Fire History: The Cocoanut Club

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

In 2003, possibly one of the worst wildfires in California’s history occurred. This fire, referred to as the Cedar Fire, spread across 273,246 acres.

At 2215 hrs, on November 28, 1942, Fire Alarm Headquarters from Box 1514, situated at Stuart and Carver streets, received an alarm. When the responding apparatus arrived they found a small car fire at the corner of Stuart Street and Broadway. After the fire was extinguished the firefighters were about to return to quarters when their attention was called to smoke emanating from the Cocoanut Grove Nightclub a few doors away. Upon their arrival at the entrance of the Broadway lounge on Broadway they encountered numerous people leaving the premises admidst the cries of “fire”. The chief in charge immediately ordered that a third alarm be sounded from Alarm Box 1521 which the alarm was received by fire alarm headquarters at 2223 hrs. A

To better understand the background of the contrasting views, we must look at how the fire service has developed around

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire not only affected the city of New York, but also the rest of the country. It forever changed the way our country would look at safety regulations in factories and buildings. The fire proved to America what can and will happen if we over-look safety regulations and over-crowd buildings. Unfortunately, 146 lives are taken before we fully understand this concept.

On October 8, 1871 - October 10, 1871, the Chicago Fire, occurred on the westside 300 people died due to the wildfire. Many people that attended the Chicago Fire lost their house along with friends and family and the population decreased. Due to the Chicago Fire, many people lost, a cultivate items, family, and friends, most importantly they lost their home’s.

The Great Chicago Fire was a tragic event to happen in the city's history. While the cause of this major fire is unknown, Chicago's wood buildings and dry summer made the fire much worse. There are a few theories to how this fire started, but what is known for sure is that it started in the O'Leary's barn. This particular fire lasted two days and spread quickly. Firefighters were contacted, but were sent to the wrong place, causing chaos and delays as they tried to find the fire. By the time firefighters got there, the fire was spreading from house to house, already unmanageable. Before they knew it the fire had taken over the city. Within two days, the water tank in the city had run out of water. Luckily before the fire moved further, on October 10 1871, it was put out by nature's rain.

Some disasters are so impactful, that they forever change the course of history. On March 25, 1911, one such event took place. The infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Fire occurred that day, and left one hundred and forty-six people dead in its wake. While many at the time thought the story would soon pass, and with it all the potential bad publicity, the story of the fire spread quickly, and outraged many people. As a result, the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire ended up changing many

I read David Cowan and John Kuenster’s To Sleep with the Angels: The Story of a Fire written in 1998, published by Ivan R. Dee in Chicago. To Sleep with the Angels is a story told by two veteran journalists who recall the heart-wrenching story of the fire and its aftermath. The story is about a fire that broke out one afternoon, and in only less than an hour, many lives had been lost, and an entire school building that housed 24 classes had come down (Cowan and Kuenster 10). This book report discusses the fire talked about by the authors and advancements that have improved the school building rules and regulations to prevent similar incidents.

For years if not decades, firefighters have responded to a reported structure fire that turned out to be a fully involved single room. This fire scenario requires a core set of fire tactics and skills to control and extinguished the fire, but is it this simple? Perhaps twenty years it may have been, but new dangers are lurking in every scenario and may have detrimental outcomes for unsuspecting and unaware firefighters and victims. The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) agency along with the Underwriters Laboratory (UL) have been conducting research to understand fire behavior and fire dynamics. This research is providing firefighters with new information about how and why

The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was one of the largest disasters in American history. Practically overnight the great city of Chicago was destroyed. Before the fire there was a large drought causing everything to be dry and flammable, then a fire broke out in the O’Leary’s barn and spread throughout the city. Many attempts were made to put out the fire but there were too many errors and problems in the beginning. After the fire many people were left homeless and had to help build their city again (Murphy, 39)

On Sunday, October 18, 1871 the largest fire Chicago has ever seen broke out. Hundreds died and thousands of homes were annihilated. Devistation towered over the city, ashes floated gracefully through the air as bodies, houses and cherished items burned. People ran in fear, holding their young, crying for the gone, searching for saftey. Searching for life. Searching for hope.

The concerns that Man Eating Trees by John Sokol and Hellfire by Mawish Chishty have in common with one another is the destruction of the natural world. Both works of art are represented in great detail by the enormous image of destruction of Mother Earth and how mankind is the one contributing to the destruction the greatest. Although both pieces of art represent the destruction, the work of art that defines this meaning the utmost is Man Eating Trees by John Sokol. I find Man Eating Trees more compelling than Hellfire in terms of presenting an image of destruction and nature because John Sokol found a way to show a more personal connection. This personal connection relates to people from around the world and how the destruction of trees affects them.

The Ohio State Penitentiary fire claimed the lives of many in 1930. The fire was set with the intent of causing a distraction to allow a few to escape the prison walls. This did not go to plan and instead, the prison was set ablaze when everyone was locked securely in their cells for the evening. It quickly got out of control and the fire, combined with poor prison conditions, lead to the death of 322 victims becoming the worst prison fire in the world at the time. From this tragedy, new fire codes were developed as well as new measures taken in the prison system to assure such a situation never happen again. The country hasn’t faced a tragedy like this since.

The fire’s ravaging California’s wine country since Sunday night continued to burn out of control Tuesday. The toll reached 15 confirmed dead, hundreds hospitalized, and an estimated 2,000 buildings damaged or destroyed. State and local officials warn that many are still missing and unaccounted for, some areas are still out of reach of emergency crews, and these numbers are likely to rise. The two biggests fires causing the most destruction consumed more than 52,000 acres in Napa and Sonoma Counties. 50 miles per hour winds were threatening cities including Santa Rosa, Napa, and Calistoga. Winds died down on Tuesday, but are forecasted to pick up again later in the week. About 20,000 people were asked to evacuate, and were seen fleeing by car