On August 19‚ 1910 the Big Burn in the Rocky Moutains began‚ recorded as the largest and most destrustive fire‚ in North America. At the time the United States fire service was only five years old‚ with very little experience and preparation to handle such a large forest fire. It destroys an area the size of Connecticut within a matter of 36 hours‚ equaling more than three-million acres of forest‚ and $1 billion worth lost in timber. There were atleast 78 firefighter fatalities‚ however it is unknown
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happening? That’s what I believe Robert Frost’s poem Fire and Ice is meant to express. Although the poem is short‚ it holds a very interesting question to think about. The question is which way would you rather the world come to an end. There are two choices. The first two lines in Fire and Ice express the choices‚ “Some say the world will end in fire‚ / Some say in ice.” I feel that he uses the term fire not to hold the direct meaning of a burning flame‚ but to represent
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ fire is symbolic of many things. It is noticed in all the stages of Pip’s expectations‚ from his being raised by hand to his entrance into the shipping business. It is used to represent a variety of things; happiness‚ bonding‚ livelihood‚ destruction‚ lack of warmth and emotion‚ and freedom. In the time in which Great Expectations takes place‚ there were no heating systems to warm the home. There was always a fire in the hearth to heat the home and keep
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odd and yet everyone would stare and talk about her. The setting is important in both stories. Firstly‚ it is extremely important in the story “To Build a Fire” because the whole story is about how he is trying to build a fire as you can tell by the name but the reason he is trying to build the fire is because it is 50 below outside and the fire might save his life. Without the setting being the frozen Yukon the
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1. What is FIRE? “FIRE” stands for “Find Inform Restrict/Resist Extinguish” shortly it means steps to take when a fire is discovered: Fire is the result of a chemical reaction called combustion‚ which requires a combination of fuel and oxygen as well as a source of ignition. Different methods can be used to extinguish fires. The methods often involve the removal of heat by cooling the burning material‚ the cutting of fuel or air source or the adding of chemical substances
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should never be taken lightly. Is it like a crystal ball‚ allowing the user to see into the future‚ and maybe save their life. Arrogance is a major flaw in literary characters of all regions and time periods. In Jack London’s short story‚ To Build a Fire‚ the unnamed man is working his way through the Yukon to reach a camp and "the boys‚" with his dog as his only travelling partner. The man ignores the advice of an old man about travelling alone when the temperature dips below negative fifty degrees
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1185 FIRE CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES WHEREAS‚ death and injury to persons and loss and damage to property by fire have reached alarming proportion that the economic and social gains of the society are being continually undermined; WHEREAS‚ in order to effect a meaningful reduction of the alarming fire losses‚ there is a need to develop national consciousness and involvement of all persons in the prevention and suppression of fires; WHEREAS‚ fire prevention and suppression
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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 fire service has been around for over 2‚000 years and there are fire departments all over the world. Regardless of the location of any fire station every firefighter shares the same roots. The fire service first started back in rome in 6 AD. Emperor Caesar Augustus formed the first fire fighting organization called the Vigiles. The Vigils were former slaves and also served as watchmen who patrolled through the city during the night. Each crew member had a certain job some of which included removing
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strategies of Fires during a fire‚ which is NFPA. The primary factors to determining a strategies is Rescue‚ Exposures‚ Confinement‚ Extinguishment‚ Overhaul‚ Ventilation‚ Salvage is the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The plan of fire attack is to Rescue‚ Evacuation‚ Ventilation‚ Attack‚ and Salvage. Strategic Concepts in Firefighting OFFENSIVE: Direct attack at seat of fire. Normally at Incipient Stage‚ this solves all problems. OFFENSIVE/DEFENSIVE: An attack on the main body of fire‚ while
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