...Tomas Hannacher 6/18/16 Block 6 Seaworld Under Fire & What It Means For San Diego. Seaworld has been surrounded by media controversy the last several years following an orca activist documentary titled Blackfish. Blackfish, was released in 2013 and originally premiered in the 2013 sundance festival where it picked up traction and attracted Magnolia Pictures and CNN Films who funded Blackfish for a larger audience and screen, where Blackfish flourished and earned over $2 million dollars over two weeks in the domestic box office. Overall, Blackfish mainly investigated the death of an orca trainer at Seaworld orlando. The documentary suggests that Tilikum, an orca was involved in three trainer deaths due to the extreme traumatic experiences...
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...Starbuck's policy on firearms should remain in place. Their policy is fair and legal, even though many would disagree. In the second paragraph of the article, "Starbucks Under Fire," it states, "Starbucks, however, allows customers to carry guns in all states where it's legal." On the surface, Starbucks allows customers to open-carry, but underneath, they allow or dismiss customers to do so based on the laws of each state, individually. Due to this, if Starbucks changed their policy, "... [they] would be asking law-abiding customers to leave stores" (12). It does not make sense for someone who is abiding the law to leave a location because another person is offended by his or her presence. Contrasting to the idea presented in paragraph...
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...Leadership Under Severe Stress in Fire Services Contents Introduction 1 Leadership 1 What is Leadership? 1 Theories of Leadership 2 1. Great Man Theory 2 2. Behavioral Theory 2 3. Participative Theory 2 4. Situational Leadership 2 5. Contingency Theory 2 6. Transactional Leadership 2 7. Transformational Leadership 2 Directive Leadership Theory 3 Supportive Leadership Theory 3 Situational Leadership Theory 3 Transformational Leadership Theory 3 Leadership in Fire Service 4 Who is an effective Leader? 5 Situational Leadership 6 Leadership under severe stress 6 What is Stress? 6 Acute stress 6 Episodic acute stress 6 Chronic stress 6 Kinds of situations in a fire service 6 Leadership under severe situations 7 Leadership Failure 7 Conclusion 7 Introduction Fire service is an organized body of people developed to rescue and help people in case of fire emergencies. A fire service, also known as fire brigade, acts as a savior of people’s lives and property. It includes fire fighters and volunteers as staff. Fire service department works both on public and private grounds. Saving lives is the main objective of this department. Firefighter also help people in situations other than emergency by giving them precautionary advice, setting fire alarms and adequate training in severe situation. All the work done by fire department runs on specific decision guidelines. In a decision guideline a firefighter is taught...
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...Some examples of this are: Kerosene, Pine oil, Varsol. 8. Flammable Liquid (provide examples): Liquids that have a flashpoint below 100°F(37°C). Some examples of this are: Petroleum ether, Methyl alcohol, Acetone. 9. Combustible Metals (provide examples): a metal that will combust under heat. Some examples are: Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium. 10. Carboxyhemoglobin: A compound found in the blood by binding carbon monoxide and hemoglobin. 11. Chemical Energy (provide examples of the two types): Energy stored in the bonds of chemical compounds released or taken in during exothermic and endothermic reactions. An example of an exothermic reaction is a fire burning. An example of an endothermic reaction is photosynthesis. 12. Concentration: the relative amount of a given substance contained within a solution or in a particular volume of space. 13. BTU: British thermal unit which is a traditional work equal to 1055 joules. 14. Joule: the SI unit of Work or Energy. 15. Fire: Combustion or burning in which substances combined chemically with oxygen in the air and typically give out bright light heat and smoke. 16. Fire Point: The lowest temperature at which a substance can continue to burn. 17. Fire Tetrahedron: A four-sided geometric...
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...A smouldering fire is a slow, low-temperature, flameless form of combustion which occurs under the conditions of restricted air supply and limited heat loss. In this case, a flame fire could have started, electrically, which might have been transformed into a smouldering one due to a reduction of oxygen in the closed room flat environment. The combustion products of a smouldering fire may be high with a minute amount of mass loss. Thus, deaths in the case of smouldering fires tend to occur after a long time especially if the death has occurred in a room away from the fire origin (Babrauskas, and Krasny, 1997). The 'site' of a flame fire in this case does gently push the smoke of the consequent smouldering fire away from itself, through the half-opened door into the living room. There is no other 'breeze' in the flat to disrupt this air-flow direction of the smoke. The...
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...and running for their lives, you just witnessed a wildfire. Wildfires happen everywhere. They can start by natural cause or even human cause. A wildfire is defined as an uncontrolled fire, usually in places of high vegetation, such as forest, and in places with lots of wind. Wildfires are ‘quasi-natural’ hazards, meaning that they are not entirely natural features. They can also be caused by human error as well. The four major causes of wildfire ignitions are lightning, volcanic eruptions, sparks from rockfalls, and spontaneous combustion: the ignition of organic matter without apparent cause, typically through heat generated...
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...die of suffocation in the instance of a house fire where there is a lack of oxygen and they cannot breathe; again if this scenario unfolds a forensic scientist or Scene of Crime Officer (SOCO) will be charged with the job of proving whether or not the victim was conscious at the time of the fire starting or if indeed they had already been deceased. This process is measured by the amount of carbon dioxide in the deceased's system at the autopsy stage. http://www.exploreforensics.co.uk/suffocating-and-smothering.html Combustion reactions always involve molecular oxygen O2. Anytime anything burns (in the usual sense), it is a combustion reaction. Combustion reactions...
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...Bath and Body Works, or Yankee Candle Company, Scentsy Wickless Warmers are a safer, affordable and more efficient alternative, while providing many of the same results that you can get with traditional candles. Do you know how many house fires are caused by candles? According to U.S. Fire Administration (2013), 42 home fires are reported every day. That’s 15,260 each year! One-Fifth of reported candle fires, the candles are unattended or abandoned, and more than half of these candle fires start because something that can burn is too close to the open flame, such as mattresses, bedding, or curtains. Someone falling asleep while a candle is burning is a major concern when it comes to candles, and this exact situation accounts for 12% of these home fires. Scentsy Wickless Warmers use a low watt light bulb, instead of fire or flame, to heat the wax to a temperature just above body temperature; the risk of house fire is drastically reduced without an open flame. Although it is the most tragic, fire is not the only hazard that traditional candles pose. Because the fire burns the wick, wax and whatever is in the candle. These chemicals, toxins and allergens are released into the air that we breathe which could be just as deadly as a fire for some people, because it may aggravate asthma, cause allergy-like symptoms, or irritate the respiratory tract. Ever wonder what could be in the candles you burn? Well according to a study by South Carolina State University in 2009 ("Cnn...
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...Colorado has lost 43 thousand acres and one person. (Coffman, 2012) These fires are prime examples of why prescribed burning is a must. These fires had all the ingredients to make a big problem. There was a drought/lighting, debris, and humid temperatures. Prescribed burning, controlled burning is a management tool. These small burns in forest-like areas reduce wildfire. (Prescribed, 2012) This is done by teams of firefighters or foresters, studying the weather and characteristics of the area. Once the team has a date set to burn, they ignite the fire against the wind and down a slope. (Prescribed, 2012) They do this so the fire is controllable. Once the team is finish, they look for smoldering signs and extinguish any spots. (Prescribed, 2012) Controlled forest fires are healthy for the environment by reducing wildfires, increasing wildlife/controlling pest, and improving access. Prescribed burns reduce wildfires because it reduces debris on the forest floor; one of the key ingredients for producing wildfires. When logging in the area is complete, the trucks leave wood chips behind. Add that to the vegetation that grows naturally and the dead leaves and trees that fall every year, it basically becomes a big fire pit waiting to be ignited with the perfect storm. There are two types of burning to reduce debris: under burning and slash burning. (Walstad, pg. 4 par 2) Under burning is a control burn under a mature canopy in the forest; its job is to interrupt “fuel ladders” that...
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...ECON 251 MO2 Spring 2014 First Supplementary Essay The topic “Firefighters Watch as Home Burns to the Ground” is about a house in Obion County, Tennessee burning down and the firefighters watch it, because the homeowner didn’t pay the $75 a year to have fire protection. Most people believe fire protection is a “public good”, but under these circumstances fire protection is not a public good. A product is a public good is only if non-payers cannot be excluded from its consumption. I pro for what the firefighters did, because if a person doesn’t pay into fire protection, then the people don’t pay the firefighters salaries. Why should they risk their lives for people that don’t support what they do. The payment is only $75, which is really cheap to have protection from fires. If people want to take a chance on not having a fire, then it is their problem when there is a fire. The topic “Perpetuating Poverty: Lotteries Prey on the Poor” is about the lower income people spending more money on the lotteries than higher income people. This is a perfect example of a regressive source of government revenue. This means the government takes a larger share of income from the poor than from the rich. I am pro for the lotteries being a regressive source of government, because the poor people know exactly what they are getting into by chancing their income to have a hope to win some more money. One thing I have learned from gambling is the house always wins, so you should be prepared...
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...Although a quick response and quick knock down kept a Saturday evening barn fire from spreading to a nearby house, it wasn’t enough to save the barn and two horses that perished inside it. Firefighters were dispatched to 8000 County Road 189, owned and occupied by Reuben D. and Sarah H. Miller, after a resident of nearby County Road 192 reported the fire at 6:09 p.m. Prairie Township Fire Chief Reuben Miller responded straight from home. Holmes County Sheriff's Deputy Josh Summers, also a member of the fire department, responded from where he was patrolling just north of Holmesville. They arrived at 6:13 p.m., followed two minutes later by an engine from Prairie Township, said the chief, who is no relation to the owner of the property. On arrival, the...
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...Those forty hours seems to never come fast enough, but think about what will happen if the shift was changed to more than forty hours like fifty or even more, man anyone will heated and explode because that is just insane. Well firefighters have to do that, all of the time. "Firefighters work at fire stations, where they sleep, eat, and remain on call during shifts that often last 24 hours. Many work over 40 hours per week. The work can be very dangerous."“Firefighters: Occupational Outlook Handbook:: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.”.To these guys forty hours seems heavenly to them, they would love forty hours but since their job requires them to stay because a emergency can happen at anytime so they need to be their for a long time in order for them to get their job done. The hours come with the job but in addition comes with the job in weakness. Yes everyone has exhaustion but these guys are literally like dead by the time their shift is over with because of all the training with their body and mind it gets overwhelming and can really mess with their heads. Under the circumstances of a firefighter they are very discriminated because they think all they do is sit around and get fat but no they are always constantly waiting to jump on the job because they want to save life's and make a difference. Whenever they are not on the job they are constantly doing training in order to do their job. The stress and physical...
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...Throughout Elizabeth Wein’s Rose Under Fire, the protagonist Rose develops not only physically, but mentally as the but progresses due to the influences of the war and her relationship with the Germans in Ravensbrück. In the book, Rose has changed a lot, and it has affected her as a person. She’s not the normal Rose before World War II. Rose possesses some very serious disabilities and disorders that Wein delivers to the reader as they read the novel. For instance, as Wein writes this novel, she provides different details and hints that one can analyze. As Rose tells her story, she says: “I am scared of anything arbitrary now- of anything that happens suddenly. I am scared of the telephone ringing... I am scared of loud noises in the street. I am scared of dogs, and of talking to people for the first time.” (Wein, 114). Rose describes how she is scared of all things arbitrary, and this is a side effect of her time in Ravensbrück. And how did she get in Ravensbrück? Because of the war going on outside the walls. Prisoners come here whether they are prisoners of war, political prisoners, or just people that defied the German law, and Rose ended up here as a prisoner of war. The Germans, and the war going on outside influence her change in the story mentally....
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...The word fire is defined by webster as the phenomenon of combustion manifested in light, flame, and heat. What this definiton does not tell you is how dangerous a fire can be if you are not aware of its capability to spread and grow rapidly. Fires can be very dangerous and harmful. It is important to education each other as much as possibe to help prevent injries or deadly accidents. There are four stages that happen in every fire. Those stages are Incipient, Growth, Fully Developed, and Decay. Each stage plays a role in every fire. Understanding each stage, and how to handle or prevent it is critical in becoming in control of a fire. Flameovers and backdrafts are not consider stages, but also are definitely factors of a fire. These factors sometimes can be prevented. Some methods of prevention are taugh at fire academies, or fire schools, to new firefighters, and are constistly being developed. Incipient, also know as the "ignition" stage, is the first stage of a fire. In this stage smoke may began before the fire actually flames up. This is the stage where heat, oxygen, and a fuel source combine to ignite the fire. At this stage it can be controlled by a household fire extinguinsher. Growth is the second stage of a fire. With the initial flame used as a heat sourse, more flames flare up. Flaring up makes the size of the fire increase and the plume reaches the ceiling. In a room hot gases meet at the celing of the roomwhich cause all fuels in that room...
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...Discuss the possible damage with short term and long-term complications of a firefighter inhaling heated air and in respiratory distress. Prioritize the necessary interventions to stabilize the patient. Then discuss an in-depth plan of care for recovery. Smoke inhalation is known as the leading cause of death due to fires. Firefighters are trained to recognize the dangerous short-term effects of smoke exposure caused by carbon monoxide and tiny particles absorbed into the lungs. The inhalation of heated air produces injury through several mechanisms, including thermal injury to the upper airway, irritation or chemical injury to the airways from soot, asphyxiation, and toxicity from carbon monoxide. In most cases firefighters can wear devices...
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