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Provo Fire & Rescue invites BYU students to learn and practice fire safety

Amy Ortiz
By Amy Ortiz
October 10, 2023 12:00 AM
In honor of National Fire Prevention Week, Provo Fire & Rescue is working with Provo City and the BYU campus community to educate residents and students about fire safety.
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Utah drought conditions, landscape raise questions of fire risk

By Emma Gadeski
January 24, 2022 12:00 AM
Second in a series on drought. Part one looks at how Utah's drought impacts snowpack levels.
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Caution, safety standards can help prevent fires in homes

By Emma Gadeski
January 13, 2022 12:00 AM
Utahns can take simple steps to prevent fires in the home, which are mostly caused by human error and sparked by candles, electrical malfunctions and thermal runaway in lithium-ion batteries.
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Local

City officials concerned by parties held amid rising COVID-19 cases

By Martha Harris
September 17, 2020 12:00 AM
City officials have expressed concerns over unmasked indoor dance parties in Provo but have not cited the organizers for violating the mask mandate.
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Good weather, careful campers could prevent more wildfires

By Lisi Merkley
September 13, 2019 12:00 AM
Local authorities suggest that a mix of good weather and residents doing their part will be key to this season's fire prevention after the Alaska Fire burned 489 acres just southeast of Provo this summer.
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Local

Playing with fire safely

By Steven Pelham
July 02, 2015 12:00 AM
Provo firework restrictions have been set for places, dates and times to ensure proper firework discharge.
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