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The Man-Made Disaster: Fire In Cities In The Medieval Middle East, Anna Akasoy Jan 2007

The Man-Made Disaster: Fire In Cities In The Medieval Middle East, Anna Akasoy

Publications and Research

Considering the building materials and climatic conditions in the medieval Middle East, fires must have been a major problem. This article provides a first survey of sources which are relevant for studying the impact of fires in urban environments. Evidence can be found, for example, in historiographies such as Ibn Kathīr's The Beginning and the End, or in legal discussions. Most fires mentioned in these sources were caused during riots or war, or by accidents in markets. The article also analyses how far fires fit into the general pattern of discussions around disasters in medieval Arabic literature.

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Quantitative Analysis Of A Turbulent Wind Tunnel With Obstructions For Use In Liquid Flame Spread Experiments, Beau M. Brantley Mar 2006

Quantitative Analysis Of A Turbulent Wind Tunnel With Obstructions For Use In Liquid Flame Spread Experiments, Beau M. Brantley

Theses and Dissertations

The research was done as part of an effort to develop alternative fire suppressant technologies for aircraft engine nacelles. The turbulent shear flow behind a surface mounted fence inside an open circuit wind tunnel was investigated experimentally. The tunnel test section was designed to be 2-D and exhibit flow qualities similar to those found in a typical engine nacelle. A 279 mm wide fuel pan was inserted approximately four fence heights downstream of the fence location. The fuel pan was filled using water to simulate fuel with a depth of 32 mm. Cold flow tests were done on different fence …

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Community Choice Between Volunteer And Professional Fire Departments, Alexia Brunet Marks, Larry Deboer, Kevin T. Mcnamara Jan 2001

Community Choice Between Volunteer And Professional Fire Departments, Alexia Brunet Marks, Larry Deboer, Kevin T. Mcnamara

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No abstract provided.

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Ua12/8 Scrapbook, Wku Police Jan 1998

Ua12/8 Scrapbook, Wku Police

WKU Administration Documents

Scrapbook of public safety related clippings.

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Fire Safety In Connection With The Transport And Handling Of Dangerous Cargoes In Port Areas, Adama Sy Dec 1997

Fire Safety In Connection With The Transport And Handling Of Dangerous Cargoes In Port Areas, Adama Sy

World Maritime University Dissertations

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0343: Peaco Family Scrapbook, C. 1880 - 1946, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1981

0343: Peaco Family Scrapbook, C. 1880 - 1946, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection includes one scrapbook that is mostly composed of newspaper clippings about firemen, firefighting, other local events and local history in Huntington, WV. Less represented in the scrapbook are postcards of fire stations and state capitols from around the United States, a cloth reading “U.S. Registered June 5th, 1917” to signify that Lyle Peaco registered for the draft, two unidentified tintypes, photographs of members of the fire department, other photographs of unidentified people, ephemera such as licenses related to Lyle Peaco, business cards, a court document requesting Peaco to attend, a Barnum Club ribbon, a warrant for the arrest …

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Fire Hazard Forecasts For Farmlands, J Hogan Aug 1952

Fire Hazard Forecasts For Farmlands, J Hogan

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3

The ever-increasing destruction by grass and forest fires during the summer months serves to emphasise the fact that may people are still showing considerable apathy towards this serious danger to property and life. In an effort to stimulate interest in prevention and control the Rural Bush Fire Prevention Advisory Committee, towards the end of last summer, convened a meeting to which representatives from the Forestry, Railways and Meteorological Departments were invited. The outcome of this meeting was that the Weather Bureau agreed to institute a fire hazard forecasting network to cover most of the agricultural areas in the South-West of …

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