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Hazardous Materials Suburban Areas
922 wordsFirefighters put their life in danger every single day to help and save the public. Firefighters must be prepared for the endangers they encounter and be able to respond immediately to a fire or any other emergencies that arises. Because fighting fires is so complex, it requires organization and teamwork. At every emergency scene, firefighters perform specific duties assigned by a superior officer. At fires they connect hose lines to hydrants, operate a pump to high pressure hoses, and position ...
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Fire Department Metropolitan Areas
764 wordsFIREFIGHTER TODAY Firefighting is one of the worlds most honored but hazardous occupations. It is the duty of every fire department to practice life safety, incident stabilization, and property conservation. Whenever and wherever an emergency arises, the fire department is one of the first called and to respond. In todays fire service the fire department has an expanded roll that involves more than just fires. The emergencies involve accidents, aircraft crashes, water rescues, hazardous material...
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World Trade Center September 11
881 wordsFreedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward and freedom will be defended. Our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. The victims were in airplanes or in their offices secretaries, businessman and women, military and federal workers. Moms and dads, friends and neighbors. Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by, despicable acts of terror. The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings fires burn...
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Kobe Bryant American People
1,265 wordsEvery person everywhere in the United States is consumed by what the media tells them: what to do, what to wear, where to go to shop. People will swear up and down that they want to have their own identity, and they will even go to great lengths to attain it, yet, inevitably, they all fall into a "clique" with millions of others. Nobody wants to be a follower, but in terms of youth culture, nobody can really be a true leader. Nobody, that is, except the media. The American people, young and old ...
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Of Stress On Decision Making
1,641 words... lly what it says and then testing. Looking back is analyzing if you could have obtained the same result through a different method (Thompson, 2001, p. 176). In theory this type of approach should allow you to make the best decision, provided that you have the mental energy, unlimited time and all the relevant information to carry out the decision analysis. But we know from our everyday experience that when we are in a familiar situation, we take many decision almost automatically on the basi...
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Line Of Work Living Room
1,069 wordsOn a cool afternoon I rang the doorbell to a firehouse located in Phoenix, Arizona. I had feelings of anxiousness and was waiting very impatiently at the door. My preconceptions were that I would speak with a very buff male (probably someone who looked as if they were in the WWF), that I would meet nothing but arrogant cocky guys who wanted to be a bunch of heroes, and that I would see them flying down poles and cute white Dalmatians chasing after their little red engines that could. All of this...
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Left Side Hard Work
1,359 wordsNight Watch was one of the pictures that really caught my eye. This was very interesting to me because it told me a story right when I looked at it. It was very realistic to me. I felt apart of the picture. As if I could almost have grabbed the coat and put it on. This is amazing to me how a human can draw something so real looking. I am starting to look at art in a whole different perspective. I actually try and figure out what the artist is trying to tell the observer. When I walk by a picture...
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Fire Department Water Supply
1,308 words... ions that took place throughout the fire ravaged area. Along the eastern ridge of the fire, many high voltage power lines were burnt which eliminated power to homes in the surrounding communities and also presented complications with the fire department's electrically run hydrant system pumps. The fire companies resorted to using water from local swimming pools to put out some of the encroaching flames instead of using the pumped water from the hydrants. Fatigue, injury, and a feeling of vul...
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Taking Place American Cities
2,050 wordsNowadays, it is quite impossible to be absolutely sure as what was the initial cause of Chicago Great Fire of 1871. However, it is most probably that this cause had accidental properties. Most historians agree that the fire was started in Patrick Olearys barn, when one of his cows kicked over a lantern. This seemingly a banal accident is associated with one of the worst artificially created disasters in the history of U. S. During the course of fire, three hundred people lost their life and hund...
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Events Of September 11 Terrorist Attacks
1,371 wordsIt is not a secret that terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City had many bad effects. Thousands people died that day. The marvel of New Yorks architecture, the highest building of the city was destroyed. The world was in panic and in absolute helplessness for several days after the event. Whole country was shocked after realizing that it is possible for something like this to happen. This event was of a great importance and had influenced the perception of the world of many....
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Wage Increase Sales Tax
807 wordsFireman's wage must increase steadily more than payments of other public servants because of the everyday risk of their families Senator Schumer. Vote for the raise for the firefighters, and you will pay for it with increased rates for city services. John Grady. I dont know that the firefighters can justify their demands for a 10 percent increase, but I do know I personally am not going to accept threats and cheap political rhetoric from the city Kommisars as a basis for voting for the citys las...
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Nuclear Power Plant 00 P M
1,871 wordsOn April 26, Chernobyl Chernobyl On April 26, 1986, two explosions occurred at the nuclear power plant located in the USSR. Massive amounts of radiation were released. It contaminated the immediate surrounding areas. Then spread to surrounding countries quickly. The radiation affected several aspects of life including the countries both human and animal populations, as well as the economy. On the night of April 25, 1986, plant employees were preparing for a series of experiments to be performed ...
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Truck On The Side Side Of The Road Fire
547 wordsOctober 6 th was certainly a night to remember. I was on my way home from a friend s house. I hadn t traveled far when I came across my friend s truck on the side of the road. I parked my truck nest to his and got out to help. About thirty minute s later fire trucks and police cars began driving by, lights and sirens filling the night. Where they were headed no one knew, since my friend was a firefighter he wanted to find out. First we needed to fix his truck so we continued work on that. A few ...
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Political Correctness Typical American
786 wordsFahrenheit 451 is an engrossing futuristic tale of a society where all printed material is banned. In this country of the future, officials believe that people who read and are able to think for themselves are a threat to the nation where individualism is strongly discouraged. Fahrenheit 451 is recently the most notable work of social criticism that Bradbury has written. This novel has one very important aspect dealing with symbolism. This story deals with the extremely serious problem of the ba...
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Ray Bradbury Guy Montag
1,000 wordsNo books and the governments promotion of television dishes society's ability to think and to communicate is what Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451 displays. Firefighters of the future have a different job then presently. In the future, they are to burn books to stiffly the intellects of the society for the government. Because the homes are fire proof, there is no need for them to focus on the homes. The government promotes television to occupy society from conversation with each other and expanding ...
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Dead Body Fire Department
692 wordsRevision # 2 In this cold generation, called Generation X, where young men and women find themselves lost wondering what to do with their life, finding a passion for something, a passion that rules your life, is very important. I found out in my interview with Phil Gervais that unlike many of his generation he has a direction. He looks like any other 18 year old, but he is different because in some way he has what many of us lack: he knows what he wants. He wants to become a firefighter. Phil ha...
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Soup Kitchens Morally Acceptable
2,078 wordsIs Moral Egoism Correct? Moral Egoism states that one never does wrong if one does whats in ones own self-interest; its always morally acceptable to just look out for number one (Barcalow, 295). I feel that I should do what is in my own self-interest for the most part, but not for everything, thus making moral egoism incorrect. When many people take a look at the definition of moral egoism, they may first think it is correct. People say, of course I am going to do something if it benefits me. Th...
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Safe Schools Fire Department
1,390 wordsSafety in our Schools Safety in the schools can mean life and death in many situations. One way is fires. With such things as thin walls, flammable interior, or exterior, schools could turn into a flaming inferno. All schools should be routinely checked for things such as escape routes from the building and the ease of opening and closing these routes. They also should be clear from any interfering things nearby. Schools should have such things as walls inside and outside that do not have flamma...
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National Forest Black Hills
673 wordsHELENA, Mont. (AP) Beleaguered firefighters in Montana enjoyed something of a lull in their battle against dozens of wildfires, but a new blaze near Yellowstone National Park forced the evacuation of up to 150 homes. And a firestorm in a remote Idaho forest destroyed most of the buildings at a guest ranch, and another guest ranch was ordered evacuated. There were concerns the entire town of Red Lodge, a resort community near Yellowstone in south-central Montana, might have to be evacuated in the...
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Rich And Famous Mother Theresa
1,346 wordsWill the Real Heroes Please Stand Up The world today is filled with great heroes. Unfortunately, our culture has a tendency to confuse hero worship with the character of a true hero. How then, is a hero defined? Is it someone who is brave, honest and who s attributes are beneficial to society? Or is it someone rich, famous or physically strong? Does being able to score the winning basket make you a hero, or how about hitting a grand slam when your team is down by 3 in the bottom of the ninth? In...
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