On The Construction Of Fire Engine And Apparatus The Training Of Firemen And The Method Of Proceeding In Cases Of Fire

Author : James BRAIDWOOD (First Superintendent of the London Fire Brigade.)
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Total Pages : 194 pages
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Author : James Braidwood
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Author : James Braidwood
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230058641
Total Pages : 40 pages
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Download or read book On the Construction of Fire-Engine and Apparatus, the Training of Firemen, and the Method of Proceeding in Cases of Fire written by James Braidwood and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1830 edition. Excerpt: ...and all the inmates immediately left the premises except one old woman. In about fifteen minutes after the arrival of the engines, the firemen made their way up stairs, and the poor woman was found dead beside a basket partly filled with clothes, which it was supposed she had been packing up for removal; had she made any noise, or even broke a pane of glass, she would in all probability have been saved; as the fire never touched the floor in which she was found, she must have died entirely from suffocation, which a little fresh air would have prevented. Had the slightest suspicion existed that any one was in the upper floors, they would have been entered by the windows or the roof; but as the fire took place in daylight, and none of the neighbours spoke of any one being in the house, it was thought unnecessary to damage the property, or risk the lives of the firemen, without some adequate cause. This, however, shows how little dependence can be placed on information received from the inmates of the premises on fire. Some of the people who lived on the same floor with this poor woman, and who had seen her immediately before they left the house, never mentioned her. I do not suppose that this negligence arose from apathy, or any feeling of that sort; but the people were in such a state of utter confusion, that they were unable to think of any thing. But to return: --If any one get up stairs, he should shut all the doors and Windows as close as possible, which greatly retards the progress of the flames, and, consequently, gives more time for any after exertions in extinguishing them. If the person who has examined the fire finds a risk of its gaining ground upon him, he should, if within reach of fire-engines, keep every thing close, and..

Author : James Braidwood
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781015515802
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Author : James Braidwood
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ISBN 13 : 9781294592730
Total Pages : 412 pages
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Download or read book On the Construction of Fire Engines and Apparatus written by James Braidwood and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Author : James Braidwood
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528548007
Total Pages : 154 pages
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Author : Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)
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Total Pages : 668 pages
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Author : S. Ewen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230248403
Total Pages : 235 pages
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Author : Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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