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    Fire Alarm Circuit

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    Fire alarm circuit ABSTRACT Here is a simple fire alarm circuit based on a Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) and lamp pair for sensing the fire. The alarm works by sensing the smoke produced during fire. The circuit produces an audible alarm when the fire breaks out with smoke. When there is no smoke the light from the bulb will be directly falling on the LDR. The LDR resistance will be low and so the voltage across it (below 0.6V). The transistor will be OFF and nothing happens. When there is sufficient

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    Banning Catching Fire

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    Banning Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins has good intentions—protecting children; however‚ children/teenagers should be trusted to make their own decisions about what they read. Books are usually challenged or banned to protect others‚ for example; violence‚ sexually explicit or offensive language. Catching fire is said to be challenged because of its violence‚ anti-ethnic‚ anti-family‚ insensitivity‚ and offensive language. The Hunger Games series was on the 2010 challenged books lists. I believe

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    Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

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    The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/ Introduction The fire was at the Triangle Waist Company in New York City Claimed the lives of 146 young immigrant workers This incident has had great significance to this day because it highlights the inhumane working conditions to which industrial working conditions to which industrial workers can be subjected Sweatshops & Strikes before 1911 Was a typical sweated factory in the heart of Manhattan Located at 23-29

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    Narrative Essay- Fire!

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    crashed. Horror screams pierced the air. Fire spread itself throughout the building like locusts destroying everything in its’ path. The orange clutches of fire wrapped its fiery fingers around the whole building turning everything into a gloomy black. The fire changed from orange to blue as the temperatures rose like the thick black fumes that were stretching skywards. I stood there helplessly feeling like a burnt child dreads fire. Shock and fear engulfed me. Cries of desperation

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    Jack London Fire

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    In the short story to build a fire by Jack London‚ we are introduced to an unnamed character who can be described as ignorant and carless. The man has to travel through the deep snow for several miles with a dog to meet with the boys. Later on in the story‚ he is troubled by the harsh weather and is forced numerous times to build a fire. The man is considered to be the dynamic character due the drastic changes he undergoes such as how he becomes more cautious in the decisions he makes. The author

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    1903 Iroquiose Theatre Fire

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    theater fire Introduction Since the inception of human civilization‚ fire has been both a cause of disaster as well as a resource of comfort to man. United States has had a long historical record of fire disasters that have claimed thousands of lives and caused heavy destruction of property.  Some of the most disastrous fires in the United States in the 20th century include the Iroquois theater fire in Chicago in 1903‚ general Slocum wheel boat  fire in 1904 the Ohio State penitentiary fire in 1930

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    The History of the Fire Service Did you know that the earliest form of firefighting took place in Rome in 24 B.C? After almost being destroyed by unruly conflagrations‚ Rome created a fire department consisting of about 7‚000 paid firefighters. Their fire crews responded to and fought fires‚ and also patrolled the streets with the authority to fine anyone who disobeyed the fire prevention codes (Hashgan). The major piece of firefighting equipment the Roman’s used was the bucket‚ which was passed

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    Fire Timeline Notes

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    Fire Timeline 1860- Native populations decline and begin to be restricted to reservations- decrease in indigenous fires 1908- Forest Fire Emergency Act- Permitted deficit spending to fight fire 1910- 3 million acres burn in Northern Idaho and Western Montana The fires of 1910 shaped ideas‚ fears‚ policy and management 1924- Aldo Leopold argues that fire is an important natural process 1935- Forest service 10am policy established 1943- Harold Weaver (Burro of Indian Affairs) writes about the

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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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    conducive to his downfall. An interaction with the “Old Timer” is what drives many of his decisions‚ and it blinds him from the risks of his environment. He pompously criticizes the Old Timer‚ applauding himself for his manliness while thinking “the fire was a success. He was safe. […] The old-timer had been very serious in laying down the law that no man must travel alone in the Klondike after fifty below. Well‚ here he was; he had had the accident; he was alone; and he had saved himself. Those old-timers

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