The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that occurred in 1911 was a huge tragedy and led to discussion of why safety regulations are important. The girls couldn’t escape because the made assumptions about the moral character of the works and locked the doors that led to the fabric so the workers didn’t steal any. The fire killed 148 people because there was no escape route; so most of the people either jumped out the window or burned in the fire. If there had been safety regulations in the factory then
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. A fire that had taken place over one-hundred years ago is, to this day, one of the most horrific events up until the bombing of the World Trade Center. The Brown Building of New York University that stands on the corner of Greene street and Washington place in Washington Square of Greenwich Village was formerly known as the ‘Asch Building’, and on the eighth, ninth, and tenth floors was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Leading up to the fire, 1911 was a time that women
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The deadliest workplace accident in New York City's history on March 25th, 1911 was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.(1) Which killed 146 of 500 employees, mostly young female immigrants from Europe working long hours for low wages. The young women died from unsafely inadequate, precautions, and lack of fire escapes. The ten-story building known as Brown Building in which the fire occurred was owned by Max Blanca and Issa Harris. Housing for the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was on the top three
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Arthur Buske Mrs. Griggs English IV CP 5/20/2014 J.K Rowling There are a few settings in Harry Potter and the Goblet of flame. The settings in the book look like medieval towns and mansions. The opening scene is situated in a urban road. The accompanying scene is situated at the Hogwarts stronghold. A palace is a typical medieval picture. An alternate basic medieval picture is individuals assembled in a stadium viewing a huge occasion. The following setting in the story is the Quidditch
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OUTLINE WORKSHEET INTRODUCTION ATTENTION GETTER: Somewhere, someone in this room is more than likely wearing a piece of clothing or accessory that has been produced in a human sweatshop. A Sweatshop is an unfit working environment considered to be too dangerous and difficult to work in. Their widespread outbreak happened in the mid 1800’s where clothing could be produced faster and inexpensive without regulations from overseers’. PURPOSE: (relate topic to this audience and establish
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Fire fighter personnel protective equipment has evolved greatly over a short period of time. The advancement of personnel protective equipment has greatly improved the effectiveness of firefighting. It has helped ensure the safety of firefighters and made interior attacks possible. The evolution of PPE has also caused problems for firefighters. With this advance equipment firefighters feel safer and in turn go deeper and deeper into fires, taking unnecessary risks. The invention of SCBA has
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Harry Potter – The new ugly duckling. Everyone has heard of J.K. Rowling’s books about Harry Potter, who has gone their triumph over the world. The books have achieved a total sale exceeding 35 million copies in more than 35 languages, is very thick, but they are swallowed by children and adolescents who can’t get enough. Everyone knows the story of the little sorcerer who must go through much evil in the human world to find happiness at Hogwarts School for wizards. Hogwarts is in a parallel
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disaster struck. March 26, 1911-makeshift morgue at end of pier where 100 women and two dozen men were laid out. March 25, 1911- Triangle fire took place. Most important and deadliest work place disaster for 90 yrs. Fire lasted ½ hour. 146 dead. Workplace safety was scarcely regulated, workmens comp was considered newfangled or socialist. Triangle fire was different because it was the crucial moment in a change of events-events that forced fundamental reforms fro the political machinery of New
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Structural Collapse Fire fighters and other emergency rescue workers (first responders) have to contend with a variety of natural events causing collapsed structures such as earthquakes, fire, heavy snow accumulations, hurricanes, tornadoes, and landslides. Today, emergency responders face the added threat of entering buildings that have collapsed as a result of a terrorist attack. For example, the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, the Alfred P. Murray Federal Building bombing
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Books for me, is a whole new world that is created and introduced by a writer. I loved reading books since I learnt how to read. At the age of ten I was introduced to a series of books that talked about a world of magic, a place where everything was possible, a place where a boy was fighting to save his world from evil. Once I read the first book I was hooked, I loved the story and the style of writing but even more, the detailed description that made me feel like that magical world was actually
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