Active fire protection

“We got one.” Those words rang in Frank Maher’s ears as his truck pulled out of the fire station. The thick, black smoke could be seen from the instant they pulled out of the station. His group, consisting of 3 firefighters instead of the usual 4, was going to be the first at the scene, where someone had reported a fire at an apartment complex. Having served as a firefighter for 34 years, Frank never stopped wanting to make a difference. Growing up, he had always admired firefighters, and…

Fire Departments across the nation occupy a precarious financial position; their budgets rise and fall as the local tax base expands or contracts. At the same time, local citizens demand, at a minimum, that the fire department provide the same level of service from year to year. Not only does this stress day-to-day operations, it also makes it nearly impossible to meet regulatory requirements or forecast long term capital purchases. Executive Fire Officers are forced to find creative solutions…

The fire service is all about serving the community. We respond to calls in the community where people have taken risk, whether it was intentional or not. Taking risk is part of the job and it is important to take these risk with all the necessary safety precautions and training in place. There are two key agencies which influence fire department training; Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Nation Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Unlike NFPA which issues guidelines,…

It is rarely used as a standalone form of therapy (Priso 95). This technique involves applying suction cups over soft tissue (Markowski,). Variations of this technique are using an air pump to suck the air out of the cup or the use of fire by lighting a cotton ball soaked in rubbing alcohol in the glass cup to heat it up and create suction when place on the body. The cups remain on the body for approximately 3-5 minutes before being removed. The darker the bruising left behind the more…

Paragraph 1 - Gobind Sekhon Provide a detailed plot summary that highlights the economic aspects of your chosen story. Word Limit - 300 words. The story is about a futuristic world where the “Capitol” of “Panem” forces the 12 districts it controls to send 2 people, “tributes”, to the “hunger games”. These games are a fight to the death and the winning district wins money, food, supplies, etc. This is because the districts are very poor and by winning the games they can bring prosperity to…

Summer Reading Essay — The Hunger Games “No one will forget me. Not my look, not my name. Katniss. The girl who was on fire” (Collins 70). The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, is a 374-paged science fiction novel. The book, written in the perspective of 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, takes place in the post-apocalyptic society of Panem, North America. At this time, Panem is divided into 12 Districts, with The Capitol having all political power. Every year, The Capitol runs a national event…

It is important to recognize that Junior does, in fact, explain the source of his agitation: not only has he suffered the incomparable “grief” of losing his “native land,” his people have “LOST EVERYTHING”: their “languages,” “songs and dances,” “each other.” That he has suffered the greatest grief, and lost what Medea has - and that his loss, in fact, even surpasses hers - serves to explain why he seems to have developed a thirst for destruction: it is a coping mechanism, as much as it is a…

chief for the Los Angeles County Fire Department (“LAPD”) and a thirty-four-year employee of the LAFD. On March 4th, 2016 Clover arrived home from work and found his home on fire. After alerting the LAFD, Clover entered his home and rescued his wife from the fire. Unfortunately, a part of the roof collapsed on Clover and injured him. Clover was diagnosed with smoke inhalation, a separated shoulder, and burns on both legs that required intensive treatment. The fire that spread to Clover’s…

Jennifer Lawrence, the actress of the American dystopian science fiction adventure film Hunger Games, only took a few years to smash both the box office and the Academy Awards, so perhaps the American actress Jennifer Lawrence is exploring a new creative frontier - filmmaking. Jennifer Lawrence confirmed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, that she's signed on to direct a film entitled Project Delirium. Jennifer Lawrence stated, "It's based on this article about mental warfare in the…

Art is continually evolving and expanding to better reflect what an artist is trying to express through their work. An artist’s inspiration for their artwork is generally derived from the emotions they feel throughout their lifetime. These emotions stem from the world and events that surround an artist which determines their theme, or content, within a piece of work. The subject matter is then chosen as a means to express to the sentiments the artist is trying to convey. Given an artist’s…