It came out with its first fire wall product in the 1990's, long before anyone was thinking about the Internet and security.
It was interesting that, after Tuesday, the soft drinks industry turned its first fire not on the science of sugar and health but on the confectionery and food manufacturers.
The fact that Brown has begun his mayoralty by ousting or moving to oust more than half of the city's black department heads (while giving San Francisco its first black fire chief) seems not to trouble him--or, so far, the local media.
The city will see its first new fire station since the Central Station at Calumet and Conkey was built in 1979 with the announcement Tuesday that a new station to be built in Hessville.
As the battle against the Woolsey fire entered its seventh day, fire officials were optimistic Thursday that improved weather might help them get the upper hand against the devastating blaze.
In November last year it saw its first exchange of fire for seven years in November, damaging vessels on both sides.
The announcement in New York completes an extensive round of hardware news from Amazon; it recently confirmed that it will bring both its TV streaming box, Fire TV, and its first smartphone, the Fire Phone, to the UK for the first time.
Alaska, home to most of the boreal forest in the United States, had its second-largest fire season on record in 2015, with 768 fires burning more than five million acres.
GEORGIA TECH 37, B.C. 17 Georgia Tech (3-4, 2-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) ended a three-game losing streak in its first game since firing the defensive coordinator Al Groh.
A special United Nations brigade formed to neutralize armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has taken its first military action, firing artillery at rebels menacing the city of Goma, United Nations and Congolese military officers said Friday.
