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    I am doing my report on what the impact of the Triangle Factory Fire has to do with how our world. It obviously has had many changes and impacted a lot on our world. The Triangle Factory Fire started on 9th floor killing tons of people because of the workers environment. Some of the exits and stairwells had been locked so nobody would leave‚ but that was just one bad decision‚ leaving many people dying from jumping out of windows and being asphyxiated by smoke. “ Thanks to the efforts

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    conducive to his downfall. An interaction with the “Old Timer” is what drives many of his decisions‚ and it blinds him from the risks of his environment. He pompously criticizes the Old Timer‚ applauding himself for his manliness while thinking “the fire was a success. He was safe. […] The old-timer had been very serious in laying down the law that no man must travel alone in the Klondike after fifty below. Well‚ here he was; he had had the accident; he was alone; and he had saved himself. Those old-timers

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    Globe Theatre Fire

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    interior was also made of wood. Unfortunately there were no planned controls for evacuation in the event of fire. The Globe Theatre fire was an accident which was always going to happen - a real fire hazard. Shakespeare’s play Henry the 8th was being performed‚ when the misfire of a theatrical cannon caused the theatre to catch on fire. Everyone survived except a man who got caught on fire and then poured ale over him to try and put out the flames. Im sure we can all guess what happened there!!!

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    Fire Progression Phenomena

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    Rapid Fire Progression Phenomena Brian J. Rocker Jr. American Military Institute Abstract Fire fighters are killed every year due to lack of knowledge on the job. This paper focuses on numerous studies that have been conducted on the lack of knowledge regarding enclosure fire behavior‚ to include: backdraft‚ flameover‚ and flashover. This paper‚ based off the National Fire Protection Association‚ (NFPA)‚ attempts to combine the many definitions and “truths” floating around about these such

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    California Fire Season

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    Fire is recognized as an integral part of California ecosystems. Fire seasons are complex‚ dynamic processes influenced by drought‚ hot temperatures‚ wildland fuels‚ topography‚ wind‚ ignition sources‚ and availability of firefighting resources. The mixture of these elements dictates what happens in a fire season. The 2015 fire season for the Shasta-Trinity and Six Rivers National Forests presented a challenging blend of these components. Four Years of Drought Persistent dry weather dominated

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    Fire Safety in Buildings

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    Associated Fire Safety Fire Safety in Buildings Professor Walter W. Yuen Chair Professor in Thermal Sciences and Engineering Professor W. K. Chow Department Head and Director‚ Research Centre for Fire Engineering Department of Building Service Engineering The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong‚ China BSE1D03 1 Topics covered in this talk: 1. Introduction. 2. The Risk of a Building Fire (Why do we care ?) 3. The “making” of a Building Fire 4. The Physics of a Building Fire 5. Efforts

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    The Triangle Fire was a horrible event which caused deaths of workers who were working at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. This factory was a sweatshop. A sweatshop was a place where people worked for long hours with low pay‚ and they worked in very poor conditions. People who worked here were there for the money that they needed. They were immigrants‚ young women‚ and children. They may have been doing this to support their family. Poor conditions and a few other things caused many deaths in this

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    Causes of Forest Fires

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    An example of these disasters are floods‚ air pollution and forest fires. So‚ this essay will highlight the main causes of forest fires. The first main cause of forest fires is because of nature. It can be caused by many factors like lightning .When the Lightning strikes a tree‚ the tree begins to burn with fires which expanded to other trees and unlikely the flames continue non-stop. For instance‚ the numbers of forest fires which destroying million of hectares of valuable trees are increasing

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    Unit 1 Assignment: Critical Terms Study Guide FS101: Fire Behavior and Combustion Unit 1 Unit 1 Assignment: Critical Terms Study Guide Auto-ignition temperature The minimum temperature to which a material must be raised before combustion will occur. Also called “ignition temperature.” Backdraft A sudden‚ violent reignition of the contents of a closed container fire that has consumed the oxygen within the space when a new source of oxygen is introduced. The introduction of

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    Fire Informative Speech

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    wondering what I am talking about. I’m talking about fire breathing. According to the samples I passed over some of you‚ only 20% have guessed what I am talking about It is something that I play a role in therefor‚ today we will discuss the maximum safety we can achieve in fire breathing‚ training‚ knowledge needed‚ side effects and the word records held by the fire breathers. * General purpose: I would like to inform the audience about fire breathing. * Specific purpose: At the end of my

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