U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
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The modern age of powered flight began in 1903 when Orville Wright made the first sustained, powered flight on December 17 in a plane he and his brother Wilbur built. This twelve-second flight led to the development of the first practical airplane in 1905 and launched worldwide efforts to build better flying machines. As a result, the early 20th century witnessed myriad aviation developments as new planes and technologies entered service. During World War I, the airplane also proved its effectiveness as a military tool and, with the advent of early airmail service, showed great promise for commercial applications.
Despite limited post-World War I technical developments, early aviation remained a dangerous business. Flying conditions proved difficult since the only navigation devices available to most pilots were magnetic compasses. Pilots flew 200 to 500 feet above ground so they could navigate by roads and railways. Low visibility and night landings were made using bonfires on the field as lighting. Fatal accidents were routine.
The Air Mail Act of 1925 facilitated the creation of a profitable commercial airline industry, and airline companies such as Pan American Airways, Western Air Express, and Ford Air Transport Service began scheduled commercial passenger service. By the mid-1930s, the four major domestic airlines that dominated commercial travel for most of the 20th century began operations: United, American, Eastern, and Transcontinental and Western Air (TWA).
As air travel increased, some airport operators, hoping to improve safety, began providing an early form of air traffic control (ATC) based on visual signals. Early controllers stood on the field and waved flags to communicate with pilots. Archie League, the system's first flagmen, began work in the late 1920s at the airfield in St. Louis, Missouri.
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
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FAA
None
FAA
Link to <a href="http://www.faa.gov/about/history/brief_history/">U.S. Federal Aviation Administration History</a><br /><br />Source: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration">Wikipedia</a>
Medium: Logo
English
Organization
FAA, Flying, War, Security
United States
Consumer Product Safety Commission: Fireworks Information Center
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Fireworks are synonymous with our celebration of Independence Day. Yet, the thrill of fireworks can also bring pain. 240 people on average go the emergency room every day with fireworks-related injuries in the month around the July 4th holiday.
Remember, fireworks can be dangerous, causing serious burn and eye injuries. You can help us prevent fireworks-related injuries and deaths. How? By working with a national, state or local organization where you live to promote fireworks safety in your community.
Follow these safety tips when using fireworks:
- Never allow young children to play with or ignite fireworks.
- Avoid buying fireworks that are packaged in brown paper because this is often a sign that the fireworks were made for professional displays and that they could pose a danger to consumers.
- Always have an adult supervise fireworks activities. Parents don't realize that young children suffer injuries from sparklers. Sparklers burn at temperatures of about 2,000 degrees - hot enough to melt some metals.
- Never place any part of your body directly over a fireworks device when lighting the fuse. Back up to a safe distance immediately after lighting fireworks.
- Never try to re-light or pick up fireworks that have not ignited fully.
- Never point or throw fireworks at another person.
-Keep a bucket of water or a garden hose handy in case of fire or other mishap.
- Light fireworks one at a time, then move back quickly.
- Never carry fireworks in a pocket or shoot them off in metal or glass containers.
- After fireworks complete their burning, douse the spent device with plenty of water from a bucket or hose before discarding it to prevent a trash fire.
- Make sure fireworks are legal in your area before buying or using them.
Fireworks Information Center
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CSPC
2016
CSPC
Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission: Fireworks Information Center http://www.cpsc.gov/Safety-Education/Safety-Education-Centers/Fireworks/
<a href="https://www.cpsc.gov/safety-education/safety-guides/fuel-lighters-and-fireworks/fireworks-safety">CSPC</a>
Medium: Poster
English
Information
Fireworks, Safety, Security
United States
Engine Company No. 5
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<p><strong><em>I can think of no more stirring symbol of man's humanity to man than a fire engine.</em></strong></p>
<p>by Kurt Vonnegut</p>
<p>In 1736 Benjamin Franklin established the Union Fire Company in Philadelphia. George Washington was a volunteer firefighter in Alexandria, Virginia. In 1774, as a member of the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Company, he bought a new fire engine and gave it to the town, which was its very first. However the United States did not have government-run fire departments until around the time of the American Civil War. Excerpt. "History of firefighting." <em>Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia</em>. 6 Jan. 2012</p>
<p>If you’re walking down Cambridge Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts on your way to Inman Square, you’ll notice a mural painted on the side of the fire station. Have you ever wondered why two of the firefighters look remarkably like George Washington and Benjamin Franklin? It’s not because those two founding fathers were firemen in Cambridge but rather because the mural was painted in 1976 by Ellary Eddy to celebrate the nation’s Bicentennial.</p>
<p>The artwork features current Cambridge firefighters (at the time of the painting) along with Washington and Franklin, who served as volunteer firemen in their spare time. The classic Dalmatian fire dog, Buff, is also included. The apparatus shown is the 1960 Pirsch 1,000 gallons per minute pump which was Engine 5’s pump at the time. Lt. John O’Leary, who retired in January 2011, is the last active Cambridge firefighter to be depicted in the mural. </p>
<p><strong>Depicted in the mural artwork from L-R:</strong> Francis Dudley, George Washington, Buff the Fire Dog, Robert Carroll, Arthur “Buddy” Largenton, William Rose, Arthur Souza, James Nagle, Walter Ellis, Tom Sullivan, John O’Leary, Benjamin Franklin, Maitland “Mickey” LaRose, Ronald Ring, Francis Oliver, Francis Bransfield, and Donald McElearney.</p>
Ellery Eddy
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Cambridge Public Library
1971
Ellery Eddy
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">Source: Calabria Photo Journal & </span><a href="https://thecambridgeroom.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/mural-on-firehouse-in-inman-square/"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#c51b35;">Cambridge Word</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#c51b35;"> Pres</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#c51b35;">s</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"> The Cambridge Room provides historic tidbits, facts, and notes of interest on Cambridge, Massachusetts brought to you by the Cambridge Public Library's Archivist.</span></p>
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Link: <a href="http://thecambridgeroom.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/mural-on-firehouse-in-inman-square/">Mural on Firehouse</a>
Medium: Acrylic on Brick.
English
Artwork
Cambridge, Fire, Fire Engine, Security
Massachusetts
Battling Blaze on Deepwater Horizon Oilrig
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Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed.
Mohandas K. Gandhi, quoted in Small is Beautiful by E. F. Schumacher
It was the turning point for the worst oil spill in our nation's history. On July 15, 2010, a 75-ton containment cap was placed on the Deepwater Horizon oil well, stopping the flow of oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time in 86 days... A six hour pressure test to determine the cap's viability was ambiguous, and the majority of the government science advisors concluded that without additional information, it would be too dangerous to leave the well shut in. As a result, the government would direct BP to reopen the well the next day, which would have caused the oil to once again flow back into the Gulf.
As the anxiety mounted, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Director Marcia McNutt turned to Paul Hsieh, a research hydrologist... who had been in Houston studying the well for several weeks... Working through the night from his office in California, Hsieh relied on [a] mobile phone photo of the well's pressure curve and a modified version of his reservoir modeling software to do his complex calculations. After hours of analysis, Hsieh concluded the cap would hold and was not leaking beneath the Gulf surface... As a result, the cap remained in place, and the well never spilled another drop of oil.
U.S. Coast Guard
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U.S. Coast Guard
2010
U.S. Coast Guard
Source: Heyman S. J. (n.d.). 2011 Federal Employee of the Year. In Service to America Medals. Retrieved October 4, 2012, from <a href="https://servicetoamericamedals.org/honorees/paul-a-hsieh/">http://bit.ly/pMamB3</a> <br /><br />For further exploration please visit <a href="https://servicetoamericamedals.org/honorees/paul-a-hsieh/">http://bit.ly/pMamB3</a>
<a href="https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/battling-blaze-deepwater-horizon-oilrig">USGS</a>
Medium: Photograph.
English
Tragedy
Deepwater Horizon, Disaster, Gulf of Mexico, Oil, Security
Gulf of Mexico
Tired Search Dog
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There is nothing that can replace the precision of a dog's nose -- and absolutely nothing that can replace the steadfast nature of a dog's heart.
Bob Sessions, FEMA rescue worker
The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, mostly based upon terrain considerations. These include mountain rescue; ground search and rescue, including the use of search and rescue dogs; urban search and rescue in cities; combat search and rescue on the battlefield and air-sea rescue over water...
Urban search-and-rescue (US&R) involves the location, rescue (extrication), and initial medical stabilization of victims trapped in confined spaces. Structural collapse is most often the cause of victims being trapped, but victims may also be trapped in transportation accidents, mines and collapsed trenches. Urban search-and-rescue is considered a "multi-hazard" discipline, as it may be needed for a variety of emergencies or disasters, including earthquakes, hurricanes, typhoons, storms and tornadoes, floods, dam failures, technological accidents, terrorist activities, and hazardous materials releases. The events may be slow in developing, as in the case of hurricanes, or sudden, as in the case of earthquakes.
Preston Cress.
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Navy News
Sep. 15 2001
Preston Cress.
Source: Urban Search & Rescue. (2012, October 28). Federal Emergency Management Agency. Retrieved February 11, 2012, from <a href="http://www.fema.gov/urban-search-rescue">http://www.fema.gov/urban-search-rescue</a>
Link: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_010915-N-3995K-014_A_tired_search_dog_finds_time_to_rest_as_rescue_efforts_at_the_World_Trade_Center_in_New_York_City_continue_just_a_few_feet_away.jpg">Tired Search Dog</a>
Medium: Photograph.
English
Photo
Animals, Dogs, FEMA, Search and Rescue, Security
New York City
American La France Motorized Fire Engine
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"An old fire engine used in Burlington. It was the first of its kind to be motorized.
Motorized fire engines didn’t hit the streets until 1910, allowing firefighters to get where they needed to be at a much faster pace. They were easier to repair and allowed for much more room during movement. Much of the design was based on the automobiles that shared their streets. At their peak in the 1930’s, they were the most powerful engines in the country. However, these engines were very expensive to build, and thus only 141 were in service."
The Hall of Flame Fire Museum
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The Hall of Flame Fire Museum
1938
The Hall of Flame Fire Museum
For Further Exploration Please Visit <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130310215457/http://www.legacyofheroes.org/">http://www.legacyofheroes.org/</a>
Link: <a href="https://hallofflame.org/our-exhibits/">Hall of Flame Fire Museum</a>
Medium: Photograph.
English
Recognition
Fire, Fire Engine, Security
Arizona
Ground Zero Spirit
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On September 11, 2001, in New York City the World Trade Center (WTC) was attacked by terrorists. Flight 11 and flight 175 were hijacked and flown into the twin towers. At ground zero, amid all of the chaos, three New York City firefighters raised the American flag as a symbol of freedom.
Thomas E. Franklin.
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Ground Zero Spirit
11-Sep-01
Thomas E. Franklin.
Source: Ground Zero - 9/11 World Trade Center. (n.d.). Ground Zero - 9/11 World Trade Center - New York Firefighters flag-raising photo. Retrieved October 5, 2012, from <a href="https://www.pediment.com/products/ground-zero-spirit">http://www.groundzerospirit.org/</a> <br /><br />For Further Exploration Please Visit <a href="https://www.pediment.com/products/ground-zero-spirit">http://www.groundzerospirit.org/</a>
Link:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ground_Zero_Spirit.jpg">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ground_Zero_Spirit.jpg</a>
Medium: Photograph
English
Tragedy
9/11, Ground Zero, Security, Terrorism
New York City
Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to hit the United States. An estimated 1,836 people died in the hurricane and the flooding that followed in late August 2005, and millions of others were left homeless along the Gulf Coast and in New Orleans, which experienced the highest death toll.
Officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have said Katrina was the most destructive storm to strike the United States. It ranks sixth overall in strength of recorded Atlantic hurricanes. It was also a very large storm; at its peak, maximum winds stretched 25 to 30 nautical miles and its extremely wide swath of hurricane force winds extended at least 75 nautical miles to the east from the center.
It is a failure case of emergency management. Miscommunication between federal and state government brought slow response. Therefore, the federal government reconsidered and reformed the emergency system through the case of Katrina.
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
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NASA
28 August 2005.
Jeff Schmaltz
Source: Zimmermann, K. A. (2012, August 20). Hurricane Katrina: Facts, Damage & Aftermath. Live Science. Retrieved February 10, 2013, from <a href="http://bit.ly/RwC7P0">http://bit.ly/RwC7P0</a>
Link: <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Hurricane_Katrina_August_28_2005_NASA.jpg/260px-Hurricane_Katrina_August_28_2005_NASA.jpg">Hurricane Katrina at peak strength</a>
Medium: Photograph
English
Natural Disaster
Disaster, Emergency, Hurricanes, Katrina, Security
New Orleans
Federal Emergency Management Agency
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"The Federal Emergency Management Agency is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate all domestic disasters, whether natural or man-made, including acts of terror.
President Carter's 1979 executive order merged many of the separate disaster-related responsibilities into the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Among other agencies, FEMA absorbed: the Federal Insurance Administration, the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration, the National Weather Service Community Preparedness Program, the Federal Preparedness Agency of the General Services Administration and the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration activities from HUD. Civil defense responsibilities were also transferred to the new agency from the Defense Department's Defense Civil Preparedness Agency.
In 2001, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11th focused the agency on issues of national preparedness and homeland security, and tested the agency in unprecedented ways. The agency coordinated its activities with the newly formed Office of Homeland Security, and FEMA's Office of National Preparedness was given responsibility for helping to ensure that the nation's first responders were trained and equipped to deal with weapons of mass destruction.
In March 2003, FEMA joined 22 other federal agencies, programs and offices in becoming the Department of Homeland Security. The new department, headed by Secretary Tom Ridge, brought a coordinated approach to national security from emergencies and disasters - both natural and man-made.
On October 4, 2006, President George W. Bush signed into law the Post-Katrina Emergency Reform Act. The act significantly reorganized FEMA, provided it substantial new authority to remedy gaps that became apparent in the response to Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, the most devastating natural disaster in U.S. history, and included a more robust preparedness mission for FEMA.
As of October 8, 2011, FEMA has 7,474 employees across the country – at Headquarters, the ten regional offices, the National Emergency Training Center, Center for Domestic Preparedness/Noble Training Center and other locations."
FEMA
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FEMA
No date given
FEMA
Source: About the Agency. (2012, October 14). Federal Emergency Management Agency. Retrieved, February 10, 2013, from <a href="http://www.fema.gov/about">http://www.fema.gov/about</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency">Wikipedia</a>
Medium: Logo, Link: FEMA logo
English
Organization
DHS, Emergency, FEMA, Security, Terrorism
United States
United States Coast Guard
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The U.S. Coast Guard is one of the five armed forces of the United States and the only military organization within the Department of Homeland Security. Since 1790 the Coast Guard has safeguarded our Nation's maritime interests and environment around the world. The Coast Guard is an adaptable, responsive military force of maritime professionals whose broad legal authorities, capable assets, geographic diversity and expansive partnerships provide a persistent presence along our rivers, in the ports, littoral regions and on the high seas. Coast Guard presence and impact is local, regional, national and international. These attributes make the Coast Guard a unique instrument of maritime safety, security and environmental stewardship.
U.S. Government Printing Office
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U.S. Government Printing Office
1960
U.S. Government Printing Office
<a href="https://media.defense.gov/2018/Oct/05/2002049081/-1/-1/1/CGPUB_1-0_DOCTRINE.PDF">Link to Doctrine of the US Coast Guard 2014</a>. Source: United States Coast Guard
<a href="https://www.history.uscg.mil/">United States Coast Guard</a>
Medium: Poster
English
Artwork
Maritime, Military Service, Security, USGC
United States