A:There are quite a number of legends about the rhinoceros stamping out fire. The story seems to have been common in Malaysia and Burma. This type of rhinoceros even had a special name in Malay, 'badak api', where badak means rhinoceros and api means fire. The animal would come when a fire is lit in the forest and stamp it out. If there is or can be any truth in the legend, it would be hard to decide. Suffice it to say that there has been no sighting of this phenomenon in recent history.

All rhinos, those from Asia as well as Africa, have teeth in the sides of their jaws, called premolars and molars. The Asian species of rhinoceros also show well-developed front teeth. In fact, the incisors of the Indian Rhinoceros are its main means of defence, much more dangerous than the horn on the nose.

The horns are very well developed in the two species in Africa (black and white rhinos), but much smaller in the three species in Asia (Sumatran with 2 very small horns, Indian and Javan with one horn). The Asian species certainly do not use the horns to fight or to defend themselves, they use their incisors (sharp front teeth for the purpose). The horns have come about in evolution and they had (have) a general function to impress members of the opposite sex.

To protect your home from wildfires, you must create a "safety zone" or "firebreak" by reducing the amount of dead or dying fuel (vegetation) around your home. This does not necessarily mean all vegetation should be removed. In fact, having fire-resistant plants and trees your home that are properly trimmed and well watered can serve as a firebreak. For more infomation about how to protect your home from wildfire click here .

Firefighters work 72 to 96 hour shifts (3-4 days) at their duty station. Training and equipment maintenance takes up a good deal of firefighters time when they are not on call. Firefighters constantly train so they are ready to handle any type of emergency. Firefighters also conduct fire safety inspections in businesses and wildfire safety inspections on improved property. Firefighters must also maintain and clean their stations.

This is the first singing contest of its kind, where contestants sing, film and send clips of themselves singing using mobile phones via MMS to 75557. The deadline for submissions closes midnight October 31st, 2007. Voting continues until January 31st, 2008.

The National Interagency Fire Center maintains a FAQ Web site which includes a great table of fire history at http://www.nifc.gov/faq.html#history%20fires.

Fires are only allowed in campgrounds with fire rings. Campgrounds with fire rings are: Belle Isle, Caribou Island*, Chippewa Harbor, Duncan Bay, Duncan Narrows, Island Mine, Little Todd, Malone Bay, McCargoe Cove*, Siskiwit Bay* and Todd Harbor* (* indicates a community fire ring).

NIFC is messing around with a national "call-when-needed" engine contract based on geographical locations and "best value" pricing to the government. This means, basically, they take into account experience of crew, equipment and engine age and capabilities and throw them all into a blender and come up with what they call "best value." I know NIFC is trying to get it out this year, but it is behind schedule as it is being churned in the political grinder.

Yes - FireAde 2000 extinguishes the fire by rapidly penetrating the object reducing the radiant heat. When applied to a hot or burning object, the object can be cooled to the point that it no longer supports re-ignition. The ability to prevent re-ignition is useful in widely diverse situations, including and not limited too: Wood, Paper, Fabric, Cotton, Plastic and Rubber Products. Sometimes - Dry Powder Chemical extinguishers are basically flame-quenching agents.

Florida Statue 440.205 provides that no employer shall fire an employee because that employee has filed a valid claim for workers' compensation due to a workers' compensation injury. This law came into effect on January 1, 1994 and allows an injured worker who has been wrongfully fired by his employer due to his workers' compensation injury, to bring a civil action against his employer and potentially receive monetary damages for said firing.

The South has the highest fire death rate per-capita with 17.8 civilian deaths per million population.

Smokejumpers can spend their entire summer on fire assignments away from their home base. However, when not on fire assignments, smokejumpers maintain a high state of readiness.

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In reality Homoeopathy is a system of medicine, which treats the illnesses based on a special law "Similia Similibus Curentur". The word meaning is 'let likes be treated by likes'. Here drug substances are selected according to their property to cause certain diseases in the healthy individuals if they consume them. If such medicinal substances are given to naturally ill individuals, because of a wonderful action of the nature the disease disappears.

A grease fire occurs when oil or greasy foods are heated and ignite. The simplest way to fight a grease fire is to carefully slide a lid over the pan. Do not fight grease fires with water because water causes the grease to splatter and the fire to spread.

Meet the requirements of the state or federal agency doing the firefighting to get on a list of qualified people to be called up. You must take and pass a physical work capacity test. Check out the Wildland Training Information page at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Several Minnesota State Colleges and Universities offer some wildland fire training. Itasca Community College offers a one year diploma and a two-year AAS degree.

AUnless there is a fire ban, campfires are allowed. They must be in the fire rings, and you must bring your own wood.

No - FireAde 2000 will not extinguish electrical fires. To extinguish Class "C" fires you first have to turn off the electricity. Once the electricity has been turned off, in most cases you will then be fighting a Class "A" fire and FireAde 2000 is highly effective for Class "A" fires. Note: FireAde 2000 16 fire extinguishers are water based. However, our fire extinguishers are charged with de-ionized water and will not conduct electricity.