Today is the day! I finally got to go to a fire scene! My first fire scene! And it was a fatal fire scene! I know it is wrong to be happy that not only did someone’s house burn but also that someone died while it was happening, but it means that I can actually take what I have been learning and finally incorporate it into real life. DCI does not get called to every fire in the state of Wisconsin. They are actually only usually utilized for fires that arson or when there is a fatality present in the state. The day started by meeting Bos at a park and ride where we carpooled to the scene of the fire. It was in a different town than Madison. We got to the scene of the fire and first were introduced to everyone at the scene. Last night was when the fire actually occurred. A passerby saw the fire and called it …show more content…
I thought I would be more bothered by the body and being in the house however, that wasn’t the part of the day that bothered me. The homeowner had a cat that also perished in the fire. However, instead of removing the body, everyone at the scene continued to walk on it. This bothered me too because I hold some much value in animals’ lives as well. However, I did not want to speak up about the possibility of moving it because it was my first fire investigation and I did not know what proper protocol was. So instead, I just stepped over the poor kitty. Also, the other thing that bothered me at the scene was seeing the victim’s shoe. While they were removing the body from the scene he lost one of his shoes in the yard. It was laying in the yard the whole time I was there, and I wanted to move it back in the house. It felt wrong for me to leave this man’s shoe out in the rain, even though I knew he wouldn’t be wearing it any time soon. I think because it was the last thing he was wearing when he died it left a pretty big impact on me, especially since I did not see the
Disasters can be so impactful; some can forever change the course of history. While many at the time thought this story would soon pass, and with it all the potential bad publicity, the story of the Triangle fire spread quickly, and outraged many people. On a beautiful spring day in March 1911 when 146 workers lost their lives, a fire would prove it could do what years of reformers had failed to do, get the government on the side of the workers. I would argue that the fire largely impacted the country. Specifically, the Triangle Fire ended up changing New York’s interconnected political and economic scene, and spurred on the creation of stricter safety codes. For the first time owners would hold responsibility for their actions. Max Blanck and Isaac Harris; being indicted for manslaughter was proof of this. Social change seemed to be spurred as well; the general public and newspapers would come back the workers of New York. Large institutions would suffer as well. Tammany Hall would be feared less and less by waves of new immigrants. The largest change brought about by the blaze would be legislation. Twenty-five bills, recasting the labor laws of the state
Fires were a very common obstacle at the time, but nothing was even close to the fire of 1871. On October 8th, firefighters received a call from the neighbor of Catherine O’Leary. Neighbors reported seeing a number of flames coming from the cow barn. Firemen instantly spotted the fire, but miscalculated how big it really was. This event was historically known as the Chicago Fire of 1871 (“People 7 Events”).
For example, according to Loudon, “For the most part the witnesses, couching in darkened windows like watchers of a late show, looked on until the play was passed their view. Then they went back to bed…” (Wrainright). This insinuates that none of Kitty’s neighbors contacted the police or did anything else to help in the situation until the next morning. If one of the neighbors would have just stood up for Kitty, or even called the police before the murderer returned to finish the job, then she may not have died. In addition, after the incident, one of the witnesses went on to say, “There are people over there who saw everything… And there hasn’t been a peep out of them yet. Not one peep” (Wainright). The reason for this may be that the people are scared to be the first to come and give statements to the police after not having done anything to stop the murder. The witnesses may also be feeling guilty or ashamed after realizing that they had just stood by as their fellow neighbor was killed. It is for this reason that it is so imperative that people not be pressured into conforming, because now all of the witnesses will have to carry the guilt of having not helped for the rest of their lives. Lastly, other witnesses admitted to not wanting to get involved, in the event that they may be taken in as a possible suspect or
...rting again. The fire itself was seen for miles and the heat was so intense that there was “hardly a building within a one block radius that was not scorched” (Reporter Front Page). Extinguished fire brands were found in all parts of the Eastern section of the city. Some brands were even found in Lakeside Park. The force of the gas explosions in the garage blew debris from E 2nd and Marr to half way down Ellis St. This shows just how large the fire actually was.
To begin with, during the year of 1870 and 1871 Chicago was facing extreme drought. During that time period the city of Chicago was built mostly from wood, making everything extremely flammable. Richard Bales author of “The Great Chicago Fire” states in an online article, “October 8, 1871, just after nine o'clock, a fire broke out in the barn behind the home of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary at 13 DeKoven Street. How the fire started is still unknown today, but an O'Leary cow often gets the credit.” Although we are not certain what and how the fire started, we know that it quickly spread. Legends say that the O’Leary’s cow knocked over one of the fire lamps therefore starting this massive fire. You might be asking yourself, how is it possible for a small fire to spread so quickly? “Hot air rose from the flames and mixed with the cool air above it, creating convection whirls. Witnesses called them "fire devils." A fire devil could pick up a burning piece of wood and send it flying. New fires started where the flaming objects landed. (McHugh)” Firefighters were exhausted from fighting a large fire the night before; and were sent to the wrong neighborhood at first. After finally arrivin...
It’s five O’clock in the morning and today was the day where my family and I finally got a chance to start over! We’ve been waiting for this day for as long as we can remember. I’m so excited to start a new job and finally be able to put food on the table for my wife and kids here in America!
According to Shepard “I reached the building before the alarm was turned in. I saw every feature of the tragedy visible from outside the building. I learned a new sound--a more horrible sound than description can picture. It was the thud of a speeding, living body on a stone sidewalk”.Nevertheless, this person saw with their own eyes watching women trying to escape the fire by jumping out the window. Bodies everywhere a lot of people lost their lives trying to jump from an eight-story window.Others walk from the roof and survive that
The horrible outcome of the fire is that this something that could have been prevented if the owner were not being so careless. All the lives that were lost that day because of the lack of safety laws is terrible. A manager attempted to use a fire hose to put out the fire and could not do so because it was rusted shut. With the one elevator that was working for a very short period of time, girls started jumping down elevator shafts and going through stairwells just to come to a locked door and burn alive. Women were even flying out of the windows while burning on fire. Out of all this, the owners managed to escape the burning building. A total of 145 workers died that
The building was fireproof. It shows now hardly any signs of the disaster that overtook it. The walls are as good as ever so are the floors, nothing is the worse for the fire except the furniture and 141 of the 600 men and girls that were employed in its upper three stories.
The narrator then meticulously describes the way he disposed of the body: "You should have seen how careful I was to put the body where no one could find it. First, I cut off the head, then the arms and the legs.... and then I put the pieces of the body under the floorboards. " For a reader of the time, this was written they would most likely have recoiled with shock and disgust, and this reaction comes down through the ages to even today's
I think that some people did not want to speak out because they do not mean to get involved or was to scare because they think that he will come after them next. So, they did not get involved by helping Kitty Genovese or call the police to save her life. I even hate to say this but here goes, I even think some people just didn’t care about her getting attacked by Moseley. Because it didn’t have anything to do with them or the family. Only one person had helped her and that was her neighbor and friend Sophie Farrar how heard commotions and came to Kitty’s aid by holding her and comforting her. And after 30 minutes another neighbor Karl Ross had finally phoned the police.
A: The film begins with a fire. It narrates the story of men running from a fire when, suddenly, one of the men stop and sets fire to the ground in front of him and the steps into the new safety zone he had just created. The term for his discovery became known as an escape fire. The directors used the idea of an escape fire as a metaphor for our health care system. Currently, our health care system is like a raging fire. The consuming flames of rising costs and a “disease maintenance” mind-set are about to consume our country and we must find a way out, an escape fire, before we perish. Like the men running away from the eminent death by the flames, we as a nation are sprinting towards
When I was a Child, I have never stopped wondering what it would be to fly in the sky. I had tried to jump from sofa or bed with an opened umbrella in my hand，and imagined myself as a flying bird. As I grow up, those wonderful fantasy become faded in my brain. I still like flying, and I had experience something like helicopter tour, but never a real fly. I always have the thoughts to explore life, to experience
Wildfires are catastrophic disasters that destroy everything in their path. “A wildfire (also known as forest fire, grass fire, vegetation fire, etc) is an uncontrolled fire often occurring in wild land areas, but which can also consume houses or agricultural resources.” (Wildfire.) The causes of wildfires are mostly intentional, negligence or accidents and natural causes. Wildfires have three distinct phases: Initiation, propagation, and extinction. This phenomenon affects our ecosystem, such as air and earth. In addition, people who witness this kind of catastrophe in the lower cases they lose belongings as houses or cars, but they can also lose their lives. There are many campaigns that help prevent these phenomena, but they need the help of the entire community. It is very important take care of not cause an accident. Wildfire is a phenomenon very common on these days causing a terrible damage to our environment and we have to prevent its expansion through our help, cooperation and prudence...
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