From a position of fire protection, fire-resistive or type I construction is considered the best as it is the most resistant to collapse and does not contribute fuel to the fire (Brannigan & Corbett, 2015). Fire-resistive construction uses concrete and fire-protected steel as the structural system. In some cases these structures will utilize both types of construction depending on the building owner and designer preference. Fire-resistive or type I construction present many advantages from
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Father’s Day Fire In module four of this course, the main topic of this chapter is dealing with Ordinary Construction buildings or Type III Construction. Ordinary Construction buildings are in our everyday lives. We have plenty of them in our fire districts and we readily take the time to get the know the buildings like we should. The topic I will be discussing is a well known fire in the fire service and that is the “Father’s Day Fire” that occuried June 17th, 2001. After reading about this fire and the
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December 2, 2015, the Shippee Hall fire alarm began to sound and residents evacuated the building. Resident Assistant Emily Cassidy and Resident Assistant Victoria Ho called 911 to alert emergency services of the sounding alarm. No smoke was seen or smelled within the building. At 12:15am, RA Cassidy called Hall Director On Duty, Jennifer Platts, to alter her that the fire alarm was sounding and that emergency services had been contacted. At around 12:17am, the UConn Fire Department arrived and surveyed
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4.03 World history Assignment BY SEBATIAN BECK Inventions – My grandfather cared a man made project at his barn. This object makes his barn stay warn. We do not have a name for it but he installed it a long time ago. It had to do with in stallion and a heater and coals. The reason I think it’s a great idea is because it help my grandparent warm here in New York when they where building there house. They built a barn and lived in it they built there house o the same property. Literature – My grandmother
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Urbanisation also causes faster run off because of the non permeable surfaces such as roads, roofs and car parks. This also creates drainage problems that can lead to contamination and erosion of natural water courses. CONSTRUCTION AND ITS EFTFECTS Have you ever thought about how construction that goes on everyday on our planet as well as the demolition that goes on affects our planet and our environment? landfills in the country with the resources
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‘The Reichstag Fire was more important than the Enabling Act in allowing Hitler to consolidate power in 1933.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. (10 marks) The Reichstag Fire as more important than the enabling act because it allowed Hitler to suppress the biggest threat to the Nazi Party, The Communists. A communist named Van der lubbe was caught red handed with matches and fire lighting materials and hitler used this and claimed that Hindenburg was under threat
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Lotus Riverside Apartments The Lotus Riverside Apartment Complex was a newly built residential complex in Shanghai China that toppled over. It was a 13 story building that tumbled over before the building was all the way complete for move in. The building was built with a car garage attached to the bottom of the complex and the building collapsed while the workers were in process of excavating the area for the garage. The Lotus Riverside Complex failed due to many construction errors such
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inspirational speech that I have chosen is ‘Mark Bezos: A life lesson from a volunteer firefighter’. Mark begins by telling us a story of an act of heroism that didn’t quite go how he intended. He is a volunteer firefighter who showed up 2nd to the fire scene. The captain, in charge of assigning tasks, tells the first volunteer to go to the apartment and retrieve the dog of the homeowner, whose house was now in flames. He then tells Mark to go upstairs and get some shoes for the barefooted homeowner
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Theme Competition: The theme of competition has been shown in various ways throughout the chapters of "the Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins. It is specified in several chapters; starting in chapter 2 Katniss starts to describe her feeling which leads to the events that she believes that will take place in the arena. "I feel like I owe him something and I hate owing people. Maybe if I had thanked him at some point I'd be feeling less conflicted now. I thought about it a couple of times, but the
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Pwint Professor Prescott English 3 03 05 2013 The Capitalist Capitol versus Desolate District 12 Suzanne Collins’ 2008 book The Hunger Games is about a fictional country that has a reality entertainment show in which boys and girls, two from each of twelve districts, are forced to murder each other until only one is left. In 2012, director Gary Ross adapted Collins’ book into a film. On the surface, both the book and the film version of The Hunger Games seem to be just a form of entertainment
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