Hand Pumper Fire Research Paper

Historians know where the fire started but not how it started. The fire was started in the barn of the O'Leary family, starting with their barn door. It is known that the fire began there because the fire spotter saw flames coming from that direction. Murphy shows this in the text; "Schaffer signaled down the speaking tube and had his assistant strike Box 342. This sent engines rumbling through the streets — to a location almost a mile away from the O’Learys’ barn." (Jim Murphy, The Great Fire). That being said the O'leary family didn't know how it started either. Luckily, the new fire alarm system did help to alarm the rest of the city.

A tragic event unfolded on March 25, 1911 that claimed the lives of 146 people, with 123 of the lives lost being women, the only tragedy that led to more deaths in New York City was the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centers on September 11, 2001. A fire broke out on the eighth floor, one of the three floors that was owned by the Tringale Waist Company in the ten story building called the Asch Building. Jo Ann Argersinger stated in her book, The Triangle Fire: A Brief History with Documents, how deadly the fire was, “[t]he Triangle fire was the deadliest workplace tragedy the history of New York City – until September 11, 2001 – and it occurred in what was billed as a fireproof building” .The most practical reason of why the fire may

The Great Chicago Fire was a major milestone in the city’s history. The fire started on October 8th, 1871 and did not end until October 10th, 1871. People never saw this fire coming which might have made it even worse. The only reason it spread so far was because everything was made out of wood, the ground was parched and the wind was blowing that night; the reason it stopped was because it had started raining. Although the fire destroyed most of the city, it was a positive turning point in history. The Chicago Fire improved firefighting and their equipment, new buildings that were made out of fireproof materials, and it brought big investors to the city.

Before the fire broke out on Sunday night, October 8, 1871 there had been a large drought causing everything to be dry and extremely flammable. Many fires had been breaking out in Chicago. Records show that in 1870 the fire

The wooden city often experienced fires but, on October 8, 1871 the firefighters were already fatigued from a large fire the night before. The previous fire also resulted in the loss of some firefighting equipment. To make matters worse, the city had been experiencing a lengthy dry spell. A steady breeze from the Southwest, in addition to the dry spell which had spanned the length of several months, would make firefighters efforts futile.

These are the survivors thoughts on the Triangle Factory Fire. There was over 100 survivors but I choose two of the most important people who lived from the fire and I am sharing their thoughts.

   The fire was supposedly caused by Catherine O'Leary's cow who kicked over a lantern, however this is just legend and can't be proven as the actual start of the fire. The fire burned out of control due to the windy quality of the city and possibly even the dry weather. Another contributing factor is that the fire department was sent to the wrong location, which caused them to arrived at the fire later then they should have. The Fire began on the night of October 8th and was finally put out on the 10th. The fire was extinguished by the firefighters, but was also put out due the rain that fell that day. As you can see the fire was very uncontrollable, lasted for a long period of time, and would cause severe damage to the city.

One man saw the fire and tried to get someone to use the fire box to get the fire department to send a fire truck. Sadly he had no such luck in notifying them. Fire boxes were boxes located on the street corner for people to use to alert the closest fire department, because telephones were not commonly available at that time. The other man just insisted that a fire truck had probably already been called and was on its way. The fire was so destructive because there were many mistakes and dangerous

Fights would break out between runners and the responding fire companies for the right to fight the fire and earn the insurance money. On April 1 of 1853, Cincinnati OH became the first professional fire department made up of full-time employees and they became the first company to use steam fire engines. During the 19th and early 20th century volunteer fire companies served as fire protection and as political machines. The most famous firefighter/politician is Boss Tweed, head of the notorious Tammany Hall political machine in New York City. Tweed got his start in politics as a member of the Americus Engine Company Number 6.

Many people want to know how did the Chicago fire start, I believe the Chicago fire started with a lighted lantern knocked over by a cow. The fire started October eighth through October tenth 1871. The fire started at night. The fire broke out of control and spread quickly because all the buildings were made of wood. As soon as the fire started the firefighters came right away to try to put the fire out. The fire took a while to get put out, the fire fighters quit fighting the fire the day before, after two days the rain began to fall and the fire died out. It took the fire three days to die out.

The Council Bluffs (IA) Fire Department was formed on January 5, 1883 by resolution of the city council to establish a full-time, paid department. Prior to 1883, the citizens of Council Bluffs had been protected from fire by several different volunteer fire companies. The first such company, known as Hook & Ladder 1, was formed after a conflagration destroyed most of the town on November 14, 1854 (Petersen, 1992). Between 1854 and 1883, the department grew in size, purchasing steam pumpers in 1868 and 1880. The city grew as well, expanding from a population of 2,011 in 1860 to 18,063 in 1880. In 1918, the firemen of the CBFD organized and became a charter member of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), Local 15. This is an affiliation that the labor force of the CBFD still maintains today.

The fire started in O'Leary's barn and went on from there. Theories have it, the fire started by either vandal, milk thieves, spontaneous combustion, a drunken neighbor, or by the O'Leary's legendary cow kicking over an oil lamp. The fire was fueled by months without raining, Chicago being in a drought, and technical and human errors in alarm system. Another reason why the fire burnt so long was because there were strong southwest winds, congested poor neighbors, wooden buildings, wooden streets, wooden sidewalks, and misdirected fire equipment that arrived to

On the date of October 8, 1871 the Great Chicago Fire was spreading through the city of Chicago. Rain was a big facture in the fire, there was no rain in the 2 weeks leading up to the fire. Plus before the fire, the people made most of the city of wood so all the dry wood was all flammable. Back then they really didn’t have a real fire department and the firefighters didn’t have a transportation system so they couldn’t get to a fire until late. The people didn’t take well care of the river nearby so the river was polluted.

The fire, he said, started when sparks from the cutting of metal on a van inside the business ignited fuel on the floor. The van was located in the bay closest the residence, which is attached.

In the paper I will share the knowledge I have learned on how you can use Arson as a Crime to collect insurance money. Clothing fire, Vehicle fire and the use of Structure Fire Investigation. I will try and express the way an arsonist would get away with arson and how they can get caught with the works of an investigator. It’s our manly duty to crate fire out of thin air it has been like that ever since the stone ages. It has helped man become a dominant species in this world, and without it we would not be as colonized as we are today.