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Tag: fire

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3097: Fire In the Kitchen

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on December 3, 2020 · Episode: 3097 Cooking with Fire in the Colonial Period and Now. Today, fire in the kitchen.

Tags cooking fire hearths Pilgrims thanksgiving

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1938: Discovering Air

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 9, 2020 · Episode: 1938 Three M-names help us to understand air: Meeting the Zeitgiest. Today, we learn what air is made of.

Tags air Aristotelianism atomism atoms barometer earth fire galileo gases Gassendi hydrodynamics Magiotti Magnenus Magni Torricelli vacuum von Guericke water

City of Houston

Southwest Houston Salon Warehouse Catches Fire, Releasing Chemicals

Paul DeBenedetto / Katie Watkins

Posted on July 31, 2020 · The three-alarm warehouse fire broke out around 10:30 a.m. Friday at 7830 Westpark Drive, a salon wholesaler near the 3737 Hilcroft Apartments, city officials said.

Tags fire hillcroft apartments houston fire department westpark drive

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1891: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 15, 2020 · Episode: 1891 Earth, Air, Fire, & Water — Love & Hate. Today, Earth, Air, Fire, and Water.

Tags air alchemy and Water aristotle darwin earth Empedocles evolution fire Mourelatos rhetoric science speed of light

News

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3049: Charcoal Briquettes

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on May 7, 2020 · Episode: 3049 Charcoal Briquettes. Today, we barbeque.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1783: What Did the Ancients Eat?

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 17, 2019 · Episode: 1783 What did the ancients eat? Today, what did the ancients eat?

Tags Apicus diet eating fast foods fermentation fire pottery Recipes Roman food sumerian vegetable oils victuals

News

Houston Mayor Tweaks Proposal To Phase In Firefighter Raises, Union Still Skeptical

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on April 4, 2019 · Turner now proposes implementing Proposition B over three and a half years.

Tags fire houston Patrick ‘Marty’ Lancton police sylvester turner

City of Houston

Turner Holds Off On Announcing Layoffs Due To Cost Of Pay Parity Between Police And Fire

Andrew Schneider

Posted on November 20, 2018 · The mayor is hoping to block the measure in court, arguing that it violates state law.

Tags fire houston police Samuel Peña sylvester turner thanksgiving

City of Houston

After Approval Of HPD-HFD Pay Parity, Credit Rating Agency Downgrades Houston’s Outlook

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on November 16, 2018 · Fitch says implementing the amendment to the City Charter that was approved through Proposition B "will exacerbate an already challenged budgetary profile."

Tags fire Fitch houston police Proposition B sylvester turner

Texas Elections 2018

Voters Approve City Of Houston’s Propositions For HPD-HFD Pay Parity And Drainage Fee

HPM Digital Team

Posted on November 6, 2018 · Mayor Sylvester Turner campaigned against Proposition B arguing that pay parity between the Police and Fire Departments would hurt the City’s finances.

Tags fire houston Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association police Proposition B sylvester turner

News

Houston Police: Woman Sets Car On Fire With Children Inside

Associated Press

Posted on April 23, 2018 · The mother will be charged with charged with three counts of aggravated assault on a family member

Tags car children fire houston mother police Woman

News

Massive Truck Fire on I-45 Snarls Traffic Headed To Downtown Houston

HPM Digital Team / Associated Press

Posted on April 20, 2018 · No serious injuries were reported in the wreck that also has involved several other vehicles

Tags fire houston i 45 traffic

News

UPDATE: Russian Shopping Mall Fire Kills 64; No Alarms Reported

NATALIYA VASILYEVA, AP

Posted on March 25, 2018 · Investigators said Monday that emergency exits were blocked and a security guard turned off the public announcement system when he received a call about the blaze

Tags dead fire russia shopping mall fire

News

Three Children Rescued From Fire In Northwest Harris County

HPM News Staff

Posted on February 26, 2018 · All residents are reported to have made it out safe

Tags fire northwest Houston

News

Homes Evacuated, Roads Closed Due To North Texas Wildfires

Associated Press / KERA News

Posted on January 22, 2018 · The Texas A&M Forest Service said the fire had scored at least 1,000 acres but had been 40 percent contained by late Monday afternoon

Tags fire Texas Wildfires Wildfires

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