1975 GULF OIL REFINERY FIRE In the early hours of August 17‚ 1975‚ a tragic disaster occurred on the Gulf Oil refinery in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. This horrific disaster took the lives of eight firefighters‚ and potentially could have taken more lives if it wasn’t for the help of many surrounding fire stations. The cause of the fire was the overfilling of Tank 231. While no crude oil escaped from the tank as a result of being overfilled‚ large quantities of hydrocarbon vapors were trapped above
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PEACE OUT “Peace”‚ or “Peace Man”‚ accompanied by V-fingers out or “Peace Out” with two closed fist pumps to your chest were slang used in the 1970ʻs that meant‚ chill or relax or good-bye‚ respectively. Although our nation has experienced wars that date back from the 18th century with the American Revolution‚ 19th century with the Civil War‚ 20th century with World War 1 and 2‚ to today with the War on Terror‚ it is only natural that the nation has taken comfort in a term like “Peace”‚ defined
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KMC Fire Department Project Abstract We are implementing videoconference to make our response time better as measured by our standard operating procedures‚ which is worth improving ability to save lives‚ property‚ and fuel. The implementation will cover 200 fire stations within the Department of Defense. We will discuss how Earned Value Management is used in this project in every phase. Problem Statement: Implementing videoconference technology
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specific problem that the proponents intend to address This section should provide necessary information on the current situation/system such as its nature‚ its description‚ users/beneficiaries‚ etc. 1.3 Significance of the Study This should point out how finding a solution to the specific problem is beneficial. Your purpose for this section is to convince the audience that the project is worth pursuing. 2.0 Project Description 2.1 Statement of the Problem 2.1.1 General Problem A clear‚ definite
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THE MOMENTS OF A RANDOM VARIABLE Definition: Let X be a rv with the range space Rx and let c be any known constant. Then the kth moment of X about the constant c is defined as Mk (X) = E[ (X c)k ]. (12) In the field of statistics only 2 values of c are of interest: c = 0 and c = . Moments about c = 0 are called origin moments and are denoted by k‚ i.e.‚ k = E(Xk )‚ where c = 0 has been inserted into equation (12). Moments about the
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Water and Fire Water and fire are two of the “classical elements” as said by the ancient Greeks. In regard to today’s society‚ science has found this to be myth and quite a humorous joke. Yes saying that it is an element when regarding Chemistry and when saying it makes up humans‚ is ridiculous. When looking at it from a different perspective than I’d have to agree with the ancient Greeks. When they say “classical elements” it is saying that these are two things that are major components of life
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Have you ever made a decision that would not only affect your future but greatly affect someone else’s? In the book The Sign of the Beaver‚ Matt’s father had to make one of these tough decisions. Matt’s father bought land in the wilderness of Maine for his family to settle. He and his son left his wife and daughter back in Massachusetts to prepare their property. Together Matt and his father cleared the land‚ built a cabin‚ and planted corn. Matt’s father traveled back to Massachusetts to fetch his
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Project 2 The Furniture Fire Case Presented by Group Roots Case History In 1992‚ an accidental fire destroyed a furniture warehouse in Tampa‚ FL. Upon these findings‚ the furniture company made a claim to their insurance company for demand of lost profits. In doing so‚ the furniture company submitted a profit calculation‚ or the GPF‚ of the burned inventory. Determining Factors Because there were no sales receipts and the prices were unknown‚ the
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Debate: Second-Hand Smoke in Public Places Being the independent country that the United States has become‚ there has also been the controversial topics for debate: abortions‚ use of handguns‚ and smoking in public. Smoking does a lot of things such as cause air pollution‚ harming nonsmokers‚ and harming the smokers themselves. The biggest problems are the locations for controversial smoking which is restaurants and movie theaters. Second-hand smoke‚ also known as passive smoke‚ is the combination
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Midterm Expository Essay; "To Build a Fire" The powerful story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London‚ is about the struggles ’the man’ faces with nature. The man is supposed to be an average person‚ and although some people may hesitate they are as ignorant and arrogant as the man‚ many people do not understand the power of nature. The story is about the man traveling into the woods‚ armed with technology‚ but he just doesn’t understand how truely powerful nature can be to his survival. Nature has
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