This dissertation is an examination of fire department response times in eight major cities of the United States including Houston, TX, Charlotte, NC, St. Paul, MN, Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, Louisville, KY, San Francisco, CA and Miami, FL. This...
This thesis is a methodological analysis of fire locations in Canadian provinces
from 2001 to 2010. The research presented in this thesis highlights the dominant fire
types for each province. Accurately locating active fires and burned area is...
Coal-fired power plants--Environmental aspects--United States; Mercury wastes--Environmental aspects--United States
This dissertation tests whether or not mercury emissions from electric power plants are not a significant contributor to mercury measurements in rainfall and argues that the current United States (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
Undertakers and undertaking; Business people; African American businesspeople; Politicians; African American politicians; Discrimination in public accommodations; Segregation--Law and legislation; Discrimination in employment; African...
Oral history interview with Goldie Winstead Beckett, conducted on September 12, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. In this interview, Mrs. Beckett discusses her life as well as her husband’s experiences as alderman in the city of Louisville in the late 1940s...
The pulvinar is the largest nucleus of the human dorsal thalamus and is affected in a variety of brain disorders, such as schizophrenia. The experiments described in this dissertation elucidate key features of tecto-pulvino-cortical pathways as a...
Fire fighters; Fire stations; Fire engines; Vehicles
Louisville Fire Department fire fighters posed on No. 13 fire engine, in front of Louisville, Kentucky fire station. Sign or advertisement on fire engine reading: Schebler Replace Them All. Title supplied by cataloger.
Women prisoners--Family relationships--Kentucky; Children of women prisoners--Kentucky; Prisoners' families--Effect of imprisonment on--Kentucky; Mothers--Kentucky
A phenomenological study of the lived experience of mothering during incarceration was conducted at a women's multi-custody level prison in Kentucky. The purpose of the study was to explore and describe the experience of mothering among...
Cities & towns; Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; Buildings
Large and long six-story building on a street corner. There are awnings over some of the doors and windows on the first floor. There is a sign on the roof. Title: The Drake & Farwell Block before the Fire. Text on left: The Great Fire in...
An Ahrens-Fox fire truck sits inside the fire station at 1735 Bardstown Road in Louisville, Kentucky. A locker and a rolled hose sit on the running board. On top of the engine the words "L. F. D. No. 20" are painted. A bell is positioned...
Fire fighters; Fire stations; Fire engines; Automobiles; Uniforms; Hats; Clock towers; Historic buildings; People; Transportation; Buildings
Address: 617-621 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This street scene shows a fire engine coming out of Steam Engine Co. #2 and fire department headquarters as onlookers watch. Above the fire engine bay a sign says, "STOP, Caution,...
Fire fighters; Fire stations; Fire engines; Automobiles; Uniforms; Hats; Historic buildings; People; Men; Buildings
Address: 619 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Fire officials pose with their fire engines and other vehicles in front of the Fire Department headquarters. Near the roof of the building, two men's faces are carved. A number 2 is also...
Fire fighters; Fire stations; Fire engines; Uniforms; Hats; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices); Historic buildings; People; Men; Buildings
Address: 619 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Fire officials pose with their fire engine in front of the Fire Department headquarters. This building is in Richardsonian Romanesque style and was added to the National Register of Historic...
Louisville Salvage Corps fire engine No. 2 in front of fire station in Russell neighborhood, Louisville, Kentucky. From 1888-1941, the Louisville Salvage Corps served to protect fire victims' belongings while firefighters concentrated on putting...
Buildings; Government facilities; Fire stations; Fire fighters
Men in front of the St. Matthews Fire Department. Two fire trucks are parked at an angle in front of the building. Two men sit in the front of each of the trucks. The truck on the left is labeled "St. Matthews Fire Department." Five men...
Buildings; Military facilities; Armories; Fires; Kentucky. National Guard
Close-up of fire at Arsenal building of the (Frankfort) Kentucky National Guard. The arsenal caught on fire during the night of June 30, 1933, after an explosion on the second floor. A cluster of men spray a fire hose at the smoke coming from the...
Interior view of fire station in Russell neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky; two fire engines and car parked inside. Handwritten on back of print: "Fire Dept.-12th/Jefferson." Title supplied by cataloger.
Fire fighters; Industrial facilities; Fire engines; Utility poles; People; Transportation; Buildings
A crowd watches as firefighters work on a fire at Thirteenth and Main Streets in the Portland neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. At the left are two steam-powered pumps. In the background a fireman in a light-colored hat and coat climbs a ladder...
Buildings; Military facilities; Armories; Fires; Kentucky. National Guard
Arsenal of the Kentucky National Guard in Frankfort, Kentucky, engulfed in flames as fire services try to put out the fire and spectators look on. The arsenal caught on fire during the night of June 30, 1933, after an explosion on the second floor....
In Shelbyville, Kentucky, a man pulls two fire hoses from a fire truck, over a cavern in the ground and around a telephone pole where there may be a fire hydrant. A large brick building is visible to the left with a woman in white standing nearby.
Fire engine with ladder against building and firefighters practicing with equipment at Louisville, Kentucky fire department training school. Handwritten on back of print: "Fire Dept.-Training school." Title supplied by cataloger.
