Article: Fire crews tackle thatch roof blaze.(News)

Article: Thatch roof fire destroys luxury bush lodge.(News)
The Mercury (South Africa);  August 19, 2008 ;     409 words ... ... the fire was "totally under control" and no guests were injured in the blaze. Describing the scene, Brearley said the thatch roof had collapsed inside the wall structure of the hotel's main building, which also housed the bar, kitchen and a variety ...

Article: Laotians thatch roof to buffer conference venue ...
AP Worldstream;  July 24, 2005 ;     362 words ...AP Worldstream 07-24-2005 Dateline: VIENTIANE, Laos Planners in impoverished Laos needed a fix for the cacophony of rain pelting the metal roof of their conference venue. They resorted to the ancient art of grass thatching. The building in the Laotian capital looks like a converted airplane hanger

Article: Garden views. (thatch-roof cottage in southwest ...
Country Living;  May 1, 1998 ;     579 words ...A young couple uses nature's colors and materials to revitalize a thatched-roof cottage and the land that surrounds it The first time floral designer Marcel Wolterinck and his wife, Anja, saw this 1920s brick cottage in southwest Holland, they fell in love with its traditional thatched roof, breezy

Article: PEGGY, 79, KILLED BY HER THATCH ROOF IN BLAZE; ...
The Mirror (London, England);  February 5, 2004 ;     582 words ...Byline: DECLAN FAHY and DECLAN VARLEY AN elderly woman was killed yesterday when her thatched cottage's roof collapsed in flames. Family members watched in horror as Peggy Gill, 79, was trapped by the blaze ripping through their home. Her husband Christopher, twin sister Betty and daughter Amanda

Article: Club in appeal to repair thatch roof ; With its ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  June 17, 2009 ;     561 words ...With its stunning sea views and 19th century pavilion, Sidmouth Cricket Club is the first-choice location for hundreds of touring sides. World-class batsman Viv Richards and Sir Jack Hobbs have played there and it boasts the formation of Somerset County Cricket Club among its achievements. Now

Article: Bucks fire crews to protest at shift changes.
Bucks Herald (Aylesbury, England);  June 23, 2008 ;     687 words ...FIRE crews from across Bucks will be joined by their ... changes they say will damage family life. Fire crews will be joined by partners, children ... Thursday). Under the proposed changes fire crews would see their day shifts extended from ...

Article: COMPARING THE COSTS OF AGENCY AND CONTRACT FIRE ...
Fire Management Today;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Has the increasing use of contract fire crews (20-person type 2 fire crews) by our public land management agencies over the ... about the relative cost of contract and agency fire crews, I have synthesized the results of two recent ...