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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NATIONAL GENERAL CERTIFICATE Candidate’s observation (2009 specification) sheet NGC3 – THE HEALTH and SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION Sheet number 1 of 8 Student Name - Alan Smurthwaite Student number - 00171364 Place inspected - Roxby Training (ME) Centre Date of inspection 29 / Mar / 2013 |Observations |Priority / |Control measures
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My timeline for the fire comes from Fairchild’s 2015 NFPA conference‚ revisiting The Great Adventure Haunted Castle Fire. He uses the NFPA investigation and the trial testimony for his information. The foam pad caught on fire. After the fire started it took 60 seconds for the ceiling above the foam pad to become involved. Two minutes for other parts of the Castle to smell smoke. Two and a half minutes for the end of the strobe corridor (end where the fire started) to reach flashover. Three minutes
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cook it thoroughly‚ it would kill it‚” Cliver says. “Washing it might spread the salmonella around.” 2. A Greasy Range Hood and Filter. Captain Peggy Harrell of the Plano Fire Department in Texas says grease that has accumulated under your range hood and on the filter is “just the kind of thing that can start a grease fire.” Keep the underside of your hood clean‚ and follow the manufacturer’s guidelines for changing the filter regularly. 3. Radon Gas. Radon is a radioactive gas generated in
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unobstructed access road to the building provided? Are the exits onto public streets free from visibility obstructions? Are trees and shrubs pruned and documented? Are roots pruned and documented? Are all building sides accessible to emergency equipment? Are fire hydrants accessible? Exterior: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Interior: No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No N/A N/A
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RUNNING HEAD: THE SIX FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES IN THE TRAINING OF FIRE INSPECTORS THE SIX FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES IN THE TRAINING OF FIRE INSPECTORS STUDENT’S NAME PROFESSOR’S NAME COURSE TITLE DATE Fires can destroy premises‚ burn material goods and root many losses. To avoid this from happening‚ fire inspectors should be professionally trained regarding the fundamental principles of fire to make sure that the right actions and security safety measures have been put in place. Even though measures
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DISCOVERY OF FIRE The largest technological breakthrough in prehistory was the discovery of fire. The discovery of the technology to make and sustain fire. The discovery of fire‚ or‚ more precisely‚ the controlled use of fire was‚ of necessity‚ one of the earliest of human discoveries. Fire ’s purposes are multiple‚ some of which are to add light and heat‚ to cook plants and animals‚ to clear forests for planting‚ to heat-treat stone for making stone tools‚ to burn clay for ceramic objects. Until
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The Great Fire of London‚ which occurred in September of 1666‚ completely devastated the city of London‚ leaving one-sixth of its population homeless and destroying a large swath of the city‚ including St. Paul’s Cathedral. In Adrian Tinniswood’s novel‚ By Permission of Heaven: The True Story of the Great Fire of London‚ he argued that the majority of Londoners saw the fire as either an act of terrorism or as an act of God. Those who believed the act of terrorism theory blamed the fire on England’s
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THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON The Great Fire of London was a disaster that spread throughout the City of London in September 1666. Preceded by bubonic plague which struck England in 1665‚ the fire was another disastrous event that threatened Londoners in the seventeenth century. Medieval in its street plan‚ the City of London with timber buildings and very narrow streets had been threatened by several minor fires before. Yet the risk of the fire of 1666 was increased by a long period of severe drought
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