Citizen 2000: Helping Out the Community

This tragic fire demonstrated how the fire inspections and precautions were noticeably lacking safety for these workers even though “a little more than five months before the tragedy Firemen Edward F. O’Conner made a routine inspection and said the Asch Building was ‘good’ and the building was ‘fireproof’”(28). The fire finally died down with over one hundred dead bodies piled along the streets. Sunday morning “thousands of people began to form into a slowly moving parade around the city blocks”(89). The people were walking in honor of these workers and would go around trying to identify the bodies and confiscate any items the bodies my have possessed for reminiscences. On the other hand, the departments felt immediate quilt for not stepping in to fix the Asch building before, because the departments knew of the horrible safety and health precautions the Asch building had but nobody emphasized the problems. “But who was to blame?” (113). Chief Croker was quick to blame

With that, Chay jumped out of the car, and ran across a big field and down the road to his house. As he approached the house, Chay could see cars parked in front of his house and people standing on the front porch talking and crying. Chay ran around to the side of the house, jumped on his bicycle and peddled as fast as he could to the hospital.

It’s awful to see. Jonas thought, but this really is New York at its best. Everybody is doing the right thing, and they 're doing it without being told. Before the men made it to the 12th floor, Jonas and his men had responded to two separate Mayday ( distress- signal ) messages. In both cases a firefighter needed help because he had chest pains from the climb. When Jonas reached the 27th floor he met Captain Billy Burke from Engine 21 and firefighter Andy Fredericks from squad 18.

Three members were attending to the apparatus and wading in the foam-water-petroleum mixture which was accumulating on the ground. Commissioner Rizzo and Gulf Refinery manager Jack Burk were on an overhead catwalk nearby observing the fire fighting operation. Without warning the accumulating liquid surrounding Engine 133 ignited, immediately trapping the three firefighters working at Engine 133. Instinctively and without hesitation other nearby firefighters dove into the burning liquid to rescue their comrades, not aware of the danger to themselves. Five more firefighters would be consumed by the advancing fire. The flames just engulfed them," said Commissioner Joseph Rizzo, describing how he escaped the first of dozens of explosions but looked back to see three of his men sealed in flames.

The crew was not prepared for the fire when it suddenly arrived. A wave of fire, heat, and smoke over took them by surprise, Eight of the crew deployed their shelters on the road and the two civilians took shelter with one of the crew members. The squad boss was high above the road in the rock scree watching the fire. He ran down towards the road but couldn’t get there before the fire arrived, He turned around and ran back up the slope were the other four crew members and the crew boss was.

To begin, the call for of additional resources, including personnel and equipment was beneficial. The text said, “The Cottage Street Fire Station, home to Engine 4 and Ladder 2, was located directly across from the mill.” Upon the initial dispatch, Lt. John Leite, a firefighter in that station, was able to immediately

The date was March 25, 1911. It was a particularly warm spring evening in New York City. Located in the heart of Manhattan the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was located on the last three floors of the Asch Building in the downtown area. The clock read 4:45p.m, fifteen minutes before the women working inside would be receiving their checks and then be let out for the night. Little did anybody know that in just a few short seconds it would be the site of the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city.

Maycomb County has been living a few dynamic days, as it not only snowed yesterday, but also today at approximately 2 in the morning a tremendous fire burnt the house of Maudie Atkinson to the ground. Even though the cause of the fire has not been confirmed yet, it is highly believed that it was due to the flue in her kitchen. Since it had not snowed since 1885, the people in town were not prepared. The fire truck was killed by the extreme weather and it took plenty of time for it to arrive to the scene, but fortunately it arrived in time to prevent the fire from spreading to other houses in the neighborhood. The commotion among everyone was clearly perceived.

At 6:34pm Incident Commander number two orders a head count and finds out two firefighters are currently missing which was last contacted via radio on the fourth floor. At 6:41pm the incident commander number two makes an announcement to all fire personal to use extreme caution because the building was dangerous and activated the third alarm and demand to clear radio communication for emergencies due to the missing firefighters stuck on certain floors where they heard emergency transmissions from victims in rescue 1 asking for help and that they were lost and out of air. And at 6:54pm the Incident commander orders the fourth alarm be struck and asked the location of the missing firefighters who were stuck in the building and tells them to activate there PASS alarms at 6:57pm one of the victims stated that their alarms were activated. With the other engines and support showed up for the third alarm they were prepared to do a search and rescue operation for the lost firefighters and while they go in after them they unfortunately could not reach the lost victims and by searching they lost all visibility and ran out of air and was

At the point when fire fighters at long last touched base at DeKoven Street, the fire had developed and

The tones go off, there is a scramble for shirts, ties, and boots. Dispatch announces a motor vehicle accident five blocks away. EMTs and Paramedics climb into ambulances. Police are reporting multiple personal injuries. There is a rush of adrenaline through all those involved. The street comes alive with flashing red and white lights and screaming sirens. Ambulances tear down the street to the accident scene. They arrive to find four cars involved in a high-speed collision. There are seven people involved in this particular accident. Additional trucks are requested and the original scene repeats itself as three more teams join the first two at the scene.

This interest in firefighting helped Grace out on one eventful Saturday. This day started out as any other day for the people at the 1st Street Machine Shop. Around 9:30 A.M. one of the machines exploded, due to a wiring issue. The employees did their best to evacuate the building, but when they took a head count, one person was missing. John Smith was working in the back office and could not make it to an exit.

When deciding what topic I wanted to write for my Civic Engagement Project, I already had in mind that I wanted something that most of us are not use to seeing nowadays. Many of us compare courts with punishment, but what if there was a court that did the opposite? When I was starting my research on the different courts we have here in Florida, I came across Drug Courts. The more I read up on drug courts, the more I became fascinated and intrigued. Drug courts do not aim to "PUNISH”, but yet to provide treatment to drug abusers. This kind of court believes that everyone deserves a second chance, that extra push. During my research, I was interested in learning a few things. Such things I 'd like to learn about this kind of

When a fire broke out on the ninth floor in the cutting room, a manager attempted to extinguish it using a fire hose. Unfortunately, the valve had rusted and no water came out. With thousands of pounds of fabric as fuel, the fire spread rapidly. There was no sprinkler system to stop the fire and no fire drills had been practiced. Frightened workers ran to stairs, fire escapes, and the elevator to evacuate. The rear fire escape collapsed, killing many and trapping even more. The locked doors on the ninth floor lead to the deaths of almost everyone on that level. Four elevators were on the factory levels, yet only one worked. Workers who were left behind waiting for the elevators tried to slide down the elevator cables but unfortunately lost their grip on the way down. Blood showered down on the people who did manage to make it into the elevator. Girls who ran down stairwells faced locked doors at the bottom, and were burned alive. The few unlocked doors were useless because they opened inward and there was a mass of employees pushing up against them. Realizing they would soon be engulfed in flames, many girls jumped 100 feet to their deaths. Fire trucks arrived to the scene, but could do little to help. The bodies scattered on the street and sidewalks hindered their aid. Their hoses and ladders could only reach the seventh floor. Some girls tried to jump to reach the ladders; none of them made

Drek rushed out of the destroyed hospital, barely making it out alive He had been visiting mother, who was a victim of cancer, when suddenly the building began to collapse. He left all of that in the back of his head as he sprinted away from the debris, the blood pounding in his ears. Out of no-where, a barricade of police cars approached him, blocking his path. There was no way out. Then, a cop pulled a gun out of his belt, and…