Light My Fire

Guilt piled upon guilt. The overwhelming. The battlefield in her mind that fights for her strength and security. The humiliation. It wanted to clothe her. On that bright sunny day, with it's warm sun and cool breezes. She cried out, "Lord, my God, please help me." Anyone of you in this same battle? Does shame threaten to clothe you with its heavy dark blanket? I have good news for you!! You are NOT who they say you are. You are not who you say you are. You are who God says you…

The room was cold and damp. The only light I had was a small candle that flickered from the chilling breeze that swept the building. The chair I rested on was frigid, and stiff. My body craved heat, and my eyes long for light. This room, this job they have left me tired, and frozen. My dirt covered hands grasped the captive’s small meal. Previously I had meticulously sorted out the powdered sleeping agent, that I was to bake into all the prisoners’ meals. The white substance smelt slightly of…

dark”, signifying that he is unable to find the light and to wake up from this depression. This constant state of darkness matches the beat of the main character’s heart as he searches for a glimpse of light but is left with nothing but darkness. The cold further brings pain to the night. As the main character touches the “cold and perfect teeth” of the wolf who was “stiff and cold” he does not find comfort, only finding that “the eye turned to the fire gave back no life”. Seeking to be…

extending from the clouds to the ground in a funnel shape. A firenado is a whirlwind Induced by fire that sucks in burning debris and often Combustible gasses like gasoline and natural gasses that fuels the fire. The gasses…

abnormalities to the arsonists have been focused on sexual motivation for firesetting. This psychiatric flaw has been linked to urination, homosexuality and cruelty to animals in the childhoods of firesetters have all been documented. Those who set fires other than for profit are frequently called pyromaniacs. In the first research article, Firesetters Admitted to a Maximum Security Psychiatric Institution published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence in…

the rest of my essay I will be talking about the skills, equipment, and motivation needed to keep everyone and everything safe. First step in preventing injury in the fire service is having the right skills to do the job. Firefighting is a very dangerous career; not understanding the right skills can lead to severe injury or death. Knowing the right guidelines on building construction…

Gerald Lawrence 12/13/16 The National Fire Protection Association is a United States trade association, albeit with some international members, that creates and maintains private, copyrighted standards and codes for usage and adoption by local governments. It is also know as saving as many lives as possible. NFPA has played a great role in fire preventing for over then 10 years now. Standard 25 is the standard that will be the one that is highlighted in this essay. The NFPA 25 the…

Fire service culture needs to change because too many firefighters are injured or killed because of simple things like not wearing seat belts or not wearing proper protective gear. Firefighters are even defending themselves in court due to cases of harassment or discrimination. It must be possible to change the culture. All of these bad outcomes are preventable, but they need to be made at the department level and not just at an individual level. Those in the fire service or know about it…

The fire service is more than that “cool place, with the big red truck that makes loud noises and spits water out” The fire service plays a big role in our society to this day. Without the fire service who would put out the fire that you made when you tried to make microwave noodles and forgot to put the water in. The fire service dates to the Rome some 2,000 years ago. They had people roam around the city and sound the alarm if a fire were ever to occur. These people that were selected were…

shipboard firefighter deals with fires involving ships. They deal with ships that are out in the ocean. They also deal with the port that ships dock on. This firefighter is the least talked about firefighter for this job. The third firefighter is the wildfire firefighter. The wildfire firefighter is talked about but not as much as the structural firefighter. This firefighter does what it sounds like it does. This firefighter puts out fires that happen in forest. They prevent fires in the…