Great Smokey Fires

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

At 03:17 am, Engine 2 arrives on location and reports that he has heavy fire showing from the first and second floors, and requests a full first alarm assignment. One minute later he reported that he had fire all the way to the roof in a 6-story building, 60’ x one city block. He then requested a full second alarm assignment and notified the dispatch center to prepare for the third alarm. Around 3:30 am, before most 2nd alarm companies arrived on the fireground. the first of many collapses occurred. A large section of wall collapsed from the upper story on the York Street side and crashed on to the street. By 4:01 am, this fire would grow to a five-alarm response. With the arrival of Engine 2 and other arriving companies, command was established, and the fire scene was divided into four geographic divisions (A, B, C, D) to manage this defensive fire. Command was passed from Engine 2 to the Battalion Commander, then to the Division commander and lastly to the Deputy Commissioner. As the fire intensified, the command structure grew to include an operations section, logistics, safety and an exposure group lead by a Battalion Chief. For over two hours the approximately 45 apparatus and over 150 firefighters and paramedics fought to contain the fire to the original complex and protect the surrounding neighborhood. The weather that night brought 17 mph winds, with gusts over 30 mph. These winds, combined with the heavy fire load

On our way to Fort Laramie we camped the night and the next morning the women were cooking breakfast while we were gathering the tents and hooking up the oxen. When a stray ember shot from the fire. It hasn't rained here in a long while so the grass caught very quickly. Austyn James tries to put out the fire but her skirt caught fire too! She was screaming she dropped the ground and started rolling around, she was able to put the fire out. Soon the fire reached our wagons and caught our food supplies on fire. I started emptying our water barrel to put out the fire. It worked but, most of our food was gone by then. We spent the rest of the day putting out the fire and turning around to get more water. There is still another 60 miles to go to Fort

Background. On June 12, 2011 in Sierra Vista, Arizona – a city near the Mexican border, a suspected human-caused fire was started within the Coronado National Monument Park, along the southern tip of the Huachuca Mountains in Southern Arizona and quickly shot through the canyons south of the city of Sierra Vista. Over the course of 14 days, the wildfire burned to some extent 100% of the park’s acreage; destroyed a total of 62 homes, 18 outbuildings and 4 businesses (Youberg & Pearthree, 2011) and mandatory evacuations were in effect due to the fires moving quickly towards the outskirts along with the danger of the smoke that blanketed the town. The fire was wind-driven spread and was aided by high temperatures and low humidity.

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.

It’s the middle of winter in Maycomb, Alabama, it’s the coldest winter since 1885 and it’s the first time it snowed in a while. Nothing seems out of the ordinary when Ms. Maudie’s house started burning. Ms. Maudie’s heroic neighbors such as Mr.Finch and Mr. Avery started taking out some of her valuable furniture from the burning house while the fire department arrived. The fire department sent 3 fire trucks over, 2 of which came from another town. Unfortunately, some of the equipment malfunctioned and they also came late, so they weren’t able to save the house, but they kept it from spreading to the other houses. Ms. Maudie’s tin roof helped put out the fire when her

Fire crews were on scene for nearly 24 hours working to put out the smoldering

After battling a number of wildfires that moved very fast through the wine country, at least 30 people have been killed and 100,000 acres of land destroyed. Firefighters are hoping that the winds will weaken so that the fire will stay and not keep moving. Daniel Berlant assistant director says that the winds have decreased from 50mph to single digits. In addition, it will take days, and maybe weeks, for some people to be able to move back into their homes, or find new ones. Sonoma County seems to be affected the most, with 9 deaths and about 240 people reported missing. However, since Tuesday afternoon 57 of those missing people have been found.

On Monday November 28, 2016, Leake County, Mississippi and other counties were struck with bad weather that lasted several days. This storm included outrageous winds, heavy rain, and a tornado that rolled its way through Walnut Grove, Mississippi Tuesday afternoon. As the storm passed through Leake County, there was very little property damage across the county. The Leake County Communications center had received less than 100 calls within the time the storm was in process. Those calls had been reports of trees being blown down, wood fires, a case of domestic violence, and other crime like activities. There were a number of three wood fires that took place right outside of Edinburg, Mississippi. Officials say that if the rain did not get to

The fires, which were first recorded in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Nov. 23rd, spread over 15,000 acres and 2,000 structures, burning down single-family homes, Churches and other edifices in its wake as it strode through Sevier County, destroying two of the country’s most tourist-heavy towns and an amusement park. The rapid growth and ferocity of the fires, attributed to the drought in the area at the time, exceeded 80 miles per hour.

The article, “Firefighter dies battling California's 4th largest fire in history, officials say,” explains to the reader about a very tragic wildfire that unfortunately killed a courageous fireman. Reports conclude that the brave man killed was a 32-year-old man named, Cory Iverson. His very upsetting decease will leave behind his pregnant wife and two-year-old daughter. Published on December 14th, 2017, this article captures the reader’s attention right away. Due to the deplorable blaze in Montecito California, thousands of people were forced to evacuate out of their homes, to a safer environment where the oxygen is not littered with smoke and ash. To elaborate, the article, “Firefighter dies battling California's

It was Monday, November 28 in the late afternoon when Tennessee had a vast wildfire. The fire originated at the National park service on the Chimney top trails and made its way to

Families were devastated when they were forced to leave their homes as wildfires began to take over. The Tennessee wildfires took the lives of 14 people, and destroyed over 2,400 homes and businesses, while creating $500 million in damages.

In episode 5, there is a forest fire that has been impacting the community. At first, this was supposed to be something that was easily contained. However, the dry and windy conditions have made the situation more extreme (with the lingering smoke posing as a health risk). As a result, an advisory has been issues for everyone to stay indoors unless outside travel is absolutely necessary.

The Donovan family are friends of mine, and were living in Tennessee when that fire swept through and destroyed many homes. Their home was one of the ones destroyed, and they lost everything, clothes, pictures, books, and every memory shared in that house. For a while they lived in a hotel, but they are now slowly beginning to recover. As life goes on, the natural disasters that we face are only becoming worse and more frequent, and many Christians, including myself, believe that this is because the end is near, and God is getting ready to return and take His children home. “If it seems like disasters are getting more common, it's because they are…Floods and storms have led to most of the excess damage. The number of flood and storm disasters has gone up 7.4% every year in recent decades, according to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters. (Between 2000 and 2007, the growth was even faster, with an average annual rate of increase of 8.4%.) Of the total 197 million people affected by disasters in 2007, 164 million were affected by floods,” (Ripley n.p.) . When natural disasters, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, hit heavier populated areas more lives are lost and the human population decreases. There are many places, however, that are well prepared for the impact of these events because of