FIRE What is fire? For a fire to occur‚ three elements need to be present; 1. Heat 2. Fuel 3. Oxygen The three elements are normally described as the triangle of fire and if the three elements come together‚ a potential fire will occur. Oxygen is generally always present; the other two elements vary depending on the environment. In a working environment fuel is present in four types of groups: Solid fuel Liquid fuel Electrical Gaseous Paper Alcohol gel Computers Propane Cardboard Oils Televisions
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March 12‚ 2014 Dr. Hamblin History II In 1911‚ a deadliest fire occurred in the triangle waist company killing hundreds of people. The workers at the Triangle Waist Company went on strike in 1909 to bring awareness to people about the company .The Women’s Trade Union League played a big role before and during the strike. The strike made an impact but it wasn’t enough to open the eyes of the owners of the triangle factory. Later a fire arose changing labor and industry forever. The Triangle waist
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POLICY AND CONCERN: MANILA FIRE DISTRICT I. INTRODUCTION: In the early decades of the 20th century‚ The Philippine government adopted a policy of aggressive fire suppression. Professional firefighters were trained to detect and fight fires‚ and fire stations were built in strategic areas throughout our country. The aim of fire suppression is‚ first‚ to stop or slow down the rate of a fire ’s spread‚ and secondly‚ to put it out. There are three components to any fire — fuel‚ temperature‚ and
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symbolically compare the actual Ring of Fire‚ the horseshoe shaped area lined with volcanoes and earthquakes that line the Pacific‚ to an actual "ring" that starts at one place‚ goes through a transition‚ and comes back "full circle" to start anew. Three main themes in the video were "Life is Reappearing"‚ "Paradise and Catastrophe" and "Creation and Destruction"; all deal with starting at one point‚ moving around in a circle‚ continuing the cycle over and over indefinitely. Life is destroyed after
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I began reading Anna Deavere Smith’s Fires in the Mirror without doing any pre-reading about the subject of the play or the author. When I read over the long list of "characters" for the play‚ I thought I would never be able to keep up with who’s who. Before beginning to read the first scene‚ I was unaware that the play was a succession of verbatim monologues from real people. I thought‚ "Wow‚ this is different." Honestly‚ I have probably read about the Crown Heights riots beforein fact I probably
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FIRE INSURANCE Overview Fire insurance is a form of property insurance which protects people from the costs incurred by fires. When a structure is covered by fire insurance‚ the insurance policy will pay out in the event that the structure is damaged or destroyed by fire. A fire insurance policy involves an insurance company agreeing to pay a certain amount equivalent to the estimated loss caused by fire to the insured‚ within the time specified in the contract. The indemnity is subject to change
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Poured Fire Analysis In the novel They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky‚ by Benson Deng‚ Alephonsion Deng‚ and Benjamin Ajak; Benson communicates a strong will to survive by using the device description. In the middle of the chapter “The Skulls Tree”‚ Benson describes the difficult experience he faced in the desert of Ajakageer. On his journey to Ethiopia‚ traveling through the desert of Ajakageer was the most dangerous part of his journey. Many of the thousands traveling to the camp in Ethiopia
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May 20‚ 2013 Fire Fatality- Rodney Paul Miller They are on call at all hours. They get pulled out of their warm‚ safe beds in the middle of the night to respond to fires‚ crashes‚ floods and other emergencies. They venture out in all kinds of weather‚ blizzards‚ torrential downpours‚ unbearable heat. They save people lives in many cases‚ the lives of people who are not exactly innocent victims‚ whose foolishness puts their own and others lives in danger. They are quite simply heroes‚ typically
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Steven Pressfield’s The Gates of Fire is set in the fifth century B.C. in Greece. The story revolves around the famous battle of Thermopylae where three hundred Spartans held off hundreds of thousands of Persians‚ saving Greece. Pressfield creates a fictional story around the battle where one man‚ a squire named Xeones‚ survives to tell the Spartan story of the battle and the events preceding it. Xeones‚ who is the protagonist‚ tells his life story to the royal Persian historian while in captivity
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Forged By Fire by Sharon M. Draper is a sad tale about child abuse. When Gerald was a young boy‚ he was constantly left alone in the house without any supervision. He would not have any food to eat and when it was cold he would be shivering. One day when his mother‚ Monique left him home alone‚ he accidentally started a fire and it almost killed him. Luckily he was saved and his mother was arrested for child abandonment. Gerald was sent to live with his aunt. Aunt Queen took him in and raised
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