Fire!! “Cough! Cough!” John woke up feeling parched and gasping for air. Beads of perspiration dotted his forehead. He felt as if he had just been baked in a microwave oven. It was then he realised that smoke was curling into the room from the balcony! The word“fire” ricocheted through his mind repeatedly. John ran to the balcony to investigate. There was a fire at the opposite block! Pandemonium struck at the block that was stuck in the ominous smoke. The fire was like a cankerous monster‚ showing
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The history of the fire service has been very interesting and informative. I hope that after this essay that you will farther understand the history behind the service of fire fighting. The activity of fire fighting can be dated back to Ancient Rome 6AD. Rome was the first to have a paid fire brigade of seven thousand fire fighters. The fire brigades would also patrol the streets in order to check for fire code violations‚ when not responding to fire calls. In Rome around the time of the second
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Fire extinguishers seem to be an interesting & useful topic to learn about. It may help us in the future for our own safety. I chose this topic mainly because of my own interest to learn about these valuable lessons in life. There are many aspects of fire extinguishers to be known about. I know there are people‚ who think dealing with the device can’t get easier‚ but there are many things they don’t know about since they haven’t experienced much of it in life‚ & in my opinion‚ they should still be
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The key element for fire protection‚ emergency medical and rescue services is people. In order for these complex services to function properly people must be part of the equation. Over the past 25 years the population in the United States‚ let alone the entire world‚ has grown tremendously. As the number of people grow in this country so does the potential of more fires and hazards. During the period of growth the fire service used engineering‚ education and code enforcement to moderate the frequency
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FIRE TRIANGLE In order to understand how fire extinguishers work‚ you first need to know a little bit about fire. Four things that must be present at the same time in order to produce a fire : * Enough oxygen to sustain combustion. * Enough heat to raise the material to its ignition temperature. * Some sort of fuel or combustible material. * The chemical‚ exothermic reaction that is fire. Take a look at the following diagram called the “Fire Triangle”. Oxygen‚ heat‚ and fuel
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I have chosen to write my paper on a fire that occurred on February 4th‚ 2007 and was initially reported at 0934 in a small town in Pennsylvania. The weather at the time of the incident included a high temperature of fourteen degrees‚ with a low of three degrees. Winds were between ten and twenty miles per hour and there were gusts up to thirty miles per hour. This fire killed one firefighter a 27 year old male with approximately thirteen total years experience twelve and a half of those being
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The Reichstag fire The Reichstag fire took place on February 27th 1933. The Reichstag building was where Germany’s parliament sat. On the night of February 27th Hitler and Goebbels were having dinner at Goebbel’s Berlin home. Just after 21.00‚ Goebbels received a phone call from Dr. Hansfstaengl that the Reichstag building was on fire. Goebbels later claimed that he felt the news was so fanciful that he did not inform Hitler even though he was in the same house. It was only when he received another
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Chariots of Fire Throughout the world today‚ people are determined by a persistent feeling of weakness in many areas of life. Financial problems‚ misconduct‚ pollution‚ and other problems appear like they are out of control. In the workplace‚ employees often complain about being viewed as unimportant and unessential. In marriages‚ family units and even friendships‚ falling-out is a common circumstance. It is apparent that there are oppressive forces that manipulate us. While some filmmakers offer
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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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