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    fire insurance

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    INTRODUCTION Fire is one of the original perils insurance was designed to protect against.  Current building codes and many nearby fire departments make it easy to forget about the catastrophic damage fire can do.  However the damage caused by fire and the fire departments effort to put out a fire is all too real.  It happens in just an instance.  Smoker falling asleep in a chair‚ an unattended candle‚ paper or clothing too near the stove or a heat generating source‚ or a spark caused from an

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    forged by fire

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    Forged By Fire by Sharon M. Draper is a sad tale about child abuse. When Gerald was a young boy‚ he was constantly left alone in the house without any supervision. He would not have any food to eat and when it was cold he would be shivering. One day when his mother‚ Monique left him home alone‚ he accidentally started a fire and it almost killed him. Luckily he was saved and his mother was arrested for child abandonment. Gerald was sent to live with his aunt. Aunt Queen took him in and raised

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    The Reichstag fire

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    The Reichstag fire The Reichstag fire took place on February 27th 1933. The Reichstag building was where Germany’s parliament sat. On the night of February 27th Hitler and Goebbels were having dinner at Goebbel’s Berlin home. Just after 21.00‚ Goebbels received a phone call from Dr. Hansfstaengl that the Reichstag building was on fire. Goebbels later claimed that he felt the news was so fanciful that he did not inform Hitler even though he was in the same house. It was only when he received another

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    Fire Safety

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    Fire Safety On a cold summers night the fire department received a two-alarm house fire. When the first-in engine arrived on the scene they reported heavy smoke and flames visible from the exterior. Others units then arrived on the scene to help battle the blaze that destroyed the two-story house. Thankfully‚ no one was injured. Fire investigators determined the cause of the blaze was a candle that has been left burning unattended while the homeowners left the house. Accidents like this are

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    Trial by Fire

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    [pic] Trial by Fire Did Texas execute an innocent man? by David Grann September 7‚ 2009 [pic] Cameron Todd Willingham in his cell on death row‚ in 1994. He insisted upon his innocence in the deaths of his children and refused an offer to plead guilty in return for a life sentence. Photograph by Ken Light. Related Links Audio: Grann on the Texas execution that may change the death penalty debate. Video: David Grann discusses the flaws of the Cameron Todd Willingham

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    Fire of Chicago

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    1871‚ just after nine o’clock‚ a fire broke out in the barn behind the home of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary at 13 DeKoven Street. How the fire started is still unknown today‚ but an O’Leary cow often gets the credit. The firefighters‚ exhausted from fighting a large fire the day before‚ were first sent to the wrong neighborhood. When they finally arrived at the O’Leary’s‚ they found the fire raging out of control. The blaze quickly spread east and north. Wooden houses‚ commercial and industrial buildings

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    fire essay

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    to the other one and I got through ‚ I rushed back home but on arriving what I saw just made me drop on my knees. The house was filled with smoke and fire qas ravaging . The glasses on the windows broke and shattered with rhe heat. The burning fire engulfed the house from all sides‚ the house looked like a fire-breathing dragon was inside the house puffing fire. The fleames burned deep red and amber ‚ almost livid purple ‚ the firefighters came in minutes after they were called

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    Fire Prevention

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    FIre prevention towards progression Fires can ignite at any time without warning. Fire is merciless; it takes away everything standing on its way‚ including people’s lives. "The sudden increase of fires has caused the authorities to take preventive measures to control this growing problem. If the underbrush is cleared out on a regular basis‚ many forest fires will be prevented. Other preventions will include installing or building houses and businesses with metal roofs‚ and installing electronic

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    Fire Investigation

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    COMBUSTION AND FIRE INVESTIGATION There are many different types of fires and it can be quite difficult to establish what may have started the fire in the first place. Fire investigation is an important process that attempts to establish the cause of the fire and whether a criminal act has taken place. The National Fire Statistics in the UK compiled by the Home Office states that 25% of fires are electrical in origin but this does not tell the whole story. The statistics are compiled from fire report

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    Fire Prevention

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    Running head: FIRE PREVENTION Fire Prevention in the Healthcare Setting John Diaz MA 101 Carrington College Fire Prevention in the Healthcare Setting Fire safety and fire prevention are very important. Prevention is defined as the act of prevention‚ to stop‚ hinder or to keep from happening. Accidents are bound to happen‚ it is impossible to predict when it is going to occur but we can always be more cautious to lower those odds. Unfortunately‚ as much as we would like to think that

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