June 2020 Fire Report: 34 Reported Incidents, 17 Successfully Eliminated by Fire Rover

Based on reasonable assumptions, we can extrapolate that 1,800-plus facility fires have occurred during that time, which, based on the number of facilities reported by the Environmental Research & Education Foundation, is more than 40% of the industry. How COVID-19 Is Affecting Our Current Waste...

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Published in:Waste360 2020-07-09
Main Author: Fogelman, Ryan
Format: Newspaper Article
Language:English
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Airline security
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Environmental research
Fire protection
Pandemics
Professionals
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Shelter in place
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Summary:Based on reasonable assumptions, we can extrapolate that 1,800-plus facility fires have occurred during that time, which, based on the number of facilities reported by the Environmental Research & Education Foundation, is more than 40% of the industry. How COVID-19 Is Affecting Our Current Waste and Recycling Streams In each of the past four months, we have seen an increase in the number of waste, paper and plastic fire incidents at our facilities versus their monthly historical average. Additionally, Fogelman is on the National Fire Protection Association’s Technical Committee for Hazard Materials.
ISSN:2329-6984