Clark County Fire Dept. We are the largest paid fire department in the State of Nevada. We employ 655 Fire Fighters‚ 88 Prevention and Investigation officers‚ 49 Administration‚ Training‚ and Support employees. We are also proud to have Nevada’s largest volunteer force of 200 employees. We operate 29 fire stations with paid employees and 13 volunteer fire stations. The department has jurisdiction over the world-famous Las Vegas Strip and the nation’s 14th largest county. The total service area
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Mann Gulch fire in Montana in 1949. Despite seeming vastly different because of the scope of the fire and the fire fighters’ moral choices‚ the rescue effort conducted on 9/11 and the Mann Gulch fire fight reflect each other with recklessness in the units and the communication problems between firefighters. The lingering effects resulted from tragedies very different in size. The Mann Gulch fire killed thirteen firefighters in its travel across the rural state of Montana (1 Mann Gulch Fire…). Thousands
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Published in 2004 by Gover Atlantic Inc‚ David Von Brehle wrote Triangle: The Fire That Changed America that recounted that fateful day at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory on March 26‚ 1911. Von Brehle portrayed not only the horrors of the trapped workers in the factory but also included the poor state of worker’s safety and low wages. Von Brehle’s purpose of writing about the Triangle disaster is to inform readers that factory conditions in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century
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uncontrolled fire which can destroy an area of land very quickly. Areas with no human population are the most common places for wildfires to occur‚ however wildfires can occur in populated areas and have the ability to destroy houses‚ organisms‚ and agriculture. A wildfire requires three conditions to occur : fuel‚ oxygen‚ and a heat source. Any flammable material in the area surrounding the fire is fuel. The amount of fuel determines the intensity of the fire. Oxygen is necessary for fire to burn. Air
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Reaction Essay "Death By Fire" 6/17/2013 I watched the PBS Frontline documentary "Death By Fire‚" directed and produced by Jessie Deeter and co-produced and written by Mike Wiser and Michael Kirk. Todd Willingham‚ the father of three little girls‚ was ultimately charged‚ tried‚ and convicted of murdering his daughters by means of arson. The date of the fire was December 23‚ 1991‚ and he was finally executed by lethal injection on Feb 17‚ 2004. The circumstances surrounding this
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AISD Fire Academy Kicks Off Home Fire Preparedness Campaign On March 28th the AISD Fire Academy went door to door in east Arlington offering to install smoke alarms for families. This officially kicked off the Home Fire Preparedness Campaign organized by the American Red Cross in an effort to reduce home fire deaths and injuries by 25% in the next five years. Other community partners volunteering for the cause include the Arlington Fire Department‚ Arlington Police Department‚ Arlington EM‚ Catholic
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reading for my book report is Catching Fire‚ the second part of the Hunger Games. The Austhor of Catching Fire is Susanne Collins. The book Catching Fire is a very good book‚ it emphasis’s more on the characters rather than the plot. Catching fire has many different scenes in many different places‚ but two of the zones are important for the characters‚ which is District 12 and the Guarter Guell arena. There are 8 important characters in Catching Fire. Katniss Everdeen‚ is the main character
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Use of Fire Brigade: The Mumbai Fire Brigade (Marathi: मुंबई अग्निशमन दल) is responsible for the provision of fire protection as well as responding to building collapses‚ drowning cases‚ gas leakage‚ oil spillage‚ road and rail accidents‚ bird and animal rescues‚ fallen trees and taking appropriate action during natural calamities. It is the largest fire brigade in India[1] with 33 Fire Stations and 2700 personnel. Mumbai Fire Brigade | | Motto: "शौर्यम्‚ आत्मसँयमम्‚ त्यागः" "Śauryaṃ‚ Ātmasaṃyamam
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In his book Fahrenheit 451‚ Ray Bradbury writes about a dystopian society where fire significantly factors into the story. Bradbury does this by changing Montag’s perception of fire throughout the novel. In the beginning of the novel Montag’s understanding of fire is destructive. However‚ towards the end of the novel Montag’s understanding of fire begins to transition from taking into giving. In Fahrenheit 451‚ fire also captures both destruction and renewal when Granger talks about at the Phoenix
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In most novels a motif represents one thing‚ in Jane Eyre the motif of fire changes as Jane gets older‚ more mature and meets new people. In the beginning of the novel fire represents comfort to Jane. This changes to passion as Jane gets older and meets Mr. Rochester‚ When Jane is young fire represents comfort even in places she does not like or feel comfortable like Gateshead or lowood. During her time at gateshead jane was sent to the red room from time to time as punishment. Jane was very afraid
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