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    Lyneham Fire Risk

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    degree of slope of an area is an important factor when determining fire risk (Ellis‚ 2004)‚ therefore as there is approximately a 50m slope at minimal angle‚ there exists a fire risk in Lyneham however it isn’t severe. Housing factors in Lyneham posed several fire risks. Lyneham has a large variety of property types; of the 1‚817 occupied private dwellings in 2001‚ 40% were detached houses‚ 29% were semi-detached‚ row or terrace houses and townhouses and 27% were flats‚ units or apartments (ACT

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    The Great Fire of London

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    decimated the population and ruined the living conditions‚ the Great Fire of London struck the medieval city at the end of a dry summer in 1666. The fire started as an innocent blaze in a bakery‚ but due to lack of immediate response‚ turned into a giant inferno that raged for 3 days and ravaged London (Tinniswood 42). Despite the suspicions of the paranoid city dwellers‚ the official statement issued by the Parliament on the cause of the Fire was that “nothing hath yet been found to argue it to have been

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    Fire In Fahrenheit 451

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    Fire can be used for many purposes‚ good or bad. It can heat and light up a room or it can completely destroy a room. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ fire is used to destroy things; especially books. In their society reading books is against the law and anyone caught reading a book will get their house burned down with the books and all of their possessions inside. Fire is a recurring theme throughout the book.  Bradbury uses fire as a symbol of destruction to demonstrate its power and how it

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    Goblet of Fire Essay

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    ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’‚ written by J.K. Rowling‚ is an excellent example of a modern novel that uses medieval influences extensively. Many of the novel’s characters are based on medieval ideas and superstitions. The settings in the book resemble old medieval towns as well as castles. The book is also full of medieval imagery such as knights in armour‚ carriages etc. Whilst there is no time travel involved in the novel‚ the medieval period is used to such an effect that the reader is

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    perennial cold. It is the internal flame that sparks the innovation and creativity within the human mind and the external fire that has allowed for humans to advance. Fire has been powering human advancement and invention for millennia‚ a source of energy for the furnace of mankind. In James Joyce’s novel Dubliners‚ Joyce incorporates fire and flames; however Joyce’s use of fire is not to shed light on the jovial atmosphere of Dublin. Rather Joyce’s pervasive use of flame in a minor state and its noticeable

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    Fire Risk Assessment

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    The emergency services (Police‚ Fire and Ambulance) have to respond to all emergency situations‚ but they have different roles and responsibilities and they have graded response policies. All emergencies are graded by the call handler according to the information from the caller and not by the way the incident is reported. If a caller dials 999 believing an incident is an emergency the call handler will assess the information and then decide whether it is top priority or if the incident does actually

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    Fire Chapter Summary

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    In the chapter the Fire Dana is home recovering from her first encounter in another dimension‚ however‚ as she is recovering she begins to feel dizzy and sick again‚ then she appears in a room with a boy who is playing with fire. As Dana watches the boy she sees that the stick he is holding has ambers of fire‚ as do the curtains. Dana acts quickly by disposing of them‚ the boy then notices her she begins to question if it’s Rufus. As they get acquainted we discover the boy is Rufus however he is

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    Winchester House

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    Abstract The Winchester house is full of twist and turns. Mrs. Winchester built things upside down‚ doors leading to no where‚ and staircases also. Mrs.Wichester had a great life going for her‚ good at music and everybody loved her. Once she got married‚ it seemed everything went downhill. Her only child dies as a infant and couple of years later her husband. Now she is left with tons of money and owning half of the stock market‚ she goes and meet with a medium. The medium tells her that her husband

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    Blue Fire Monologue

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    school and my friends and I‚ Aiden and Sam were going to a bond fire. We go to this bond fire every year. It’s on a ranch near the Powderhorn‚ and we would burn all of our homework from that school year. My dad was driving us to Jack’s house. Once we got there my dad dropped us‚ off we went around the house‚ and saw the biggest bonfire like a whole house was on fire. I unpacked my assignments and tossed them in the inferno. Blue fire lashed out and my homework was gone in an instant. Someone bumped

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    A Doll's House

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    The Art A Well-Made Doll’s House: The Influence of Eugene Scribe on the Art of Henrik Ibsen Posted by Jennine Lanouette on Sunday‚ December 24th‚ 2000 A famous writer once said‚ “Because someone does a thing first‚ doesn’t mean they will do it best‚” and the history of drama certainly has done its part to bear this out. Playwrights who boldly introduce new dramatic forms (Seneca‚ for example) have often left to those who came later the job of raising their innovations to the level of art (as

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