the Great Chicago Fire was a disaster of devastation‚ and most likely the worst disaster of the 19th century. The tragedy killed more than 300 people and left more than 100‚000 people without homes. Not only did the conflagration take a human toll‚ but the fire caused 200 million dollars in property damage and decimated more than three square miles of the city of Chicago. Despite speculation on the true cause of the fire‚ Emily Upton describes natural factors that allowed the fire to become a monstrous
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The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was the effect of mistakes that happened when trying to respond to a barn fire. The barn fire originated at the O’Leary Farm‚ when Mrs. O’Leary was milking a cow and the cow knocked over a lantern that Mrs. O’Leary placed on the ground for some light. Chicago “The Windy City”‚ had a vast amount of wood‚ coal‚ and other natural gasses‚ shipped in to build and and build fast because of the majority of people that were flocking in. Most buildings even with the most sturdy
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of scarce resources‚ separation of collations‚ and their organizational culture lead to the disaster of Mann Gulch in August of 1949. Little to no unity existed among members of this organization which caused them to be doomed from the beginning. To fire-jump everything needs to be in unity in order for average men to commit their lives for the job. Power struggles and cultural norms impeded group cohesion causing sub-groups and ambiguity along the way. By using both the political and symbolic frames
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911 What do we think of when we hear the word sweatshop? Many people associate that word with female immigrant workers‚ who receive very minimal pay. The work area is very dangerous to your health and is an extremely unsanitary work place. The work area is usually overcrowded. That is the general stereotype‚ in my eyes of a sweatshop. All if not more of these conditions were present in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. This company was located in New York City at
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The data protection act of 1998 was implemented in march 2000. Personal data qualifies as any information that relates to an individual in which everybody has a right to access their own. The data protection act allows individuals to feel secure and protected and deprived of any worry or stress by leaving the responsibility of their personal information in the hands of a professional. The data protection act meets legal and regulatory requirements‚ including record keeping. Personal data stored on
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Health Resources 2. Slips‚ Trips‚ and Falls 3. Strains and Sprains General Safety and Health Resources : * Crane‚ Derrick‚ and Hoist Safety. OSHA Safety and Health Topics Page * Electrical. OSHA Safety and Health Topics Page. * Fire Safety. OSHA Safety and Health Topics Page. * Hand and Power Tools. OSHA Safety and Health Topics Page. * H2S Controls : * Confined Spaces. OSHA Safety and Health. * Pressure Vessels. OSHA Safety and Health. * Compressed Gas
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The 8 Principals of Data Protection The Act regulates the use of “personal data”. To understand what this means we need first to look at how the Act works or defines the word “data” Data means; information which- a) is being processed by operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose. b) Is recorded with the intention that it should be processed. c) Is recorded as part of a relevant filing system with the intention that it should form part of relevant
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Broward Marine Fire After reading this weeks’ topic on Broward Marine Fire; there are many challenges that put a focus on the major details of the fire. The most challenges that stuck out were the lack of communication in the reporting process from the top of the command to the bottom to the firefighter. Without the lack of communication can lead to a bad result in having too many firefighters inside or not enough on the scene. With another thing that was stressed upon the reading was that
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am about to tell you about what happened in Chicago fire that happened 1871. It devastated a lot of people made 100‚000s of people homeless. What I think about the Chicago fire is that if it had happen any where else the people would had acted the same as the people in Chicago did. Now I will tell you what happened in Chicago. When William lee reached Goll’s drugstore‚ he was gasping for air and frantic. In his breathless voice lee requested the key to the alarm box that was mounted outside of
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a earthquake and fire developed in San Francisco that only lasted seconds‚ but yet it destroyed ¾ of the city including 300‚000 homes and 38‚000 buildings at the end. Much of the destruction that day was caused by the fire that the earthquake started that is why people today call it “the great Fire of 1906.” During the earthquake the head of the city’s fire department passed away when the chimney of his home collapsed on top of him. In addition to this tragic incident the fire department lost almost
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