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Rapid Fire Progression Phenomena Brian J. Rocker Jr. American Military Institute Abstract Fire fighters are killed every year due to lack of knowledge on the job. This paper focuses on numerous studies that have been conducted on the lack of knowledge regarding enclosure fire behavior, to include: backdraft, flameover, and flashover. This paper, based off…

The short story Fireweed, written by Skye Brannon in 2009, is a story about a young man named Baluta whose family was killed back in Liberia. I believe the story takes place around 1980-1990 (civil in Liberia) because we hear about the soldiers killing his family and his father also mentions a war coming. The…

“The Peasant Fire” demonstrates a story about a drummer named Hans and his followers. They try to preach from a small town in Germany to Niklashausen to protest against the priests and bishops following Virgin Mary’s report. In the enchanted time, the real world is like attaching to a spiritual area, which follows the sermons…

Introduction to Fire Protection and Emergency Services When you wake up, you are met with a powerful odor of burnt wood and your eyesight is impaired, making it unclear whether you are in a dream or living through a horrifying nightmare. As you quickly get out of bed, the unusually warm floor beneath your bare…

Introduction Your company has been contracted by Julius and Annette Benetti. They are concerned about a collection of abandoned rusty barrels containing chemicals, which their daughter discovered while playing in the vacant lot behind their property. These barrels have started leaking a colored liquid that has been flowing through their belongings and eventually into a…

            Being on time in the fire service has various importance. Primarily, in the fire service, being punctual and alert is a must. The emergency and the kind of incident to be rescued involve life and property. Apart from that, the fire is very fast to grow that needs to be minimized and killed as…

Triangle Shirtwaist FireNear closing time on Saturday afternoon, March 25, 1911, in New York City a fire broke out on the top floors of the Asch Building in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. One of the worst tragedies in American history it was know as the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. It was a disaster that took the…

In the article, “Rain of Fire”, Evan Thomas, assistant managing editor of Newsweek magazine, wrote about the story from Virginia Dichiara, victim of September 11th incident. In brilliant morning of September 11th, DiChiara, a self-discribed workaholic, somehow felt moseying; so she left home at 7:40am which was 40 minutes later than her usual morning routine….

“An experimental dip into magical realism…” (Matson) That is the perfect way to describe the novels, “A Gracious Plenty” and “The Firefly Cloak. ” Sheri Reynolds has a very unique writing style in both of these stories that is admired by many. She uses different writing styles and elements to make her novels appealing to…

Bales, Richard F. “Did the Cow Do It? A New Look at the Cause of the Great Chicago Fire.”  http://www.thechicagofire.com/.             Richard Bales focuses on the assumed causes of the Chicago Fire of 1871. One of the causes it points out is from the barn of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick and Catherine O’Leary. It also…