...Liang Kelly Robert English 101-02 Essay #3 3/30/2014 What Did the Firefighters Die for? A Response to Timothy Egan Do you have a friend or a relative who is a firefighter? Have you heard of what firefighters do? Have you seen how firefighters rescue people and property at the spot or on television? What is a firefighter? A firefighter also known as a fireman, is a rescuer extensively trained in firefighting, primarily to extinguish hazardous fires that threaten property and civilian or natural populations and to rescue people from dangerous situations, like collapsed or burning buildings. Luckily or unluckily, my cousin work as a firefighter. Since he became a firefighter, I never saw him at home having the dinner with us in Chinese New Year. He has to stand guard, and wait for the order if there something happen. We all know that the job as a firefighter is really dangerous. There is an explosion in my city as a result of the oil spilling. All of the firefighters including my cousin in my city went to the first rescue line to save lives and buildings. Everyone is in danger. Unfortunately, someone died in that accident. So that comes to problem: Should firefighters contribute their lives to save other’s lives or properties? My answer is no. It might because that I have someone who has the relationship with me in blood. So that I feel his life is important for me. I want him to protect his own life instead of saving others. How fire happens? It is clear that there are...
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...5/3/2014 Electrical Hazards and Safety in Electrical Installations - Research Papers - Kksharma Login Join The Research Paper Factory Join Search Browse Saved Papers Search over 100,000 Essays Home Page » Computers and Technology Electrical Hazards and Safety in Electrical Installations In: Computers and Technology Electrical Hazards and Safety in Electrical Installations Electrical Hazards and Safety in Electrical Installations K K Sharma Lingaya’s University, Faridabad, Email: krishan_ksharma@yahoo.com Abstract: “Electrical Safety is not an option — it is absolutely necessary for workers and employers alike”. Please login to view the full essay... Safety in the workplace is job number one for employer and employee alike. It is especially important for those who install and service electrical systems. Nothing can replace a worker or loved one that has died or suffered the irreparable consequences of an electrical accident. No matter how much an employer tries to safeguard its workers or how much safety training is provided; the ultimate responsibility lies with the worker. The human factor is part of every accident or injury. The purpose of this paper is to identify electrical safety hazards and present ways to minimize or avoid their consequences. It is a guide for improving electrical safety and contains information about governmental regulations, industry-accepted standards and work practices. It presents ways to meet the standards and reduce...
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...throwing objects at the British soldiers, and the British soldiers took it seriously and thought that they were declared to fight back. I think that the Boston Massacre happened as an accident. I believe this because the Boston soldiers were probably thinking the colonists were being cruel and wanting to actually start a war. One of the reasons that makes me believe that the Boston massacre was an accident is because the british soldiers thought that when they heard “Fire! Fire! Fire!” it was their captain and so they started firing guns and throwing snowballs like it says in one of the sources. Also the colonists had no idea that the british soldiers would fire guns and throw snowballs back at them or they never would’ve thrown sticks, rocks, snowballs ,or clubs at the British soldiers in the first place. I think the colonists got killed by an accident because the British soldiers used their instincts and fought back at the colonists before the colonists killed them before they...
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...ENGLISH ESSAYS Free Exclusive and Advanced Collection of English Essays. HOME ESSAYS LIST COLLEGE ESSAYS LIST LETTERS APPLICATIONS STORIES TENSES IN URDU IDIOMS MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY POEMS SELECT LANGUAGE SEARCH Select Language ▼ Search MY FIRST DAY AT COLLEGE MY FIRST DAY AT COLLEGE OR MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF THE COLLEGE Points: Introduction – My first day at college – New atmosphere – Conclusion. My first day at college is an important event of my life. To me it is an unforgettable day. During my school days. I had a glimpse of college life from my elder brothers and sisters. I was most curiously awaiting the day when I would start my college life. I thought that the college life would offer me a free life; here restrictions would be few and threat of teachers would be little. At last the longed for day came in. I was admitted to the Government College of my city. I entered the college premises with new hopes and aspirations. I was glad to see that the college presented a new sight. It was quite different from what I had seen in and around our school. I came across many unknown faces. SELECT ESSAY TOPICS College Essays (182) Grammar (2) High Level Essays (36) Pakistan (26) Poems (2) I had some very strange experiences on the first day of my college life. I was baffled to see students playing indoor and outdoor games and enjoying radio programmes during class-hours. There is no restriction of uniform. I observed that the students are free in their movements...
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...Legal Issues for Managers Legal Issues for Managers: Potential Liabilities The object of this essay is to advice on potential liabilities of Cena, Rock, Kofi and Punk. First and foremost delivery driver Cena failed to check his trailer was properly coupled to his truck. While driving the trailer detaches, rolling down hill colliding with Rock, a motorcyclist. Due to Cena’s negligence Rock, not wearing a crash helmet suffered severe injuries and damages to his body and motorcycle. Per Lord Atkins “we owe a duty of care if it is reasonable to foresee that another person might suffer damage as a result of our act or omissions”. (Lord Atkins) Rock may state, surely Cena had a duty of care to ensure his vehicle was suited for purpose. Nevertheless, since Rock was not wearing a helmet, Cena may argue that Rock is liable for some of his injuries. Comparably under the case of Smith V Leech Brain & Co Ltd and Another [1962] All Er 1159, Smith incurs fatal injuries when molten metal burns his lips, leading to cancer and eventual death. This being said, Smith “already had a pre-malignant condition”. The defendant argued, “Smith may have contracted cancer due to his condition, regardless of the accident”. (Smith V Leech Brain, 1962) Conversely, but for the burn, Smith may have never developed cancer. According to Thin Skull Rule “a defendant is liable for the full extent of the victim's injuries even if, due to some abnormality or pre-existing condition, the victim...
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...Q.No.5. Ans: Behavioral Based Safety Q.No.6. Ans: Personal Protective Equipments Q.No.7. Ans: c. Executing Q.No.8. Ans: c. Both a and b Q.No.9. Ans: d. All of the above Q.No.10. Ans: c. Attitude behaviour culture Part Two: Q.No.1. Ans: The 5 E’S for accident prevention are: 1. Engineering: Higher level of safety could be achieved through engineering controls only. Safety should be integrated with engineering from the stage only. 2. Education: By providing proper education the accident rate can be reduced / prevented. 3. Enforcement: In some instances drastic measures or penalties may become necessary to prevent the spread of unsafe practices. 4. Enthusiasm: All kinds of motivational techniques like individual safety awards, departmental safety contests, safety slogan, safety poster, safety essay, spot he hazard contest etc goes a long way to motivate the workers. 5. Evaluation: Continuous evaluation of programs, procedure and performance is a must for improvement in safety. Q.No.2. Ans: With the development in technology, safety is an integral part of each element of operation and any training in operations must include instructions on how to operate without accidents. The first introduction to safety during apprenticeship / training period has a lasting effect. The following are the some examples of possible outcomes of trainings when it is implemented patiently over a reasonable period of time. * Employees in the organization...
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...Health and Safety in the health and social workplace Name: OLUWOLE. F. OMITOYIN Introduction: This essay intends to demonstrate a clear understanding of health and safety legislation and its implementation in health and social care settings. A review of systems, policies and procedures for communicating information in relation to legislations and individual responsibilities in term of managing health and safety will be considered. While safety priorities and how they are being implemented will be looked into. The use of information from care plan; the importance of risk assessment, the impact of policies on health care practices and how dilemma situation are managed and in addition consequences of non-compliance with law and regulation will be discussed. Lastly, the essay will critically look at how health and safety arrangement are monitored and review and also analyse the effectiveness of positive health and safety culture in health care organisation. In conclusion, my own contribution to health and safety needs will be discussed and recommendation made. Task 1: 1.1 According to oxford English dictionary (2014) “Policy is defined as a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organisation to direct and limit its action in pursuit of a long term goals,” examples smoking policy, manual handling policy. While a procedure on the other hand is an established or official ways of doing things or a series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner...
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...have been clear: Make school fortnesses, employ every deterrence, fight fire with fire, arm teachers could help at schools. Every person was important in the way you want to see, everyone were important to the society, so we need to find a way to stop shootings. I have some interesting ideas or key points that I want to try in this essay that can help you to make a decision or opinion about whether or...
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...Essay: Taiwan Gas explosionBy: Leo Chen | 2014/09/09 | Three hours before the midnight of July 31, 2014, the Fire department of Kaohsiung city (The second largest city of Taiwan) received an emergency call to report a gas-leaking case. Five minutes later the fire trucks arrived, and found white smoke kept rising up from several drain ditch covers, strong and unpleasant odor filled the air, the Fire department judged as leaking of flammable gas; so they sealed several blocks, restrained surrounding traffic, and tried to dilute the gas by spreading water, and call for EPA’s (Environmental Protection Administration) emergent assistance in the meantime, to identify the substance to cool down the temperature with proper procedure…Unfortunately, a series of gas blasts started just before midnight, huge fireballs soaring in the air that the flams even flung a car to the roof of a 3-story building. The pipeline-blast tore trenches under several main roads as long as 6 kilo-meters, and the cratered streets swallowed cars and trucks… that killed 30 people and injured over 300, which left a trail of devastation in the city. After investigations, the explosions were caused by the leak of some 10 tones of propylene gas pipeline into the ground, that a petrochemical company transmit between 2 firms with underground pipeline through main streets of the city for over 30 years, which means those dense underground pipelines were installed even earlier than the area was developed or the residents...
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...Valued Possessions vs. Insignificant Desires Anna Quindlen, a novelist, social critic, and journalist wrote an intriguing essay “Stuff is Not Salvation” about the addiction of Americans, who splurge on materialistic items that have no real meaning. The ability to obtain credit is one of the main reasons to blame for society’s consumption epidemic. However, Quindlen feels the economic decline due to credit card debt is insignificant compared to the underlying issues of American’s binging problems. Quindlen’s essay gives excellent points regarding the differences in America’s typical shopping habits. Additionally, she mentions how people acquire all this “stuff” but seem to never realize, “why did I get this?”(501). Quindlen makes her audience visualize a world where we acquire our needs versus our meaningless desires. Yet, she fails to mention people who could live a life of happiness through the possessions they acquire. In summary, Quindlen supports her point of view with examples of American spending habits in the past decades of depression compared to now. She mentions Black Friday and how people become enthralled by cheap bargains (Quindlen 500-501). In Quindlen’s essay, she refers to an accident in which a worker at Walmart was trampled to death by a mob of shoppers and despite the horrific incident people kept shopping (500). With the U.S. depression, Black Friday brings hopes of more money spent, therefore a rise in the markets. The dream of an uplifted economy became...
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...employs 50 people whose duties include the day-to-day running of the business and decanting of the chemicals into smaller containers. Small spills during the decanting procedures are cleaned up with rags, which are disposed of at the end of the day inthe general waste dumpster in the rear yard of the premises. The dumpster is collected by a waste contractor on a weekly basis. The ABC Chemicals building was constructed in 2000 and has been fitted with limited emergency equipment. None of the workers has received any training in safe handling of chemicals or how to cope with emergencies and there is no emergency plan displayed in the workplace. ABC Chemicals is situated on a busy intersection and there have been several significant vehicle accidents in front of the premise. All empty chemical drums are stored in the rear yard against the back cyclone fence. These drums are collected on a monthly basis and as many as 250 drums can be stored there awaiting collection. Behind the cyclone fence is a large open, overgrown paddock with dry grass, which is owned by the local council....
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...ever thought that you may be eaten by an alligator? How about having all of your hair burned off by a Bunsen burner? Have you ever thought that you could contract the plague just from not wearing gloves? Well no one does! However, it happens more often than you would think. Overview: Most science classes begin with an overview of laboratory safety procedures. Many teachers agree that this is an important topic to discuss due to the recent increase of accidents in labs not only at the high school level, but also in universities and in professional settings. The purpose of this document-based question is to have you evaluate the necessity of learning laboratory safety. You are to examine the documents and search for evidence to support your answer to the question, “Are the lessons learned in laboratory safety applicable to real world scenarios?” The Documents: Document A - A Death in the Lab Document B - University of Chicago Microbiologist Infected From Possible Lab Accident Document C - Danger in School Labs: Accidents Haunt Experimental Science Document D - Animal Handling Safety Document E - Graphs of Death by Mechanism and Occupation Understanding the Question 1. What is the analytical question asked in this DBQ? 2. What terms in the question need to be defined? 3. Rewrite the question in your own words. Pre-Bucketing Directions: Using clues from the question, think of logical analytical categories and label the buckets. (Hint: use a two-step...
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...because it is essential to understand whether such an exception is still applicable in a scenario wherein the technological advancements complicate our communication systems much more than the law-makers of those times would have deemed possible. Furthermore, this paper is written in the light of a comparative analysis between the contract laws of England and India. England, like India, is a common law country. Since India borrowed a large part of its systems from Britain, the foundations of legal functions in both the nations are very similar, making it is interesting to analyze how and why certain differences came up. In this essay, we first understand the basics of the rule in England, as opposed to what the rule is in India. Next, we analyze the rule in the light of its rationale in the current-day scenario. What we are trying to understand in this essay is whether the Postal Rule in England should be eradicated, and the conclusions that we arrive at through the analysis will help us reach this conclusion. The Mailbox rule in England states that in the case of documents sent...
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...Introduction This essay is written by an author that agrees that unplanned event and events at the margin should be concern. The essay will begin with the author’s point of views in regards toward unplanned events and events at the margin with possible outcomes using examples. Subsequently some examples of planned events will be also illustrated by the author to compare between planned and unplanned events. At the end of this essay, the author also provide some recommendation to solve the issue with unplanned events and events at the margin if they happen. In event studies, events is defined as an occurrence that only happened at a specific time and location due to a certain circumstances. These can be classified into three types of categories which are unplanned events, events at the margin and lastly planned events. Unplanned event Firstly the definition of unplanned events by the author is events that happened unexpectedly without any form of planning beforehand. Due to the result that this events do not have any planning, thus the outcome can be dangerous and unpredictable. The only unplanned events that is not involve in events studies would only be classified as accident and natural disaster. The purpose of these unplanned events is self-defined and most of the time the people who are involved in it are unclear about the intention. Once these events have been set in motion without any management, the result can be unpredictable and dangerous as there is no management...
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...Jinqiang Ou ENG105NG Professor Karakas Persuasive Essay December 16, 2015 The Riskiest Profession On September 11, 2001, the day started normally in the World Trade Center. In the Twin Towers the usual number of employees was 14,154. Approximately 14,000 people were present at the time the first commercial aircraft hit the North Tower. American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower at 8:46:40 a.m. The aircraft cut a swath through 8 floors–from the 93rd to the 100th–as it hit at about 450 miles an hour. At least 60 people jumped from the North Tower rather than burn to death. One firefighter was killed after being hit by one of the jumpers. Not only is this unfortunate, but also we lost many people, and some of them were firefighters at the World Trade Center. The firefighters never had a chance to put out the fire because it was a high-rise fire. A high-rise fire can only be extinguished from inside the building because no ladder truck and no stream of water can reach that high, making it the most dangerous type of fire to fight. In many cases, the only hope is that the building remains standing and the fire burns itself out. However, the firefighters took risks to save a number of people. Also, many firefighters were too tired to keep moving during the search and rescue operation. Some of those did not want to face the danger again of the crashing building. They were scared to go in but had to go, even if they had to sacrifice themselves because...
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