Bulletin Board
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| Date Posted | Note |
| 6/29/09 | NEW ARTICLE: ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION – Microchips Provide Security for your Animals |
| 11/22/03 | Interesting article about horse blanketing |
| 11/18/08 | Stephanie Abronson reminds us to download "What Do I Do With My Horse in Fire, Flood and/or Earthquake." |
| 10/28/08 | FIRE PREVENTION
CHECKLIST Using this checklist, walk through your barn and see what needs to be corrected. |
| 10/18/08 | A way to avoid the use of heat tapes! I
received an email from Dr. V. Shurin, president of Colorado Advanced
Technology (www.ion-plasma.com)
about the Freeze-Free Water Hose (FFWH) developed by his company. "Speaking about water hoses at subfreezing temperatures, our company has developed and patented the Freeze-Free Water Hose. A small air compressor, which is a part of the whole assembly, removes water from a hose and a faucet in just about 30-40 seconds, depending on the length of the hose. So, while installed, you don't have to disassemble the hose at subfreezing temperatures. The systems works very reliably in Colorado, where we live. The price shown on our website for the Freeze-Free Water Hose is incorrect; it is $300 for the whole new assembly." |
| 10/18/08 | EquineU.com, a division Action Safety Education, is offering a their FREE 15-page Emergency Planning Workbook as a PDF download. |
| 7/10/08 | My new article about fans is now posted near the top of the page at www.InfoHorse.com. |
| 6/1/08 | New Article: Electrical Appliances |
| 2/15/08 | Press Release: In 2007 in the United States Alone, 870,984 Confined Animals Died in Preventable Fires |
| 1/7/08 | New Article: In The Aftermath Of A Fire |
| 12/8/07 | Added Information about Barn Fire Classes by Emergency Training Systems Inc |
| 11/8/07 | Important Contributor Article: Up In Flames by Cappy Tosetti |
| 11/8/07 | Additional Contributor Article: Protecting Buildings from Wildfires |
| 11/8/07 | The National Ag Safety Database at www.cdc.gov/nasd has many farm and fire safety publications in Spanish. |
| 10/13/07 | New Article: Evacuating Your Barn In A Fire and related articles |
| 8/9/07 | New Book Review: The Horses of Proud Spirit |
| 8/8/07 | Some excellent information on hay storage from Ed Scott |
| 6/24/07 | Emergency Training Systems is currently running an eight-part series about barn fire safety on RFD-TV's "HorseCity.com" program. Local program schedules can be found under "Programming" on the RFDTV website at www.rfdtv.com. |
| 6/19/07 | New Article Added - Wildland Fires |
| 6/11/07 | New Article Added - Detection and Alerting Devices |
| 5/11/07 | FIRE
AND LIFE SAFETY FOR ANIMAL HOUSING FACILITIES (PDF) I am pleased to post this media release from our NFPA Technical Committee's liaison, Hossein Davoodi, who along with our Committee Chairman, Tim Hawthorne, and everyone on our committee, has helped to bring greater life and fire safety protection to all confined animals. |
| 3/19/07 | New Contributor Article Added - Lessons Learned from a Barn Fire |
| 3/1/07 | New Article Added - Security Considerations |
| 2/25/07 | BOOK REVIEW — Michelle Staples' manual— Save Your Horse! |
| 2/15/07 | Dave Yates on Heating: I wrote to Dave regarding the recent, overwhelming number of barn fire reports coming in and got an important response everyone should read. |
| 1/15/07 | OK FIRE MARSHAL OKS RULES FOR STALL DECORATIONS |
| 6/28/06 | New Bulletin Board created to post quick notes and updates of importance. Check here regularly for notes of interest. |
| 2/15/06 | West
Barnstable, MA Barn Fire Photos Britton Crosby has posted some photos of a barn fire in West Barnstable, Massachusetts that occurred on May 11, 2002. In this case, fortunately, no horses were lost, but the sight of total destruction is still heartbreaking. |
