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    Gulf Refinery Fire

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    1975 GULF OIL REFINERY FIRE In the early hours of August 17‚ 1975‚ a tragic disaster occurred on the Gulf Oil refinery in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. This horrific disaster took the lives of eight firefighters‚ and potentially could have taken more lives if it wasn’t for the help of many surrounding fire stations. The cause of the fire was the overfilling of Tank 231. While no crude oil escaped from the tank as a result of being overfilled‚ large quantities of hydrocarbon vapors were trapped above

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    Jack London is one of the greatest American authors of all time‚ and more specifically one of the greatest Regionalism literature. He short story “To Build a Fire” displays many of the characteristics of this subgenre of Realism. There is a strong emphasis on the harshness of nature to man and how man must fight to survive and the main character is of a lower class. Also there is a simple language that is realistic to the characters and setting. These characteristics combine to create one of the

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    Kent Fire Management

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    Financial constraint and political constraints make it unlikely that the short falls will be picked up by the Local tax payers‚ Kent Fire and Rescue (2007a). (See appendix 1 Economic) Social Communities have been changing HMFSI (1999) observed the Fire Service lacked diversity and consequently it did not match the communities that it served‚ it set targets for increased diversity. However‚ Baine (2002) suggested that the situation had not

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    Light Dependent Reactions

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    Light Dependent Reactions The light dependent reaction of photosynthesis involves the transfer of sunlight energy into two things: The production of ATP Reduction of coenzyme NADP to NADPH NADP – Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate NADPH – Reduced NADP The energy from sunlight is used to excite an electron‚ within a primary pigment‚ to a higher energy level. The excited electron is then donated to an electron acceptor leaving the chlorophyll molecule oxidised and reducing the acceptor

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    FIRE Website Analysis

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    Harvey Silverglate. The purpose of this organization is to secure the individual rights at college campuses in America. This website is built to educate students about their individual rights because our rights are getting taken away by others. The FIRE websites is there to enlighten people about the common issues that students might be facing in colleges and universities. There are many college professors who are using this website just to inform students about their individual right and the importance

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    Contigency Plan for Fire

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    GENERAL NOTES Initial Action ((by person detecting the FIRE)): *Activate the nearest manual activator for General Alarm (six or more short blasts followed by one prolonged blast). *Advise the Officer of the Watch *If possible‚ extinguish fire with nearest extinguisher *If unable to extinguish‚ close all doors/openings and proceed to Emergency Stations When the Emergency Signal Sounds: o All persons on board muster at their respective muster stations; o All groups conduct a

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    Fire Ant Report

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    Queensland University of Technology ensures safety after fire ant discovery on campus The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has discovered live fire ants nest in five different locations across its Gardens Point Campus in Brisbane. However‚ QUT is currently working closely with the Queensland Department of Primary Industries: Biosecurity Queensland in order promptly and efficiently remove the fire ants from the affected campus. QUT Vice Chancellor‚ Professor Peter Coaldrake‚ says the

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    Gargery House Fire

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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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    To Build A Fire Symbolism

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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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    To Build a Fire Analysis

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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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