Former Fire Marshal Rob Hazard cites fire risks and inadequate infrastructure in appeal to the County Planning Commission.

For extra heat in the winter months, you might rely on space heaters —but are they safe to use? Though space heaters provide ...

Firefighters and safety managers now face fires that may not respond to traditional suppression. This lack of clarity has ...

As solar energy continues to expand across commercial and industrial rooftops, understanding their fire behaviour has become ...

For months, federal officials have said post-cleanup soil testing for fire-stricken homes in L.A. was unnecessary. Now, they ...

The inviting new student wellness center, designed by WRNS Studio, melds a 1920s academic hall with new wings housing an array of health services.

How can a water utility be certain that it has selected the right tank design for its specific operational needs?

Abstract: Series connection of Silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs is needed for increasing the blocking voltage of available power devices (limited to 3.3 kV in the market) and has been extensively studied ...

Globally, the risks and impacts of wildfires are increasing, intensifying and expanding. Due to many human actions and past legacies – be it settler-colonialism, land conversion, development, and the ...

Abstract: In this article, a medium-voltage (MV) ac-dc solid state transformer (SST) for electric vehicle (EV) extreme fast charging (XFC) station is proposed. The SST adopts a cascaded H-bridge (CHB) ...