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The Historian Of Fire Buckets Fire buckets--one of the great innovations of fire suppression technology, and one that today is largely obsolete. Foam extinguishers and other more modern means of fighting oil fires have become the standard, and the quaint red buckets of sand from yesteryear have become for the most part a thing of the past. But one artist is fighting to ensure that the past remains remarkably present. Stainless Steel Extinguishers And Urban Art: The Controversy Over Graffiti A stainless steel extinguisher: a classy piece of decor. A vital tool for fighting large, dangerous fires. And, in some urban areas--a controversial art supply. Nineteenth-Century Poet Would Bemoan A Lack Of Extinguisher Stands: William McGonagall Extinguisher stands were hardly a standard safety option during the all-too-brief career of William McGonagall, the Dundee man commonly known even today as the "Worst Poet In The World." But McGonagall--the poetic chronicler of the Tay Bridge Disaster--would have been the first to applaud the invention, though it surely would have spelled the end of his career. Foam Extinguishers Upon The Old Miss If Huck Finn and Jim had thought to carry foam extinguishers with them in their classic flight down the Mississippi, they might well have had an easier time of everything. That's what Disneyland employees learned one morning when a raft on their classic "Tom Sawyer Island" attraction burst into flames. Fire Safety Signs And Verbs: New York's Graffiti Master Are fire safety signs beautiful? Or are they the kinds of things people simply don't notice? Or are they possibly an opportunity for unique creative expression? The work of Leon Reid IV (alias Darius Jones, alias VERBS) raises these questions and more. Attackers Set Fire To Blankets: Homelessness In America Fire blankets, we all know, are a crucial component of fire safety practices. So it's a brutal irony that unknown attackers in Corona, California in 2007 gave the phrase an entirely new and horrible meaning by setting fire to the sheets of a homeless couple. Why does this happen in American society? Fire Exit Signs Around The World: Subtleties Of Style In the United States, people tend to take one thing for granted: fire exit signs are always red. But around the world, that simply isn't true--in fact, in many countries, making an emergency sign red would mean that it's illegal to rescue yourself in the event of an emergency! In this article, we talk a little bit about the strange variations in emergency signage around the world.

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