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Paint Caused the Hindenburg Disaster

to the belief that it was hydrogen that caused the flames and also because the United States and Germany were at a very tense posi...

Building Materials and Fire Prevention

roofing materials as well as types of wood for the indoor beams for example, attention should be paid to the possibility of fire. ...

Banned Product Dumping in Foreign Countries and Ethics

People have to abide by an ethical code to ensure proper behavior among the worlds business population. Yet, again, who is to det...

Emergency Medical Technicians and Volunteer Firefighters

16). However, in the 1970s, the public began to demand different kinds of services from local fire departments. Communities began ...

Safety in Golf

In five pages this paper discusses the threats a golfer can encounter when indulging in this popular pastime including cardiac arr...

Themes in 'To Build a Fire' by Jack London

In five pages this paper discusses the themes of life and death evoked by Jack London in his short story 'To Build a Fire.' Four ...

Triangle: The Fire that Changed America by David Von Drehle

thesis is how this fire changed something in America. The author begins by illustrating many people and movements involving...

Future Tunnel Safety and Fire Prevention

In twelve pages this paper examines future tunnel safety and fire prevention from an engineering perspective. Twenty sources are ...

Electricity and America

electricity in the City of Anaheim April 13, 1895. On April 11, 1895 the municipal electric system "commenced" operation serving ...

Overview of the Gatling Gun

In five pages the Gatling gun is examined in an overview of its development as well as its single to rapid fire development. Thre...

Living or Nonliving

sort of boundary to the external environment" (Lerner, 2002). This boundary may be as small as a cell membrane or as large as the ...

Considerations in Emergency Management

between August 25 and August 30, 2005, was one of the worst hurricanes of history. Hurricane Katrina howled ashore destroying ent...

Women and the Advent of Unions

of problems, but highlighted were the working conditions which had since been changed through unionism and the passage of labor la...

Fire Prevention and Public Education

by a ratio of 3:1 ("Fires"). With the past five years these statistics as these are easily accessible on the Internet and can be ...

The Future of Fire Fighting

This paper analyzes an article on the future of fire fighting, and various aspects of the future in general. This eight page pape...

Rural Community Fire Prevention and Master Planning

Because each dwelling was significantly distanced from all others, it was a somewhat difficult chore to attend to issues of fire, ...

20th Century Literature and Self Determination

In 6 pages this paper examines how self determination is thematically portrayed in 'The Red Wheelbarrow' by William Carlos William...

Identity, Tragedy, and Youth in Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean

very young members of the team. "For instance, of the fifteen who jumped on the Mann Gulch fire, twelve had been in the armed ser...

Cinematic Contributions of Director Howard Hawks

In ten pages this paper examines Hawks' big screen contributions with an emphasis upon his screwball comedy classics Ball of Fire,...

Life of Composer Leos Janacek

In seven pages this paper discusses the life that fueled the creative fires of Leos Janacek. Seven sources are cited in the bibli...

Life and Writings of Jack London

In five pages this paper discusses Jack London in a consideration of his life and writings including 'To Build a Fire' and Call of...

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

In five pages this work's enduring popularity and relevance are discusses as is the symbolic interpretations of fire. Four source...

The use of symbolism in the novel Jane Eyre

This paper analyses color symbolism in Charlotte Bronte's novel with particular reference to the relationship between red and fire...

The Thematic Significance of Fire in British Literature

This paper addresses the various roles of fire in three British literary works, Blake's, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Bronte's...

Social Class Status and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

In five pages this paper examines the protagonist's obsession with changing her social class throughout the course of Flaubert's n...

Lessons from the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

In five pages this paper considers these catastrophes within the context of contemporary fire code applications. Six sources are ...

The 'Elemental' Difference in the Views of Plato and Aristotle

In five pages these philosophers' views on the physical elements of fire, water, earth, and air are contrasted and compared. Five...

75 Year Old New York Woman Interviewed

In ten pages this paper presents an interview with a New York woman that spans her life from the early 1920s to 1979 and includes ...

The Bamboo Fire by William E. Mitchell

In six pages the anthropological text The Bamboo Fire which describes Mitchell's New Guinea Wape research is examined in six pages...

Literary Treatment of Darwinism

In ten pages this paper examines how the theories of Charles Darwin have been represented in literature in a consideration of crit...