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E&E News
7 days ago
- Politics
- E&E News
House panel backs total suppression for wildfires
The House Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday endorsed a return to forest policy of a bygone era, approving a measure to once again suppress wildfires within 24 hours of detection. In approving a bill by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) on a voice vote, the committee backed a more aggressive approach to suppressing fire as a debate swirls about the Forest Service's firefighting capacity. 'We need to return to policies that proved they work, and this is one of them,' said McClintock, who told colleagues he's pursued the bill, H.R. 178, at the urging of local fire departments around the Sierra Nevada region he represents. Advertisement Democrats opposed the bill, saying it would bring back a total suppression policy that allowed forests to become overgrown in much of the last century and thus more vulnerable to wildfire. The practice officially ended in the 1970s.
CBS News
07-07-2025
- Climate
- CBS News
Spirit Airlines inspects three planes after fire suppression foam spills out at Detroit hangar
A fire suppression system was "inadvertently activated" Friday afternoon at a Detroit Metro Airport Spirit Airlines hangar, according to a statement from the airline. There was no fire, no impact to the day's flight operations, and no injuries resulted from the incident, the airline said. The incident, which happened about 5 p.m., is believed to be caused by lightning strikes nearby. Two aircraft that were parked inside Spirit's DTW hangar at the time, and one that was parked outside, "were removed from service for inspection by our maintenance team," the airline said. A contractor was also scheduled to assist with cleanup efforts. "We thank first responders for their quick response and assistance," the statement said.
BBC News
11-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Plans for new fire prevention system at Plymouth recycling centre
Planning consent is being sought for a new fire prevention and suppression system at Plymouth's largest recycling and waste Waste Services, which runs the Chelson Meadow facility for Plymouth City Council, said the risk of fires at such centres had "greatly increased" because of lithium batteries used in a multitude of products being documents stated a new automated system, Helios, would be used to identify heat spots before fires were noticeable to the human system could automatically deploy water cannons before a blaze could take hold and was designed to be used where sprinkler and spray water systems offered insufficient protection. Adverse noise impacts The planning documents stated the system utilised infrared heat detection cameras which monitored stockpiles. The system required some external plant and machinery to be installed, they said it did not anticipate the proposal, which was in an industrial area, would have adverse noise impacts on neighbours, with the closest property being located 300m (985ft) batteries were able to hold a powerful charge and, when damaged, could cause intense fires that were capable of reigniting because the batteries could effectively create their own oxygen, Biffa said. Six billion batteries Biffa is rolling out a multi-million pound investment programme of Helios fire suppression systems to minimise the risk at its waste management facilities across the its application, Biffa said about six billion batteries were thrown away in the last year nationwide - more than 3,000 a minute - with more than 1.1 billion of electricals potentially containing hidden lithium-ion batteries, such as laptops, mobile phones, electric toothbrushes, vapes and batteries could become crushed or damaged in bin lorries or waste sites if they were not recycled and could cause fires, bosses were more than 1,200 fires in the waste system in the last 12 months nationally, compared to 700 in 2022, they added.
