2013 I visited fire station #6 located in Costa Mesa‚ California. I called the station prior to my visit and spoke with a fire fighter named Story. He said it would be alright to stop by around two o’clock. Upon arrival I came up with ten questions to ask him that I thought would provide me with a better understanding of what it takes to be a fire fighter. During my visit to the fire station I wanted to identify what it takes to be a firefighter‚ the day to day operations at the fire station‚ and see
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FIRE DRILL & EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURE 1. Introduction • Every department has to conduct a fire drill and emergency evacuation for their respective building. • Fire drill must be conducted at least once a year for all departments‚ and at least once every quarter for the cash centre • The fire drill has to be planned and conducted by the Security Department assisted by the other departments within the branch. • The Safety and Health Officer will organize and provide safety
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the sleeping child beside me‚ and grabbed a hold of the black metal frame of my bed. My reflexes reacted quickly‚ and I released my grip. The hot metal had burned my hand. In that short second‚ I turned my head without taking a breath and saw that a fire was dancing up the side of the wall‚ trailing black ash behind it. "Cheyenne‚" I whispered‚ not knowing whether I should be waking her up or leaving her to sleep. "Cheyenne‚ wake up! Please wake up!" I grabbed her arms and tossed her body until her
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The United States of America is the land of the free and home of the brave. Something happened to change that; the greatest nation on earth is falling. America is now the land of slaves and home of the cowardly. As history tells time and time again that nations fall when they lose focus on God. America has forsaken its Savior‚ King‚ and God by opening the door for Satan to rule and reign supreme. America took God out of politics‚ schools‚ and The Constitution. This once great country was founded
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Cinema Rex Fire‚ she explains that the fire was started by the government and that they locked all the doors in the cinema and‚ as the caption says‚ “forbade
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Angels fire was the worst school fire from Illinois history. This fire taught other schools in the future how to prepare for fires‚ and what is not safe to have in a school in the event of a fire. The fire killed many children and nuns in just two hours. It was December 1 1958‚ at 2:40 pm a small fire started in the basement of Our Lady of Angels School in Chicago‚ Illinois. The school was a two-story building and was recently remodeled. At the time the school was up to code with the fire safety
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A HOUSE ON FIRE It was the month of October. The weather was delightfully cool. I was sleeping soundly. All of sudden‚ I was disturbed in my sleep by loud cries of ‘fire ‚fire’. I sprang out of window. I was people with pails and buckets‚ running out of the burning house. On enquiry‚ I learnt that the palatial double-storeyed house of my neighbour‚ Mr. Sharma ‚ was on fire. I ran downstairs with a bucket. I no time‚ I reached the place of occurrence. It was a heart-rending sight. The newly-built
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Overcoming the Fire In Susan Perabo’s short story‚ “Some Say the World‚” fire is the most prominent element in the lives of the story’s three main characters: the daughter‚ the mother‚ and Mr. Arnette. Each of their lives is controlled and affected by the daughter’s obsession with fire. The fire is an essential part of the daughter’s life; she uses fire as a way to gain attention‚ deal with abandonment‚ feel alive and needed‚ and fill a maternal void. The fire has taken on its own life to her. By
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Running head: FIRE PREVENTION Fire Prevention in the Healthcare Setting John Diaz MA 101 Carrington College Fire Prevention in the Healthcare Setting Fire safety and fire prevention are very important. Prevention is defined as the act of prevention‚ to stop‚ hinder or to keep from happening. Accidents are bound to happen‚ it is impossible to predict when it is going to occur but we can always be more cautious to lower those odds. Unfortunately‚ as much as we would like to think that
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Fire safety refers to precautions that are taken to prevent or reduce the likelihood of a fire that may result in death‚ injury‚ or property damage‚ alert those in a structure to the presence of an uncontrolled fire in the event one occurs‚ better enable those threatened by a fire to survive in and evacuate from affected areas‚ or to reduce the damage caused by a fire. Fire safety measures include those that are planned during the construction of a building or implemented in structures that are
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