the pump‚ but it is very obvious the sooner we free ourselves from the shackles of oil dependence – foreign and domestic – the sooner we will be free of oil industry profiteering and political pandering. What we must determine is if the decision to drill in other areas of the United States including Alaska and even the Gulf Coast or should we explore the other options which include alternate sources of energy such as solar and wind power. Or these issues or problems and if so how do we resolve them
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you stay in a hotel that advertises “absolutely fireproof”? The average person would say yes‚ most people think “It can’t get any safer than absolutely fireproof can it?” Well there was a problem December 7th 1946‚ when the Winecoff Hotel caught on fire. Opened in 1913 as the tallest building in Atlanta‚ Georgia. Built with a steel-framed structure making the owner think it was fireproof‚ but it wasn’t. History of the Winecoff Hotel‚ now known as the Ellis Hotel The steel-framed structure was built
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Prevent • Make sure it do not start • Control fuel sources Communicate • Ensure if fire happens‚ occupants know what to do Escape • Provide a route for escape for occupant to move safely before threatened by smoke Containment • Ensure fire can be contained to smallest possible area Extinguishment • Ensure fire can be extinguished quickly with minimum damage FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM SMOKE DETECTORS HEAT DETECTOR FLAME DETECTOR GAS SENSING DETECTOR Ionisation Dectectors
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My timeline for the fire comes from Fairchild’s 2015 NFPA conference‚ revisiting The Great Adventure Haunted Castle Fire. He uses the NFPA investigation and the trial testimony for his information. The foam pad caught on fire. After the fire started it took 60 seconds for the ceiling above the foam pad to become involved. Two minutes for other parts of the Castle to smell smoke. Two and a half minutes for the end of the strobe corridor (end where the fire started) to reach flashover. Three minutes
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vandalism‚ insects‚ mold and fire. Because of the speed and totality of the destructive forces of fire‚ it constitutes one of the more serious threats. Vandalized or environmentally damaged structures can be repaired and stolen objects recovered. Items destroyed by fire‚ however‚ are gone forever. An uncontrolled fire can obliterate an entire room’s contents within a few minutes and completely burn out a building in a couple hours. The first step toward halting a fire is to properly identify the
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daily basis. The workshop is used 6 and a half hours a day excluding breaks. The main workshop consists of 3 rows of work benches which have tables and chairs and a draw containing cables and test equipment‚ there is a bench for mechanical work and a drill machine. A PC is located here and several electrical outlets for testing. In this area engineers will test small power supplies using testing equipment. There is another area that is sectioned off to most employees for only trained personnel (engineers)
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The Great Fire of London‚ which occurred in September of 1666‚ completely devastated the city of London‚ leaving one-sixth of its population homeless and destroying a large swath of the city‚ including St. Paul’s Cathedral. In Adrian Tinniswood’s novel‚ By Permission of Heaven: The True Story of the Great Fire of London‚ he argued that the majority of Londoners saw the fire as either an act of terrorism or as an act of God. Those who believed the act of terrorism theory blamed the fire on England’s
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THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON The Great Fire of London was a disaster that spread throughout the City of London in September 1666. Preceded by bubonic plague which struck England in 1665‚ the fire was another disastrous event that threatened Londoners in the seventeenth century. Medieval in its street plan‚ the City of London with timber buildings and very narrow streets had been threatened by several minor fires before. Yet the risk of the fire of 1666 was increased by a long period of severe drought
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Fire Attack: Offensive vs. Defensive Structural firefighting can be very dangerous and can put the lives of firefighters in situations were their decision can end up being very detrimental. History has proven when the wrong choices were made‚ and lives and properties were lost. From past structural events the choice of choosing the wrong attack could end up being in the papers and going to funerals for firefighters. That’s why choosing the correct fire tactic is so important
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in a fire department can determine the successful or unsuccessful outcome of an incident. As per Fire Engineering‚ “Over the past three decades‚ fire department response has expanded to include emergency medical services‚ terrorism response‚ hazardous materials response and mitigation‚ natural disaster response‚ specialized rescue‚ and responses to other community needs” (Wilson 89-90). In addition‚ “Minimum staffing has become one of the most controversial subjects in the history of the fire service"
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