esp on other things we could hold festivals like this for.

Canning festivals. "Dig your elderly neighbors out of the snow" festivals. Endangered species nesting count festival. Plant fruit trees on public land and parks festival. All of the things that I don't know anywhere near enough to think of. Especially in more niche or extreme ecosystems, there are so many possibilities that could do a lot of good

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Smokey Bear - art by Rudolph Wendelin (c. 1995)

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Yours In Trust, We Must Protect It From Fire

Fire prevention poster, Maryland State Department of Forestry

1939

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Concepts for Illustration class!

Prompt: GET ANGRY focused on how the previous generation ruined our planet

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1990s Donald Duck Fire Prevention button

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Fireworks Safety Infographic

Every year, thousands of people are injured badly enough to require medical treatment after fireworks-related incidents, with many of the injuries to children and young adults. While the majority of these incidents are due to amateurs attempting to use professional-grade, homemade or other illegal fireworks or explosives, less powerful devices like small firecrackers and sparklers can also cause…

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How To Store The Cybertruck And It's Battery

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I need a few of these!

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Fire Safety is critical aspect of building management and residential safety. Every year, countless lives are lost, and significant property damage is incurred due to fire accidents. However, advancements in technology have led to the development of various fire safety solutions aimed at mitigating the risks associated with fires. In this article, we’ll delve into the importance of fire safety solutions like composite sheets, self-locking pillows, fire barrier sealants, and fire barrier mortars in safeguarding lives and property.

Understanding Fire Safety Solutions Before we delve into their importance, let’s understand what these fire safety solutions entail.

Composite Sheet: The composite sheet, typically made from layers of fiberglass and resin, is a fire-resistant material. The design aims to withstand high temperatures and prevent the spread of fire.

Self-Locking Pillow: Innovative devices filled with fire-retardant material are self-locking pillows. When exposed to flames, they expand rapidly, creating a barrier to suppress fire.

Fire Barrier Sealant: Specifically formulated to seal joints and gaps in structures, fire barrier sealants prevent the spread of fire and smoke.

Fire Barrier Mortar: Fire barrier mortar, a specialized mortar, is utilized to fill voids and gaps in fire-rated walls and floors, thereby providing additional fire resistance.

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Self-Locking Pillow: Enhancing Fire Safety Measures Self-locking pillows are innovative fire safety devices that have been designed to enhance fire suppression measures. Unlike traditional fire extinguishers, self-locking pillows are passive fire protection systems that deploy automatically when exposed to heat or flames.

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Composition and Function

Fire barrier mortar, typically composed of inorganic materials such as cement, sand, and fire-resistant additives, is combined with water to create a thick paste that can be applied to joints.

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California Park Fire grows, now 6th largest

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This is extremely relevant right now. The air quality on the east coast of the U.S. may be improving, but Canada is still burning, and in the United States, since January 1, 19,693 wildfires have burned 620,986 acres across the country. Let’s all do our part to prevent the situation from getting worse.

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Vienna State Opera Unveils Their Latest Safety Curtain by Artist Anselm Kiefer

Each year since 1998, Austria’s Museum in Progress has chosen a world-renowned artist to transform the large central curtain (known as the “Safety Curtain”) in the Vienna State Opera building into a work of art. The nonprofit art initiative transforms the fire protection wall between the stage and the auditorium of the Vienna State Opera into a temporary exhibition space for contemporary art. The…

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Fire Prevention week was started in 1925 by President Coolidge to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. This leather fire bucket and leather fireman’s helmet from the early 19th Century. In fact, these pieces were produced BEFORE the Great Chicago Fire.

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Fire Safety Training in Construction

In the realm of construction, fire safety training is not just a regulatory requirement; it’s a vital practice that safeguards lives and property. This article will delve into why fire safety training in construction is essential, its key components, and how it benefits both workers and construction projects. Understanding Fire Safety Training in Construction Understanding fire safety training…

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This video was taken by a man driving to his job during the 2018 wildfire season. 🔥😱

The relationship between humans and wildfires has evolved quite a lot throughout history, especially recently thanks to new technologies.

Indigenous peoples often used controlled burns as a land management technique, but as European settlers expanded into North America, a focus on fire suppression began to take root, especially following catastrophic events like the Great Fire of 1910, which scorched about three million acres across Idaho, Montana, and Washington.

This led to a "Smokey the Bear" approach, emphasizing the prevention of all forest fires.

In recent years, the frequency and intensity of wildfires have increased globally, with notable examples like Australia's 2019-2020 bushfire season and California's record-breaking fire seasons in 2020 and 2021.

The technology to combat wildfires has evolved rapidly since the early 20th century.

The primary tools used to be simple like shovels and axes, used to create firebreaks to halt the spread of fire.

In the 1930s, the use of aircraft for aerial reconnaissance began.

It later expanded to include dropping water and fire retardants, with the first recorded air-to-ground fire retardant drop occurring in 1955 in Los Angeles County.

In the 1960s and 1970s, the advent of more advanced communication systems, including radios, enhanced the coordination among firefighting crews.

As computing technology advanced in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Geographic Information Systems and satellite imaging started playing an essential role in mapping fires and predicting their spread.

Most recently, drones have been employed for real-time monitoring, and machine learning algorithms are being developed to predict fire behavior more accurately.