Essay On Wildfires

Essay on Wildfires
A wildfire is any instance of uncontrolled burning in grasslands, brush, or woodlands. Wildfires destroy property and valuable natural resources, and
may threaten the lives of people and animals. Wildfires can occur at any time of the year, but usually occur during hot, dry weather. Wildfires are
usually signaled by dense smoke which may fill the air for miles around. The National Weather Service, U.S. Forest Service, and State forestry
agencies combine to give wildfire probability forecasts. Local radio and television stations broadcast information and warnings on local fire conditions.
Wildfires pose an increasing threat to the residential United States. In 1987, 53,000 fires consumed more than two million acres. By October 1988,
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On the actual day of the fire, the fire planners will again check such conditions as wind and moisture content in the vegetation. The wind direction
will determine where the fire is started. Fire crews start the burn with a device called a drip torch. A drip torch is a can of fuel with a flame–carrying
wick at the end. When the crewmember tilts the wick toward the ground, a flame streams out and ignites the vegetation. Most of the effort that goes
into a prescribed fire is making sure that it is contained in the boundaries set for the fire. Firefighters and fire suppression equipment are near the site if
the fire grows out of control (www.nps.gov/wica/fir–why.html, pgs. 1–3).
While not all the effects of prescribed burns are known some are very evident. The first of these common effects is that vegetation and fallen dead
material are burned creating an open forest floor. This eliminates any fuel that could contribute to a high intensity fire in the future. When the fire burns
the organic material in the forest, nutrient rich ash is left behind. When the first rain comes, the nutrients in the ash dissolve into the soil for the new
plants to use. This process is called nutrient recycling. These nutrients left in the soil are a good source of food for the young plants that will begin to
grow back. Another outcome of prescribed fire is that new growth begins immediately after the fires have been extinguished. Within
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Terrace House Fire Essay
Following the tragic event of the great fire of London in 1666, the legislation regarding new buildings in the metropolis became stricter and several
laws and measures addressed fire prevention issues. Many of these guidelines were changed several times over the years following various building
acts. Apart from the obvious benefits on fire protection, the legislation formed to a large extent the streetscapes and vistas in the neighbourhoods of the
capital and other cities in the 18th and 19th centuries onwards. Building acts and by–laws did not just deal with structural issues; on the contrary they
were often mostly focused on health and sanitation issues that were vital in the Victorian period. Ensuring more available free spaces, decent living
conditions, constructions of good quality, ventilation and natural lighting were very significant issues that were not considered as given at the time.
Features that appear to be typical for terrace houses came as a result of different chapters in building acts and also appear for the two case studies we
will be examining in the next chapters. In order to describe just a few main defining characteristics and details...show more content...
Dividing walls between neighbouring properties, along with their obvious separating function, provided a fire protection panel preventing potential
spreading of the flames in fire emergencies. Specific details are described for the party walls; in the building act of 1894, the height of the parapets
above the roof is specified to be minimum 15" measured at right angles to the slope, a guideline which would remain valid until 1914. Avoiding
continuous timber roof structures was a key issue and can be identified also in earlier Acts and By–Laws, while the party wall should corbel out when
eaves project from the face of the building to the full extent of

House On Fire Theology
Theology Having my house on fire, or having a ceremony/ritual both have great meaning, one in a bad way and the other in a good. Sometimes in
life there will be great, amazing times that will be unforgettable, but sadly, there will also be awful, life changing events too that can take a mental
toll on the body and also take away the place were those memories were made. In life there are good times and there are bad times that is why you
have to make the best of every single situation because you never know what is going to happen. There are fires and funerals and there are births and
weddings. If my house were on fire it would be an extremely scary situation and I would want to take almost all of my belongings and save them all.
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I have so many great things from medals, to trophies, to pictures and so much more but I can not take it all. So, my first object would probably
have to be my family picture. This is very important to me because it has a lot of memories attached to it. My family means the world to me and
no other object is more valuable then a picture of all of us together. I love my family more then anything in this world and honestly I would die to
get just that one picture of us. I would be able to look at it every day and I could play all the exciting times over and over again in my head, that
would be more meaningful then anything. Although a picture does not seem like a lot it is because it has a great meaning, it is a pastime. My
next item would be my stuffed animal, a white lamb. I would take it because I have had it since I was a baby and it has a lot of value to me. It
reminds me of all my childhood memories. I took it everywhere, whether it be to go to the beach, a restaurant or go out for dinner when I was little.
It has a significant place in my heart and I would be saddened if anything happened to him. Finally, I would take my cross, on the wall in my room.
Nothing is greater then God and I thank him every day for what I have. I have had the cross for a while and I love that one and do not know what I
would do without

Essay about Morning in the Burned House
Morning in the Burned House
Margaret Atwood
"Bare child's feet on the scorched floorboards
(I can almost see)
In my burning clothes, the thin green shorts
And grubby yellow T–shirt
Holding my cindery, non–existent,
Radiant flesh. Incandescent."
Morning in the Burned House by Margaret Atwood is a poem describing the mind of a burned house and of how it is tormented by pain and evil; and
yet, in the midst of this darkness, there is light to guide the soul of the house to safety and into a world of peace and forgiveness. The two stanzas
chosen for this analysis are the final two stanzas, in which pain and peace are both shown in different perspectives.
"Bare child's feet on the scorched floorboards" is metaphorically showing...show more content...
The house is attempting to show its happiness and get over the pain of being burnt and left behind, and yet, in its "protective shell" there are cracks that
grow into crevices over time.
"Holding my cindery, non–existent, radiant flesh" The house's soul is explaining how these bright colors, though just the outer layer of this house, it
holds the real "house" together, just like the other parts of the house mentioned in the poem such as the spoon, the dishes, and the kettle hold the house
together, to keep the house's mind from collapse and defeat. The flesh is radiant means the core of the house; the "mind" of the house is still safe, still
pure and unsoiled by evil.
"Incandescent" This final word of the poem summarizes the whole poem into one word. This one word describes all the positive thoughts, hopes,
memories, and wishes of this devastated house, how even at the worst moments and after the tragedy, there is still something good within the house. It

represents the goodness of this house, and what it has learned from suffering. But, the word incandescent also represents evil and suffering, because the
fire that ruined this house was bright and hot. The fire showed all what pain had done to this house, showed its true feelings. Therefore, incandescent is
what completes this poem; it shows both sides of the house's mind and soul, how it is tortured, and yet, it is still protected by hope. Without
incandescence, there would be no fire, and without

Essay On House Fire
The following occurred in the City of Auburn, King County, WA: On October 17, 2017, at approximately 1807 hours Valley Regional Fire Authority
(VRFA) responded to a house fire located at 31914 120TH PL SE. VFRA's case number is 17–10349. Dustin Michelle reported that his house is on
fire and there are no other occupants in the house. Michelle said he is moving vehicles and knocking on neighbors' doors. Ofc. Lyons arrived at 1816
hours with VRFA. Ofc. Lyons saw the residence located at 31916 120TH PL SE fully engulfed in flames. See Ofc. Lyons report for further details.
Ofc. Lyons spoke with Grace Kimani, who lives at 31914 120TH PL SE. Kimani said Michelle knocked on her residence to make sure they get out due
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Anderson said Michelle is being evicted from the residence and is upset. Andre said Michelle uses heroin. Bother Anderson and Michelle said Dever
has guns locked in his room. Dever was not present when I was at this time. On October 8, there was no evidence to support Michelle's initial claim of
a threat. I provided Michelle with information on how to get a protection order or anti–harassment order. On October 16, 2017, I arrived later (1909
hours) due other calls. I spoke with Michelle who was talking with VRFA Investigator Karen Stewart. Michelle told me he left the residence at
approximately 1230 hours today. The power to the house was one when Michelle left. Anderson and Dever were at the residence when he left.
Michelle initially said he went to his friend's house. When I asked him who is friend was Michelle was reluctant to tell me. Michelle then said he
called is friend Cecil at 253–457–0359 to see if he was home. Michelle said Cecil was not at his residence, somewhere in the Muckleshoot
Reservation, so he Michelle just drove around. Michelle said he drove his vehicle WA/BDW9135 Michelle told me he took Highway 18 to Federal
Way and "just cruised" around Federal Way. Michelle could not tell me where he went or what he did. As I continued to talk with Michelle, he told
me he pawned his subwoofer. Michelle showed me a pawn slap from today from Empire Pawn at 125 Central Ave, Kent WA. Michelle

Fire Prevention Essay
Fire prevention is a term being heard more and more today in America. It is starting to become a standard in today's fire departments. Fire has the
ability to keep us warm and also has the ability to make us homeless. As we grow as community and the technology changes, Fire Prevention needs to
be made more of a necessity in our homes today. More homes are being built out of lighter material along with being built closer and closer together.
Each can lead to extreme destruction, homes being lost, people being displaced, and even death. Why should we not protect homes and defend them
against an enemy that can attack at any minute? Fire prevention needs to start in the home and then be carried onward in our lives. There are very
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Today we have moved beyond young men in street rattling wooden noise makers, technology has given us a new kind of fire alarm. There are 2 main
kinds of fire alarms: ionization and photoelectric. Ionization alarms sound more quickly when a flaming, fast moving fire occurs, photoelectric alarms
are quicker at sensing smoldering, smoky fires. There are also combination smoke alarms that combine ionization and photoelectric into one unit,
called dual sensor smoke alarms. Most of the fire alarms are powered by batteries which in order for the alarm to work, need to changed regularly.
They provide early detection, and thus warning, of the fire. But they take no action on the fire itself.
Wet stuff on the Red stuff Something that was introduced in commercial buildings and places of large quantities of people, have made their way into
our homes. Fire sprinklers are being installed into residential buildings as a normal item. In a report by The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition, sprinklers
typically reduce chances of dying in a fire and the average property loss by one–half to two–thirds compared to where sprinklers are not present. The
same website notes that if both fire alarms and fire sprinkler are installed in a

To Build a Fire
To Build a Fire The short story "To build a Fire" by Jack London, tells about the relationship between man and nature. The story takes place in the
Yukon during one of the long night. The main character who is unnamed travels with a dog along a small trail to a mining camp. The man leaves
against the advice of a local and after a short time realizes that he should have waited. The temperature is extremely cold because the mans spit
freezes before it hits the ground. The main obstacle of his journey is the many covered springs that mean death to whoever falls into them. The man
sends his dog in front of him to make sure that the trail is safe. Eventually the dog falls into one of the springs and gets his paws wet. Immediate, acting
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At first he though that it was only a small problem and the cold might cost him a couple of fingers, but towards the end he realized that it was his
life that he was fighting for. When the fire failed the second time he became desperate. "He remembered the tale of the man, caught in a blizzard,
who killed a steer and crawled inside his carcass, and so was saved." This "put a wild idea into his head," "He would kill the dog and bury in the
warm body until the numbness went out of them." When the man failed to kill the dog "A certain fear of death, dull and oppressive, came over
him." He began to panic and run blindly to the camp. Although he knew he lacked the endurance he drove forward until collapsing for the final
time. Once again he saw the warm dog and became angry and envious of his warmth. Eventually he sat up and decided to meet "death with dignity."
After he accepts his death he has an out of body experience, and then "drowsed off into what seemed to him the most comfortable and satisfying sleep
that he had ever known." The story shows that nature is stronger than man. Animal's live a lot closer to their habitat than we do and therefore have a
more intricate understanding of it. The man should have listened to the old man, or noticed the signs that his dog was giving. The story also shows
that nature is random, it doesn't choose who will live and die. I think that this story is a perfect example of naturalism, because it contains all of the

Essay on The Fire Station
I was sitting at my dinner table and suddenly the TV program was erupted in with an irritating noise. An announcment ran across the bottom of the TV
screen, "There will be a fire meeting tonight, 7:30." I quickly finish my supper and head into town.
I turn my engine off and got out of my car. I walk up the cement ramp towards the door of the metal–sided fire station. The steel door is cold and I
carefully enter the door lock's code and turn the reluctant knob. The room is dark and I blindly reach around the corner and hit the light switch. Instantly
the buzzing light of fluorescent bulbs fills the room. My nostrils also fill but with the smell of machines. Slowly as I walk further into the station, I can
feel the loose grit and sand...show more content...
On the other side of the tanker there is a part of the station that is yet dark.
Once again, I reach around blindly to shed light on this darkness. This part of the station is comprised of four sections: a parking area, a tool room,
a desk area, and another area where more uniforms hang. There is a bright yellow rig with a boxlike tank on the back. Between the cab and the tank
is a confusing network of pipes and tubes. Accessing the next bay door, a long classic style fire truck is parked. Overshadowing it is a larger square
faced, personnel carrying, water–pumping truck. Not only great in size, this monster is beautifully designed. The tool room, at the opposing side of
the large bay doors, consists of a workbench covered with assorted tools, fire extinguishers, and rags. Along the same end of the station, there is a
lone desk. A large radio and fax machine takes up most of its space, but odd papers and equipment fill the rest. It serves little function other than a
table to place clutter and make the person seated there feel important. Behind the desk chair there is a seating area, a black vinyl bench. The dark
colors gladly disguise the grime that it holds. Along the sides, old stingy wallpaper is adhered. Behind this bench there are more protective clothes.
Supposedly, the leading firefighters hang their gear here. Their gear being surprisingly clean, I question whether they are truly leaders or not. Adjacent
to the shelves and racks that

The Fire Essay
A dark, smoggy night in the middle of winter, chills were running through the rooms of the house, like a ghost silently coming and silently going.
Suddenly, in the distance, there was a faint booming sound like a drum being beaten. The noise soon started to get louder and louder and louder until
all that could be heard was the deafening noise. People from houses along the street ran out in their dressing gowns onto the road and huddled together
to witness a roaring fire devastating the house of a family living nearby. The owners of the house desperately attempted to remove valuable and
sentimental items from the burning wreck, but all was in vain as the glaring fire obliterated their irreplaceable...show more content...
Instead, the entire family lay curled up on the dew–topped grass, huddled together, shivering in the frosty, winter wind. They had managed to get very
few possessions out of the burning wreck, the night before, but the remainder of their belongings had burned away over the silent, yet lively night.
Even though the land itself had been severely damaged, the natural daily events started without delay. Birds were twittering and singing with the
voices of angels, filling the air with the sweet sound of nature. They flew around, rooftop to rooftop at amazing speeds. Their feathers ruffled slightly
in the breeze and, quite often, they sprung around on their tiny, diminutive feet on the lawns of people, living in the area, searching around for any
traces of food for their breakfast.
The staleness of the winter air had slowly begun to fade away as the gentle wind carried it away with the smoke. The sun had now fully risen revealing
all of its beauty. The hills and moors all shone with the intense sunlight and all theliving things in the area woke up to the new day. The horses trotted
out of their stables and galloped around the field, like an early morning ritual.
The victims of the tragedy also eventually woke up, still with the looks of utter disbelief and dismay on

Fire Creative Writing
"Somebody call the fire department," I yelled.
"Where is my iPhone?"
"I don't know find it!" he replied
It all started the second heat waved in a row in the morning as I woke up in the morning, got dressed, brushed my teeth. Heard the sound of my
sister yelling at my dog Silky. I walked downstairs to check on what the hustle was all about. In my peripheral vision, I can see my dog chewing on a
white golf ball.
"Stop chewing on the damn golf ball" she yelled
I slowly reached out for the golf ball very slowly and carefully.
"Woof–woof"
I guess that is my dog telling me to retreat. I also remembered one time she barked at me and my life flashed before my eye when I was trying to take
away his toy bone. Now Silky is making the same face as she did before with this golf ball. I turned around and walk toward the...show more content...
While riding back to his house I saw a mist of dark smoke elevating from his house, I suspected that they have a BBQ again. I arrived at his house and
glazed over to his pine trees and both of them were lit like fireworks.
"Somebody call the fire department," I yelled
"Where is my iPhone?"
"I don't know, find it"
I quickly searched my pocket for my phone but couldn't seem to find it. I ran inside his house and told his mother. She quickly grabbed a bucket of
cold water and toss it at the pine tree. After, the fail attempt she dials 911 and the firefighters came. They got their high power water guns to put out the
fire.
One of the Officers ask "what happened?"
"I was burning some branched under my tree because I was bored?" he whispered
He told us that you "kids were lucky that it wasn't your trees and not your neighbors," he exclaimed.
The firefighter told us pine trees are very flammable because of their sap. The trees are more flammable when they are dry because I released more
energy While he explains the fire hazard of using a lighter under the pine trees. We both look at each other and laughed with our

Essay On The Fire
Growing up there were two buildings that caught fire along our block on the same side just four doors down in each direction. Both occurred at night
displacing families that saw the buildings boarded up with fresh plywood that never quite did cover all the black tinge of the flames that tore through
the windows.
It stayed that way for some time accompanied by that exclusive and ever–present burnt odor that wafted through the neighborhood reminding everyone
of the destructive force of fire. For a young boy, it was intimidating and made the prayer that surrounded the light switch to my bedroom all the more
significant: "Bless this house oh Lord I pray, make it safe through night and day."
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Militant environmentalists armed with a plethora of lawsuits have been the log jam that has prevented loggers from our nation's woodlands. Without
appropriate logging management in place, forests become overgrown and destabilized and when faced with the deadly duo of drought and lightning
strikes, woodlands become susceptible to igniting into towering infernos.
Federal firefighters are often successful in knocking down these conflagrations and throughout the years have become victims of their own success as
much biomass underbrush has not only remained, but multiplied. All that does is become the kindling for the next, inescapable bout of forest fire.
For more than a century, the standing federal policy has been to extinguish all fires. Let it burn is completely left out of the equation. In fact, such
thinking is an anathema to any seasoned firefighter. According to one longtime, prominent fire official, Greg Fabrizo of Coal Township, PA, "a
controlled fire can be the most capable and cost–effective means available for managing woodlands."
If the federal government had allowed a place like Yellowstone to have contained burns when fire does irrupt, they would have avoided their
biblical–like conflagration that provided so much destruction back in 1990.
Let it burn should be law. Healthy forests need to burn on a semi–regular basis. If they don't, they are nothing but firestorms in waiting.
No one out west wants a

Essay on The House is on Fire
Dee sees herself as an improvement of the life which she lived in her early childhood. She has been educated and persuaded into more liberal ways
of thinking than the "simple" life that her sister and mother still reside in. The house was a symbol of oppression to Dee. She saw the house as an
anchor that kept her from evolving into a more independent and educated person. During the fire, Dee watched this oppression burn to the ground, a
perfect symbol of her being set free of the simple way of life she wanted to leave.
B. Dee has been educated and is very beautiful, based on textual evidence. Dee's has high confidence in her ability and knowledge of the world. This
causes Dee to be confident in "disastrous" situations. She feels...show more content...
Ironically, while at college Dee picked up a love for heritage and her African roots. So, on her return home she demanded a quilt that held many scraps
of cloth that represented her family's past. Even though, she had refused them like they were worthless before.
2. 2. During this time in America, the world was starting to become more open. People started looking at people for their beautiful heritage, and not
their skin color. Dee found a new love for her African heritage while at college, and most likely from this Hakim character she is with. She has
changed her name and style to more suit the style of the African people. Hakim, has also adopted this way of thinking. America was becoming more
diverse and mixing ideas of different people. The "beef cattle people" were most likely Middle Eastern. The country was starting to diversify, and
people were bringing their proud heritage and sharing with others.
3. 3. The mother demonstrates a permanent change of character when she refuses to give the quilts to Dee. Throughout the story, Dee is referred to
highly because of her education. She is seen almost superior to Maggie in every aspect. The mother feels inferior to her in a way as well. However,
when the mother refuses the quilts to Dee it contradicts the way Dee's life has occurred up to this point. Dee always got her way, but now the mother
refuses to let her to keep a promise to Maggie. She knows that Maggie

Descriptive Essay On The Fire
Footsteps
Many years ago, on August 15th, 1733, a small, unnamed town was nearly submerged in scorching hot flames. A man named Louis James Tacha
was one of the civilians that was killed by the fire. Louis tried to help other people who have been swept away by the fire near the swinging bridge.
The sleeve of his white, long shirt sparked with a flame which engulfed the rest of his body within seconds. He frantically tried to escape the snare of
the fire, but his attempts failed. He decided to jump into a rocky, fast moving river as his last attempt to survive. Louis James Tacha's body was never
found. Some say his spirit still lurks around the swinging bridge to make others disappear into the river to symbolize how quickly someone can be
forgotten. The few survivors of the fire gave the name, Burnside, to the town to remember the event that took place on that cool summer night.
Today, August 12th, 1983, is a big day for thirteen–year–old, Marcie Goupil, as she goes to an all–girls summer camp in Burnside, Tennessee, for her
first time. Marcie is aroused with excitement as she places her last few shirts into her over–filled duffle bag. As Marcie and her dad pull up to the camp,
she sees large, dull looking trees with pointy branches, and leaves that started to change colors, just barely covering a sign that reads, "Camp Rio."
All around her, counselors and campers radiate with joy. No one seems to be vexed that sky is dim from clouds hovering over the earth.
It was now

Descriptive Essay On A Fire
Attributes of Fire
It was a bright and sunny day in mid–July, not a cloud in sight. I could feel the intense heat against the back of my neck as I rode my bike along a
remote mountain trail with my friend entail. We were heading back towards the campgrounds after a long day of fun and adventure. As the beautifulsun
set across the horizon I realized that with the setting of the sun came the end to a long day full of energy and livelihood. The very sun that made me
sweat earlier that day gave me the the ability to see and experience my surroundings. The light from the sun granted me the ability to see where I was
going on my bike, as it allows everyone to go about their daily lives with little to no thought whatsoever.
After the sun had set my stomach began to rumble, signalling that dinner time was fast approaching. That night we made a campfire and whipped
up some good ol' fashion hot dogs. As I was eating my hot dog I wondered, why is it that meat must be cooked? Looking at it now, I know that it
has to do with the fact that food is easier to digest when cooked and that humans have evolved to the point where we need cooked food in order to
gain more energy. As hours passed by the sunny summer day became a sheer cold night. The only thing that was keeping all of us warm was the heat
being emitted from the campfire. The campfire brought the whole family together. Many scary as well as funny stories were told that night. It was not
until years later that I realized that a

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