Light My Fire

nothing that is unheard of when it comes to our country’s natural disasters. This specific wildfire was remarkable considering that it was the largest fire complex ever recorded in the Greater Yellowstone Area. It was the summer of 1988 when it actually occurred, and this area was dealing with a severe drought. The setting to create the perfect fire consisted of a wet spring where dry winds reached up to sixty miles per hour, a humidity level reaching as low as six percent, and deadwood lying…

Emergency Support Function 4 Firefighting (ESF 4) is an emergency support function that I am familiar with, having to write the one for the City that I work for. For the City of Groveland ESF 4 is the City of Groveland Fire Department. Support agencies are the other municipal fire departments, as well as, the Florida Forest service. The purpose of ESF 4 is to establish uniform procedures for effective coordination of emergency response and personnel assignments upon implementation of the…

the first Fire brigade was established as a form of income. Fire brigades would respond to alarms but would not do anything about the situation until a deal was made with the owner of the residence. If a deal was not made the structure would burn to the ground. Over time firefighting has gone from a selfishly profitable scheme, to an organization filled with people who want to help the people of their community any way they can. The very first firefighters…

makes you accept death . What kept them going from what i believe is “The Fire ’’ . The Fire was a representation of light , without light in themselves they wouldn’t be able to keep pulling forward . The father knew by telling the boy about “the fire’’ there was some hope still left in the cruel world they lived in.The sun is our light , without it we would have to rely on candles and lights , is the sun an unappreciated light in our lives ? We know every single day that we wake up it will be…

Light is the most important source of life. It illuminates the darkness, it makes people feel warm and safe, and it leads us to the right pathway because lights are also seen as the combination of truth and reason. In the fairy tale the Beautiful Lily and the Green Snake, light appears in this story in many forms, it is one of the most ultimate natural sources throughout the story. Each of the light forms has specific meaning in the fairytale, and each one of them plays a very important role. In…

Peering over the ridge, I scan the land. Looking for an unfamiliar shape on the land, I find nothing. Sighing, I return to my shelter. Waking up to a strange noise and then finding nothing really set the mood of the day so far. Almost creepy. I normally am not disturbed by scary things, but in The Underworld ,which is what I have named this odd land, anything can happen. I always must be alert. Getting a drink from a nearby pool of water, I thought about the two months I have been here. I had…

“C’mon, slowpoke. I want to get there before this torch burns its way down to my hand,” Viren called from up ahead, the dancing flame he held illuminating the darkening forest. The trees cast long, stretched shadows, looking as though they were trying to escape the setting sun. “Shut up, I have much shorter legs than you. I also have to lug this target and this bag of straw balls you insisted I carry, along with the slingshots. Couldn’t we just have gathered stones by the field instead?”…

The Oresteia takes place is one where light and darkness are just two of many images used to enhance all viewpoints of the society that “Clytaemnestra” “Agamemnon” and “The Libation Bearers” occupy. The evolution is shown throughout the tragedy of The Oresteia, beginning in “Agamemnon”. The first play begins with the watchman noticing a signal fire upon a mountain, which lights up the night sky, therefore, alerting Argos that the Trojan War is finally over. Light and darkness oppose and support…

The sea was holding its breath, like a whale surfacing before a dive. In that calm I had felt something brush beneath my boat. I had peered frantically into the water, Emelia had promised there would be no sharks. The sun was bright off the water, impenetrably bright, and only between the mild rocking of the water could I glimpse…

the old world, only in distant memories and muted daydreams, I mostly think about color. The urban world was dashed in eye-catching colors and neon lights. Nature was slightly more subdued; somewhat monochromatic, yet varied in understated tones of grey, brown, and green. Color is hard to come by, now, with the exception of flame and blood. Rampant fires and firestorms consumed forests and cities long ago, and everyday continue to demolish what was once taken for granted. From the fall of ashes…