ADVISORY/Fire Causes Los Alamos Residents to Evacuate.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2000 TOPIC: An out-of-control fire caused all 18,000 residents of Los Alamos, NM to evacuate their homes and town, as reported on MSNBC.com. The National Park Service, allegedly, set the fire, known as a prescribed burn (or back-burn), to clear the brush at nearby Bandelier National Monument Bandelier National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table). Bandelier National Monument Archaeological area, north-central New Mexico, U.S. Lying along the Rio Grande 20 mi (32 km) northwest of Santa Fe, it was established in 1916. . One hundred homes were burned when strong winds caused the fire to get out of control. Army troops were brought in to secure plutonium and explosive materials that were stored at the Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory. President Clinton allegedly has given the Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the federal agency responsible for coordinating emergency planning, preparedness, risk reduction, response, and recovery. The agency works closely with state and local governments by funding emergency programs and providing technical permission to use all resources necessary to handle the situation. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Mr. John Linstrom, director of education for the Fire & Emergency Television Network, is actively involved in state and federal response teams and holds degrees in Fire Science & Fire Protection Administration. He is certified as a Master Fire Fighter, Master Inspector, Fire Investigator, Emergency Medical Technician e·mer·gen·cy medical technician n. Abbr. EMT A person trained and certified to appraise and initiate the administration of emergency care for victims of trauma or acute illness before or during transportation of victims to a health care and HAZMAT Scene Commander. 972/309-4961 jlinstro@pwpl.com PR: Marlene Hilton (marleneh@pwpl.com). Professor Ronald S. Mullisen, of California Polytechnic State University This article is about the university in San Luis Obispo, California. For Cal Poly Pomona, see California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. California Polytechnic State University, commonly called Cal Poly , Mechanical Engineering Department, has extensive knowledge of fire analysis, thermodynamics thermodynamics, branch of science concerned with the nature of heat and its conversion to mechanical, electric, and chemical energy. Historically, it grew out of efforts to construct more efficient heat engines—devices for extracting useful work from expanding and fluid mechanics. 805/756-1375 805/756-1111 (University PR Phone) Mr. Edward S. George, presdident of E&S Consulting Inc., can offer his expertise on fire investigations, industrial failures, metal component failures and materials science. 800/259-7464 Professor David A. Lucht, Director Center for Fire Safety Studies at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester Polytechnic Institute - (WPI) A well-regarded, small engineering college. Address: Worcester, MA, USA. , heads WPI's world-renowned program in fire protection engineering Fire protection engineering (also known as fire engineering or fire safety engineering) is the application of science and engineering principles to protect people and their environments from the destructive effects of fire and smoke. . After Congress adopted the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, he was nominated by Gerald R. Ford to serve as the first presidential appointee APPOINTEE. A person who is appointed or selected for a particular purpose; as the appointee under a power, is the person who is to receive the benefit of the trust or power. in the newly created U.S. Fire Administration. He became deputy administrator in 1975 after confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Re-appointed by Jimmy Carter, he continued in that position until 1978 when he came to WPI WPI - Worcester Polytechnic Institute where he established the first U.S. master of science and, later, Ph.D., programs in fire protection engineering as director of WPI's new Center for Fire Safety Studies. 508/831-5104 dalucht@wpi.edu PR: Arlie Corday (acorday@wpi.edu). ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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