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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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Terrorist Organizations Liberation Front
2,739 wordsWhy People Commit Arson Arson in the workplace is no longer a rare occurrence. Deaths and property damage attributable to intentional fire setters have increased steadily year by year. At least, 1, 000 victims die annually due to fires started by arsonists. In some areas of the nation, one-half of all fire calls are now arson cases. The increase in intentional fires has paralleled the rise of other kinds of crimes across the country. Arson is no longer considered just a crime against property. I...
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Natural Greenhouse Effect Average Global Temperature
3,796 wordsFire is Fire 2 Introduction Fire is a topic on which most people can comment. Fire is a widespread phenomenon. Most of us have seen fires in natural vegetation, or their effects; stark, blackened vegetation or a smoke pall. Because fires such as these can have damaging economic and social effects, can spoil forestry timber, can burn down houses and farms, and can kill people and animals, there has been a lot written about wildfires. Added to this wide perception of the damage that can be caused ...
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Wildlife Habitat National Forest
3,391 wordsIts a promising tool, this idea of prescribed burning to devel forests and help restore ecosystem health. But its risky business, too, and smoke clouds public acceptance. I THOUGHT FIRE SEASON HAD ENDED. BUT THE SCENT OF PINE SMOKE IN MY NOSTRILS LATE LAST OCTOBER TOLD ME SOMETHING DIFFERENT. Deep in Oregon's ponderosa paradise on Wine National Forest, my wife Maurine and I had just finished flagging a new interpretive trail as Forest volunteers. As we drove a remote road just east of Crater Lak...
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