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Fire Captain

Anonymous Tell us about your work -- what do you do? I am employed by the City of Tallahassee Fire Department . I hold the position of Fire Captain. For…

Fire Fighter

William Pierce Tell us about your work-what do you do? Professional Fire fighter What skills are needed…

The Substance of Fire

Director:Daniel SullivanWriter:Jon Robin BaitzDirector of Photography: Robert YeomanEditor: Pamela MartinMusic: Joseph VitarelliProduction Designer:John Lee BeattyProducers: Jon Robin Baitz,…

Symbolism of Fire

by Mark Hughes Related Links History: Flame and Torch Summer Olympics 2008 Biography: Prometheus…

Fire on the Mountain

Directors/Producers: Beth Gage and George GageWriter: Beth GageEditors: Scott Conrad and Krysia CarterMusic: Todd BartonFirst Run Features; NR; 72 minutesRelease: 12/96With: Steve Kanaly and…

Brewer's: Fire

(Anglo-Saxon, fyr, Greek, pur.) St. Antony's fire. Erysipelas. “Le feu St Antoine. ” (See Anthony.) St. Helen's fire. “Ignis sanctæ Helenæ”. “Feu St. Helme. ” (See Castor and Pollux; and…

Major Fires

1871Oct. 8, Peshtigo, Wis.: over 1,500 lives lost and 3.8 million acres burned in forest fire.Other Fires and ExplosionsExplosionWorst United States DisastersFlood

bow and arrow

(Encyclopedia) bow and arrow, weapon consisting of two parts; the bow is made of a strip of flexible material, such as wood, with a cord linking the two ends of the strip to form a tension from which…

Tyne and Wear

(Encyclopedia) Tyne and Wear, former metropolitan county, NE England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Newcastle upon Tyne conurbation and comprised five…

fire fighting

(Encyclopedia) fire fighting, the use of strategy, personnel, and apparatus to extinguish, to confine, or to escape from fire. Ancient Rome is known to have had a fire department consisting by the…