Bushfires account for approximately 15% of major disasters in Australia, making them the third most common of Australia’s disasters, following severe storms and transport disasters (1). The Black Saturday bushfires are still, to date, Australia’s worst bushfire disaster and are ranked second among Australia’s natural disasters, causing the highest recorded number of lives lost to Australian bushfires (1, 2). Furthermore, it is one of the world’s worst wildfire disasters in history, costing more than AUD 4 billion (3). With over 400 recorded bushfires occurring on this day, the area damaged was vast and included a combination of areas (1). It involved the collaboration and commitment of a range and high volume of emergency service personnel …show more content…
173 people were killed, with the Kinglake fire accounting for 120 of these deaths (1,11). Of the 173 people that were killed, two-thirds died in their own homes, mainly resulting from people staying and defending their homes rather than evacuating (9). Of these fatalities, 44% were vulnerable populations, being under 12 or over 70 years of age and/or having a chronic or acute disability (9). The majority of these deaths occurred on the the 7th of February, however, an additional 5 deaths occurred at a later date as a result of injuries sustained from the fires …show more content…
In total more than 19000 country fire authority members were involved in either frontline fire management, incident management and support behind the scenes (13). More than 600 St John Ambulance personnel and 105 nationwide St John volunteers were involved from two weeks before the fires and many weeks after (14). Of the population of all the emergency personnel involved, one life was lost (15). David Balfour was a firefighter of 10 years whose life was lost when a mountain ash tree fell on him as he attached the hose to the back of the fire truck whilst managing a fire in Cambarville (15,
Many times, the strength of an establishment is not fully realized until it has proven its ability to overcome a setback and become better for it. Chicago is a primary example of a city which proved its strength by undergoing disaster, and becoming better for it. Perhaps the most jarring of these disasters was the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, symbolized by the second of four stars on the Chicago flag. This tragedy, claiming the lives of hundreds and causing millions of dollars in damage, was horrid, but the city overcame and grew to be one of America’s most influential cities. A crucial element of Chicago’s history, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 can be understood by studying the cause of its severity, its impact on the city, and the recovery efforts of the people.
Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist fire Disaster hit March 25, 1911 at 4:40 pm at the Triangle Shirt Waste Factory when it caught on fire by a cigarette bud or burning match. The employees were mainly young women and girls of Italian and Jewish decent and 146 died that day. The workers wanted out of the building but one of the doors was locked in the stairwell. Speculation was that Isaac Harris locked the door. Some of the women and girls jumped off the building and out the windows to trying to survive which was interfering with the firemen trying to put out the fire.
The Cocoanut Grove Fire stands as a significant historical fire event that took place on November 28, 1942, in Boston, Massachusetts. The fire occurred in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, which was constructed with a combination of wooden and metal truss systems. This paper will provide a summary of the conditions surrounding the fire and how the metal truss system contributed to the devastating loss of property and loss of life. The Cocoanut Grove nightclub was a popular destination known for its liveliness and fun atmosphere.
On March 25th, 1911, a fire started in New York City, becoming the deadliest fire in New York City’s history. The workers who worked at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory on the 9th floor were locked in the building. In total 147 people died in the fire. The Factory Owners should bear responsibility for the fire.
They should also be aware because they’d had fires there before but not as bad as that one they were not ready neither were the firemen. They also looked like of the city was very poor and they had to try and put out the fire with buckets, and they
The city also didn’t have fire alarms in almost every building, just the ones that could afford it. Even some schools didn’t have a fire alarm. The fire could have been able to be prevented by using other materials. Some buildings that weren't made out of wood, still caught fire.
This leads to grieving families and some even without a main provider for them, leaving them struggling from both an economic and psychological standpoint. To add to this growing number of fatalities are the injuries, the same news article also reported that “three thousand were injured on operations”. These positive and negative effects when weighed up show that the fire service is the most trusted public service and almost has no negative effects but plenty of
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was one of the greatest catastrophes in the history of the United States history. The holocaust burned from Sunday, October 8, to early Tuesday, October 10, 1871. Within hours the great city of Chicago was destroyed. Before the fire broke out on Sunday night, October 8, there had been a drought causing everything to be dry and extremely flammable. The city of Chicago was so flammable because almost the entire city was made out of wood.
On “March 25, 1911, a fire broke out on the top floors of the Asch Building in the Triangle Waist Company in New York City,” and as a result of the building being engulfed, 146 employees were killed (Fire!). Most of the victims burned to death, but some chose to leap from the top floors to their death in order to spare themselves the excruciating pain of being burned alive. The “Death List Shows Few Identified” article, published by the New York Times, recounts the identified dead, unidentified dead, reported missing, and injured. All in all, the article, published on March 26, 1911 (a day after the fire), reported 32 identified dead, 35 unidentified dead (where they could actually make out of human qualities), 39 unidentified dead (where they were burned beyond recognition), 21 reported missing, and 24 injured.
The Triangle Factory Fire Case On March 25 1911 a fire broke out on the 8th floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist company. The fire quickly spread to the other floors of the building. After the fire ceased it left 146 dead and 71 injured. The fire mostly affected the 8th and 9th floor. Most of the people on the 10th flof survived the fire with not to many injuries.
The fire raged to high in the building for the fire department’s ladders to reach it. With workroom doors illegally locked by the employers, the workers, mostly young women, were trapped.” This horrible event proved fatal when “Some fled the flames by throwing themselves out windows. Others burned. When it was over, 146 had died”.
Local fire chief Roy Wayne Moseley who responded to the fire says that this is one of the worst residential fires they have seen but
Rhetorical Analysis: Comparison The Santa Ana Winds are strong, dry northeast winds that happen in the autumn and the winter of southern California. In the two passages “Brush Fire” and “The Santa Ana”, both authors describe what it is like to live in the area where these fires occur. They use their own perspective of the winds and talk about how they affect the people of Southern California. Although they both describe the same winds, they have different attitudes towards them.
During the 1910s, there were many exciting and terrifying events. In 1910, a horrible inferno called the Great Fire of 1910 broke out and destroyed a couple million acres of forest. With the Great Fire, one of the heroic firefighters, Edward Pulaski, saved almost all of his crew except The 1910s also had music. Bluegrass, jazz, and scat with many other genres.