had gathered near a big building which was on fire. Flames were rising high. People were running about confused. The cries of children got mixed with the shrieks of women. It was really a heart-rending scene. Soon the news spread. Some boy scouts arrived at the scene. They at once set to work. They brought pails of water from the tap nearby and threw it on the flames. Some of them brought bags of sand. I‚ too joined in the work. Someone rang the fire brigade. Soon it came down the street‚ making
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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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Dillan Graham Professor Polnac ENGL 1302 25 July 2013 Short Story Analysis The short story by Jack London‚ “To Build a Fire” is a about a newcomer to the Yukon Territory‚ and his journey as he travels the Yukon Trail with his wolf-dog‚ to meet his friends at an old claim. The passage along the little-traveled trail was through the spruce timberland. He began the trek at nine o’clock‚ and was expected to reach his destination around six o’clock. According to the narrator‚ the newcomer was
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2012 History 10 Mr. Skead “Quest of Fire” The movie is called “Quest for Fire” because it is about Neanderthals trying to discover how to make fire‚ and how to make it stay lit. The groups that are shown in the video are hunters and gatherers. They would need to watch out for other tribes‚ water‚ animals‚ and weather. They do not know why or how things come about to them‚ for all they know it is just one more thing to discover. While on the Quest for Fire they interact with other tribes‚ with
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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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LeGrande English 1 3.28.12 No way out! A big house‚ nice cars and a loving family to share it all with; that is everyones aspiration in life. Well that dream is extremely difficult to achieve when working in the fields of Mexico for fifteen dollars a day picking tomatoes in the burning afternoon sun. Everyone deserves an equal chance to pursue their dreams but unfortunately this is not reality. which then forces people to take matters into their own hands. Illegal immigration is the most controversial
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culture such as fashion has overshadowed traditional religious worship‚ and Quindlen’s idea is a perfect illustration of the power of pop culture over religion. Quindlen also states‚ “But the more pernicious problem‚ an addiction to consumption so out of control that it qualifies as a sickness” (500). Here‚ she exaggerates in saying that the worst problem is the fact that Americans are so addicted to these luxuries‚ that their addiction could be classified as an illness. Because she hyperbolizes
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“Pale Fire‚ a poem in heroic couplets‚ of nine hundred ninety-nine lines‚ divided into four cantos‚ was composed by John Francis Shade (born July 5‚ 1898‚ died July 21‚ 1959) during the last twenty days of his life‚ at his residence in New Wye‚ Appalachia‚ U.S.A. The manuscript‚ mostly a Fair Copy‚ from which the present text has been faithfully printed‚ consists of eighty medium-sized index cards‚ on each of which Shade reserved the pink upper line for headings (canto number‚ date) and used the
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Fire Protection Systems There are several types of fire extinguishing systems. They are wet‚ dry‚ chemical and gaseous types of systems that can be implemented. The type of fire and the circumstance that created it will dictate which methods are the best‚ safest and most efficient ways to extinguish a fire. Examples would be kitchen fires‚ grease fires in particular are difficult to extinguish with water and sometimes counterproductive to extinguishing the fire. Wet chemical systems are most
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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Near closing time on Saturday afternoon‚ March 25‚ 1911‚ in New York City a fire broke out on the top floors of the Asch Building in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. One of the worst tragedies in American history it was know as the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. It was a disaster that took the lives of 146 young immigrant workers. A fire that broke out in a cramped sweatshop that trapped many inside and killed 146 people. This tragedy pointed out the negatives of sweatshop
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