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Based on Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 best-seller, “Gone with the Wind” is fiction, about a spoiled Old South socialite, Scarlett O’Hara. But the real-life war that serves as her story’s backdrop looms too large in the film for many to overlook. The film “Gone with the Wind” that is based on this story derived many ideas and is well framed to give the right impression and message of its time. Based on the film, key themes and character depictions which may be offensive and problematic to contemporary audiences. Epic Civil War drama focuses on the life of petulant Southern belle Scarlett O’Hara. The movie brings a new perspective into what is termed as a love affair in limbo tied to matters of affection and soul searching. One of the key elements of the film is that it is defined and laid within the central value for love but also in conflict with some personalities. It is through these mixed personalities and love affairs that the film director brings out what can be termed as strengths and also weaknesses of some of the characters. O’Hara as a key character appears to be greatly influenced by love even in times of crisis and is willing to go as far as required to proof his case. The right value and notion are thus developed within the movie’s themes of love that makes O’Hara do anything to win the recognition and self-validation.
The main characters are well selected and play the role to bring out the message to the audience and thus the film is well calligraphed. Other aspects of the film are how it ties various personalities and traits of the characters to demonstrate multi directed outlook into acting (Giovanni & Paul, 2019). The movie is directed to pinpoint an issue that is not only societal but more personal to the players who find themselves in a dilemma. It is through these themes of love and entanglement amid crisis that the film earns its name and brad that has remained very influential. The love affairs and entanglement that appears to take a larger part of the film is one of the most interesting things that make up the story. The unending love affair and the entanglement ha the characters like O’Hara who appear to have mixed personalities. It is through these mixed personalities and love affairs that the film director brings out what can be termed as strengths and also weaknesses of some of the characters (Rebecca, 2016). O’Hara as a key character appears to be greatly influenced by love even in times of crisis and is willing to go as far as required to proof his case. narcissistic personality disorder is well developed in the film “Gone with the Wind” as it depicts very interesting outlook to life in one of the characters.
The narcissistic personality disorder is referred to as a hidden aspect to life and its various scopes that all people pose. In a positive way, being narcissist helps one gain more confidence and good image in public. In line with the film, the narcissistic personality disorder is brought out in many instances where the characters had to act in a unique way to attract what they termed as the fuel to good impression and personality (Rebecca, 2016). The film “Gone with the Wind” thus derives a very interesting outlook to life ties within the harsh events that took place in its time. More importantly is the way the characters are selected to deliver the message in the film that adds to the value in the film as well as its accuracy to the message. It is therefore true to say that the film seeks to portray a different world where love and crisis were the concrete of how the characters viewed themselves and acted in line with the various aspects of life. There is a great connection to how each character acted with the flow of the film that throughout appears to derive its themes from the key events like love and suffering (Giovanni & Paul, 2019). The story that in some ways appears to take a love affair direction suddenly takes a twist that blends with what many termed as an entanglement. These characters build each other to bring out both love and entanglement where many views this as a perianal creation to validate a hidden trait.
Some scholars find the film “Gone with the Wind” as a mystery that cannot be fully uncovered as the characters appear to portray more than one trait in their behavior. This is true because the film brings out a very interesting outlook of key characters like O’Hara who in her case seeks to validate his feelings in public and still remain as true as possible to her heart (Rebecca, 2016). These traits are what the audience perceive as mixed personality and even lead to the dominant issue of narcissistic personality disorder. The film appears to demonstrate how people choose to take up traits that ae only mean to earn validation in public. In her case, O’Hara seeks to win the real inner peace by seeking to win anything that would validate her personality. The film is also derived to portray how the characters perceived themselves with some taking more than one personality. The narcissistic personality disorder in its core making is also a key part of the film. For example, in search of love, some characters choose to live a superficial life that adds to their outlook and even behavior. To attain the needed meaning and even find love and affection, the characters develop a very interesting view about who and where they belong (Giovanni & Paul, 2019). The film depicts how the traits brought out in the key characters are the defining elements that also shape up the flow of the movie. Based on what and how the traits develop, the film digs deep to even show the real value and inclusive traits that define both the behavior and emotional outlook of the characters.
O’Hara as a woman drowning in love-searching affair seeks Rhett but unfortunately realizes that he had already given up hope of finding her love. She feels discouraged but commits to do anything to win his affection back. To demonstrate this trait, the film gives O’Hara a new personality that is what builds the foundation of this film (Rebecca, 2016). She seeks to show a different view and trait of her life as she seeks to win love. In order to do this, the character builds on a very interesting trait that defines and changes her completely. Based on her outlook, O’Hara seems to have narcissistic personality disorder that gives her many appearances and outlooks. In her case, the character together with other key players shape up how the movie flows and the story thus develops as intended by the director. It’s harder and harder to look past this film’s stereotypical depiction of enslaved people and its romanticizing of the antebellum South, but Leigh and Gable’s performances are undeniably excellent (Giovanni & Paul, 2019). The term narcissism as brought out in the film can be termed as the ability to brought our self-defined personalities that seeks to build one’s external image.
The film “Gone with the Wind” has several cases where the players build on a very integral aspect of life and this is shown by adopting a very unique and superficially developed personality (Giovanni & Paul, 2019). For example, the film builds one key character who adopt this self-initiated personality in a bid to fit in a certain area of life. In search of love and validation, the narcissistic personality disorder is well defined as the characters choose to induce a self-propelled trait that is meant to validate them and build a self-image. On another angle, the film derives what is termed as single-directed view of what leads to the characters seeking self-validation within their hidden emotional life. It is through these traits that the film earns its value by building characters with many personalities some of which are self-made. Most importantly, the film “Gone with the Wind” adds to the perceived and divided view of what and how the traits develop to induce a self-created image of the various aspects of life within its broader role and meaning to the characters (Rebecca, 2016). For example, Rhett as one of the main characters appears to lose faith and hope in ever wining O’Hara’s heart and this causes him sleepless nights. He gives up on the mission just to find out that O’Hara was already starting to notice him that causes a stirrup of feelings.
In this confusion, O’Hara is left with no choice but to up her ego by committing to show a different personality in a bid to attract her catch in the whole love affair. It is through these mixed personalities and love affairs that the film director brings out what can be termed as strengths and also weaknesses of some of the characters. O’Hara as a key character appears to be greatly influenced by love even in times of crisis and is willing to go as far as required to proof his case. These traits are well calligraphed to define the movie flow and also helps the characters play their role effectively.
The manipulative love affair approach adopted by O’Hara only depicted what many terms as a lost course that tarnishes both her reputation but also those of her colleagues. She peruses to do anything to win whatever she sees as good for her life (Rebecca, 2016). The narcissistic personality is thus well brought out through integral elements of what and how the love affairs in times of crisis define the movie. The film “Gone with the Wind” thus brings out the right outlook to the derived meaning to the narcissistic personality discern as key layers like O’Hara target to win their role in life. The narcissistic personality disorder is thus rooted in the whole concept of the initiated feeling of self-validation. To be able to pinpoint the message and earn the audience coincide, the direction of “Gone with the Wind” seeks to show how the characters worked with two or more personalities to take the message home (Giovanni & Paul, 2019). In line with this perception, the real value grows beyond what the audience can hear about the characters to demonstrate the weakness in the targeted and derived message. The weakness that arises in this narcissistic personality disorder is that the characters like O’Hara have to work hard to regain who they were and even proof admirable and respected as before.
The unending love affair and the entanglement ha the characters like O’Hara who appear to have mixed personalities (Giovanni & Paul, 2019). It is through these mixed personalities and love affairs that the film director brings out what can be termed as strengths and also weaknesses of some of the characters. O’Hara as a key character appears to be greatly influenced by love even in times of crisis and is willing to go as far as required to proof his case. The right value and notion are thus developed within the movie’s themes of love that makes O’Hara do anything to win the recognition and self-validation. It is through theme sequence of behaviors and superficial traits that the movie “Gone with the Wind” attains the right and broad meaning through each character. More so is the relationship between what each character portrayed and who they really were in life that makes the movie interesting. The character derived a very hidden notion of what it really means to integrate more than two traits in one character that adds to the weight of the message (Rebecca, 2016). To be specific, the narcissistic personality that many perceive as a negative aspect that makes a person lose his or her own self is in another view very useful in the movie. For example, O’Hara could not have achieved her manipulative trait as she did without adopting this behavior that forms the bias and foundation of this film.
Based on the speculative aspects of the characters, movie is built within the right angle in depicting who and how the players behaved. In line with the various themes and dominant roles played by key characters that the film takes shape (Giovanni & Paul, 2019). One of the most evident things about the narcissistic personality disorder is that the traits adopted by the characters were not only pinned on the value and nature of their roles suit the need to take a new appearance. Over the years of formation, the film is believed to take shape based on how the characters approached life. Still, the aspect of ascribed trait and behavior that denotes the need to have the right notion and need to create a dominant view. In addition, the creative aspects of the film are not only based on how the characters portrayed themselves but also the connection between the needs and traits adopted over time (Rebecca, 2016). In order to attain the needed outlook and attain the right posture and flow, the “Gone with the Wind” film takes a different tangle that is based on the deceptive outlook of the characters.
In another perspective, Rhett attains a new dimension of thinking that makes him have a relation of what and how he could have become even a greater person. The first instance that shapes Rhett’s thinking is where he had to make a choice between self and inner thrive of spirit and emotions (Rebecca, 2016). In this outlook, Rhett commits to working through a strong view of life that gives him hope of recreating his past that was already darkening and worrying. The need to have self-approval and strength of the spirit adds to Rhett’s choices that in this case refers to how he made his decisions about life. The characters in the film uses outward appearance to sell themselves to the public and earn self-validation. The narcissistic personality disorder described in many ways shows that not only were the people willing to go to great extent to publicize their self but also sought to gain recognition from their peers (Giovanni & Paul, 2019). Characters like O’Hara were always seeking to please others and have a good reputation that was not built on real values and traits.
These elements define what makes this movie interesting and the various scopes of its themes and meanings. It is even easy to follow through the film by looking at how and where each character played in line with the notion of derived traits. The film has a well-rounded message that depicts what and how each character brought out the various themes and the self-validation aspect of their lives. In addition, the “Gone with the Wind” film depicts a trend where the key character was willing to an extra mile in earning validation from those around them and this was meant to give them a positive impression. In order to attain this mark, the film director utilizes the aspects if changing roles and traits that key characters like O’Hara capitalizes on in their day to day life.
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Health And Social Care Bill 2011
Health And Social Care Bill 2011
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TOC o “1-3” h z u HYPERLINK l “_Toc377561773” NHS changes proposed in the ‘Health and Social Care’ Bill PAGEREF _Toc377561773 h 1
HYPERLINK l “_Toc377561774” Public Involvement in Health and Social Care Matters PAGEREF _Toc377561774 h 1
HYPERLINK l “_Toc377561775” Scrutiny and Cooperation by Health Care Providing Agencies PAGEREF _Toc377561775 h 2
HYPERLINK l “_Toc377561776” Regulating Health and Social Care Workers PAGEREF _Toc377561776 h 2
HYPERLINK l “_Toc377561777” National Institute for Health and Social Care Excellence PAGEREF _Toc377561777 h 2
HYPERLINK l “_Toc377561778” Health and Social Care Information Centre PAGEREF _Toc377561778 h 3
HYPERLINK l “_Toc377561779” Abolition of certain health and social care bodies PAGEREF _Toc377561779 h 3
HYPERLINK l “_Toc377561780” Commissioning PAGEREF _Toc377561780 h 3
HYPERLINK l “_Toc377561781” How the Bill’s Proposed Reforms Address the Problems within the NHS PAGEREF _Toc377561781 h 4
NHS changes proposed in the ‘Health and Social Care’ Bill
The Health and Social Care’ Bill proposes several changes to the national health policy framework in England. Transformations to the National Health Service as proposed by the Bill target certain areas of input that require realignment with changing health care provision needs. The Bill as highlighted in the brief discussion below proposes several areas of change to the health and social care (UK Parliament 2011, p1).
Regulating Health and Adult Care Services
Health and social care provision have areas of dissatisfaction before the public and the Bill is dedicated to changes that will introduce regulatory aspects. The reduction of inequalities in the provision of health and social care is highlighted as one of the focus areas for the secretary of state under the new Bill (Dow 2011, p13). In addition, the Bill proposes that the provision of comprehensive health services which include various aspects of health care including mental and physical through proper diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. This aspect proposes that quality of services in the health sector is raised to meet the standards set for continuous improvement in the health sector.
Public Involvement in Health and Social Care MattersThe Bill proposes that the level of public contribution to health and social care service provision is increased (Crisp n.d., p4). Public proposals for development of the services provided are to be highlighted and considered by the NHS Commissioning Board in decisions affecting health care services. The Board will be mandated with establishing of various platforms to involve the public in the identification of the needs of the specific needs and approaches needed for improvement. Establishment of the Public Health England will be the focus of the improvement of public health care provision.
Scrutiny and Cooperation by Health Care Providing AgenciesThe roles of the Local Authorities and commissioners of health in the provision of health and social care services are expected to be integrated under the Bill. In view of the need to provide a coordinated service, the government will eliminate unnecessary costs of duplication and offer the benefits of synergies. It is important that scrutiny of the services offered of such diverse service providers is introduced in the improvement proposed by the Bill since accountability issues derail quality service (ACKA Consulting 2008, p1).
Regulating Health and Social Care WorkersThe Bill undertakes to offer regulatory authority for the various types of health and social care practitioners as required in a functional system. It is important that the professionals involved in the health care and social sector be regulated for conformity with quality and improvement as envisioned by the Bill (Jeffreys 2009, para.2). In a healthcare system with as many practitioners as England has, lack of regulation could spell the chance for substandard services.
National Institute for Health and Social Care ExcellenceContinued improvement can only be assured if the professional health and social care has standards spelt out by a centre of excellence in care. Whereas professional bodies in health and social care are currently available in England, focus and dedication on excellence could better be captured in a National Institute responsible for such improvement. The benefits of the National Institute will oversee the distribution of excellent service delivery across the country than it is currently possible under the control of different programs with similar mandate.
Health and Social Care Information CentreJust as the main mandate of the Bill is improvement of the health service, reliance on information for continued improvement cannot be ignored, particularly in the information age. To this end, the establishment of Health and Social Care Information Centre will facilitate the development of a strong network of information flow ion the best service practices ( HYPERLINK “http://www.emeraldinsight.com/search.htm?ct=all&st1=Clare+Allen&fd1=aut&PHPSESSID=i449dpj50b983sb6p2grg23832” o “Author search for Clare Allen.” Allen et al. 2009, p120). Among the most important aspects of the Information Centre is sharing of health and social care data that acts as a setback if missing in healthcare system.
Abolition of certain health and social care bodiesWhereas it is important for strengthening of national institutions providing important services such as health and social care, some of them may grow obsolete with continued changes. To this end, the Bill undertakes to identify such institutions and bodies that no longer offer the expected service as envisioned in the proposed regime (Coleman et al. 211, p31). The abolition of such bodies will allow the proposed institutions as highlighted above to introduce the reforms needed in health and social care sector. Alternatively, this move will be important in the reduction of bureaucracy that incurs extra and unnecessary costs.
Commissioning
Commissioning of health and social care system programs in England will be decentralized. Commissioning power of the government will be spread across consortia of general practitioners, according to their recommendation (Campbell 2011, para.2). In line with the increased level of consultations between the private and public sectors, general practitioners will control much more resources for the commissioning of health and social care deemed appropriate.
Oversight
Accountability over the national health and social care funds will be improved by the increase of oversight authority through the introduction of bodies such as the Healthwatch (LGA 2012, para3). This is an independent body, whose mandate will be to strengthen the available accountability checks for health and social care services.
Independence
The Bill will ensure that the hospitals gain more control of their operations and become freer from the tight control of Whitehall. Semi-independence from Whitehall will enable hospitals to generate their own incomes from conducting private treatments and enable development of hospitals across the country to be independently run.
How the Bill’s Proposed Reforms Address the Problems within the NHSThere are certain challenges that the NHS faces that the Bill will attempt to solve once it becomes law. One of the challenges is inefficiency in the operations of the health and social care system. Perhaps the origin of the inefficiency is due to unclear roles of the secretary of state responsible for health care in addressing inefficiency. The Bill has an introductory section dedicated to the clarification of the role of the secretary of state in elimination of bottlenecks affecting efficiency in healthcare. In addressing the inefficiencies, the secretary of state is provided with specific duties such as ensuring equality in service provision.
The other conspicuous challenge is the unclear mandate of the health and social care system in the provision of public health care services. This Bill is designed with emphasis on the provision of public health care in the United Kingdom and offers solutions to struggling service delivery (Campbell and Gupta 2009, para1). As an illustration, the reorganization of the NHS and support institutions targeting the public setting of health care provision is perhaps important in the improvement of the public health service. Clarification of the mandate of the secretary of state in improvement and protection of public health is highlighted for instance in the elimination of inequalities in provision of services.
Funding of public health facilities is a challenge, particularly with the current budgetary cuts applied in several government institutions. In light of the contributions made by the Bill in reduction of financial challenges experienced in the health care system, moves such as foundation trust institutions capable of generating income through offering of certain private services makes an invaluable contribution.
In addition, the Bill seeks to introduce various bodies for harmonized regulatory authority to bring order to the sector. One of the regulation aspects that the Bill intends to institute targets the health and adult social care while the other regulatory aspect introduced targets the regulation health and social care workers (Crisp n.d., p15). The need of improvement in the NHS can be attributed largely to the lack of harmonized regulation, which the Bill offers to provide. However, criticism of the Bill has been raised on various uncertainties that critics translate to present more danger than the current system presents to the sector (Logan 2012, p707; McCoy 212, p387).
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Health and Safety Report
Health and Safety Report
Table of Contents
TOC o “1-3” h z u HYPERLINK l “_Toc367751875” Abstract PAGEREF _Toc367751875 h 3
HYPERLINK l “_Toc367751876” 1.0Introduction PAGEREF _Toc367751876 h 4
HYPERLINK l “_Toc367751877” 2.0Initiation and Spread of Fire5
HYPERLINK l “_Toc367751878” 3.0Emergency Evacuation Issues and Strategies6
HYPERLINK l “_Toc367751879” 3.1 Evacuation Issues6
HYPERLINK l “_Toc367751880” 3.2Strategies6
HYPERLINK l “_Toc367751881” 4.0 Fire Safety Legislation8
HYPERLINK l “_Toc367751882” 5.0 Fire Preventive and Protective Measures and Devices9
HYPERLINK l “_Toc367751883” 5.1 Protective Measures Used in the High Rising Building9
HYPERLINK l “_Toc367751884” 5.2 Preventive Measures and Devices9
HYPERLINK l “_Toc367751885” 6.0 Fire in Modern High-rise and Open Plan Buildings11
HYPERLINK l “_Toc367751886” 7.0 Flammable Atmospheres, Dust Explosions Dangerous Gases and Processes12
HYPERLINK l “_Toc367751888” 9.0 Bibliography13
AbstractFire outbreak is among the many incidences, which trigger panic among people. Fire outbreak can create a condition whereby victims of such accident are so confused that they can hardly help themselves out. A major problem with fire outbreak is the mode of occurance, which in many cases is usually unpredictable. The damage resulting from fire outbreak could be immense with the situation being worsened by possible causes of death (Hall, 1998). This paper brings out the idea behind fire safety design as well as the associated technologies within the modern world. The paper includes aspects of case laws with respect to the initiation and spread of fire. It goes on to point out some aspects related to emergency evacuation and strategies. All these aspects are collaborated with relevant legislations, fire preventive measures, the protective measures, as well as relevant fire fighting devices. The paper argues that resulting effects and the situations leading to fire outbreak call for the need to develop a good plan of action for handling cases of fire outbreaks. People could as well come up with elaborate plans that would prevent fire outbreaks within their environs. Organisations holding the responsibilities to contain fire outbreaks need to introduce fire fighting gadgets and chemicals that can fasten process of extinguishing fire. The fire fighting departments need to ensure that there are good indicators of places likely to be a threat to the people. Besides, these indicators should be in a way that can warn the people about the issues that they are likely to face as the paper depicts.
1.0. Introduction
In most of the buildings, fire fighting strategies need to be established to ensure that the people residing or working in such buildings are in a position of containing situations that may face them as a result of fire outbreaks. This situation could be even more difficult to the people living in high rising buildings. In this case, the fire department needs to establish an elaborate design to ensure that cases of fire fighting are settled as much as possible. This means that fire-fighting departments need to develop and advocate for good fire fighting plans that ensure that people achieves their goals in solving fire accidents within a short period (Communities and Local Government 2007). On another hand, there is the need to establish some good plans of building in ways that enhance the safety of people, especially during a fire incident. Apparently, within the plans of designing these buildings, there need to be emergency escape routes for the people who occupy them in cases of fire incidents ( Manchester Evening News 2010).
Again, all buildings could be designed in a way that they are highly ventilated to release any smoke, and to avoid chances of people being trapped inside during a fire incident. Ventilation, enhances the survival of most victims of a fire accidents even after staying for a long duration inside the building due to minimized suffocation ( Manchester Evening News 2010). Furthermore, fire fighters could ensure that they have installed necessary gadgets to enhance that all fire-fighting procedures are clear to every individual. In addition, fire-fighting procedures in high rising building need to be undertaken using highly efficient devices that can reduce duration, which the fire is likely to last (UK Parliament 2010).
2.0. Initiation and Spread of FireFire Fighting Department focuses on observing the spread of fire within buildings. In past incidents, fire-fighters discovered that most of the building had set strategies as per the Fire Regulatory Reform Act 2001. A practical case was that of a building constructed in such a way that all the conditions favoured the safety of all the occupants. The plan in such a case ensured that people can recognize places that are risky. The planning also provided an aspect of alternative routes through which victims could use to escape during any fire incidence. In the same building, the doors had parts made of glass that could help occupants to see the places intensified with fire and avoid such risky zones. A clear picture of a building could be enhance by creating large spaces and placing fire-fighting equipments and alarms in strategic places within a building. In this case, the building could have been well planned to eliminate things that could endanger or pose fire risks on people’s lives (UK Parliament 2010). This aspect could ensure that all occupants are safe whenever they are within the building. This assessment indicated that there are insignificant levels in the chances of arbitrary breakouts or the spread of fire in buildings, but possible cases of fire incidents could be easily controlled through good designs and strategies.
3.0. Emergency Evacuation Issues and StrategiesThe building was planned in such a way that several emergency exit doors existed. These exits had to be strategically positioned to ensure that victims of a fire incidents are able to identify them easily. The doors were positioned on the extreme sides of the commonly used doors so that people can be accessed pass through easily in the case of a fire emergency.
3.1. Evacuation IssuesThe building was found to have doors, which made of easily fragile glass. This could have been one of the strategies to make it easy to break in cases of a fire accident. The exit doors were connected to an exit route that is isolated from the building to enhance the evacuation process during in the case of a fire incident. The considerations for making a stair way outside the building could have been designed to observe the aspect of being far from the other building sections, which were commonly used. This strategy would ensure that people are less likely to experience fire accident effects (Beard 2005). There were clear signs for the directions to show the occupants the alternative routes through which they could exit the building in th case of an emergency. The doors led to other sections, through which people could evacuate using an outside lift down to the ground thereby ensuring that assistance could be available within and outside the building. 3.2. StrategiesMost of the strategies are applied to ensure that occupants within buildings can easily identify emergency exits. A typical strategy in the discussed case is the use of signs, which indicate fire exits within building. Another strategy that the building had implemented was hoisting fire extinguishers on the building’s walls. This was done to a height that people could reach to use them in extinguishing fire during its initial stages. This was meant to ensure that all the people are in a position of cooperating to extinguish fire within less dangerous localitiesand to reduce the spread of the fire to other locations within and outside the building. The strategies could also eliminate the need for evacuating the building during a fire incident but still maximize on survival (UK Parliament 2010).
To ensure that all occupants are safe to escape from the building in the case of a fire outbreak, the building is built in a way that various situations can be handled within the minimum time possible. The design of the evacuation strategy is found to be set in a way that the saving mechanisms can accommodate majority of the occupants whenever seeking to escape concurrently even in more difficult cases such as an explosion. In the building, various requirements for establishing safe locations for different scenarios seem to have been met. Again, the observations made on the building setting concluded the safety design was structured to meet all possible safety across its rooms (Department for Communities and Local Government 2007). The rooms are spacious to allow efficiency in movements and to minimize any form of obstructions. The exit routes of the building are found to be wide enough with a regular and average-step gap on the stairways. This is consistent from the top storeys to the ground floor. The essence for this is to increase movements.
Evaluation of performance based on fire design indicated that the building had a problem regarding its structural arrangements, which should be perfect to reduce the risk of fire spreading. The design was also meant to protect the building. Safety and protection in this case is determined by the combination of the materials used for its construction. In fact, these materials can be selected keenly to slow down the spreading of fire from the point of its commencement. With this strategy, protecting the building from fast-spreading fires creates a high likelihood of containing any possible fire incident as compared to the condition that would arise if the design disregarded these precautionary measures.
4.0. Fire Safety LegislationAn analysis of adherence to fire safety legislation showed that the building plan and activities had implemented substantial requirement of the law pertaining fire safety. This adherence was evident from cues that included aspects such as the building being fitted with various fire fighting equipments and signs indicating substances or areas that could be risky to general occupants. According to the observations, there were exit doors. This aspect was part of the legislation that ensures that occupants are able to find their way out whenever there is a fire accident (Great Britain, 2007).
The building had several warning signs labelled on the highly flammable substances and on risky locations. This was meant for the occupants to avoid subjecting flames to these substances since it would lead to explosion as well as avoiding specific locations respectively. The warnings are found to be displayed in a way that the highly flammable substances and explosives are put in protected locations so that people can hardly be able to reach them intentionally or accidentally. Warning signs are also placed in these locations with strict instructions that people are prohibited from accessing the areas. The kind of warning signs in place depicts an indication that the building was designed with respect to fire safety and focused on things that could pose risks to the lives of occupants. These warning signs prevent people from making mistakes and are thus made visible through the use of bright or warning colours such as red (Great Britain, 2006). 5.0. Fire Preventive and Protective Measures and DevicesIn the process of making a design that perfects the processes of putting off fires, there are different things, which people could use to generate ways of preventing fire breakouts. In the analysis of the condition involving high rising building, several strategies are used to prevent and protect the occurrence of the fire outbreaks, and to ensure that they are able to contain any aspect of the fire incidence. This strategies include safety oriented designs, adequate spaces within building, warning signs on risky locations and substances, clear exits, and information provision on both the building pan and proper conduct during fire accidents (Hall 1998).
5.1. Protective Measures Used in the High Rising BuildingThe way various rooms in these building are organized is in a way that people could safe themself from fire accidents and related incidents in an easy way. Again, products required or stored in the building are carefully selected so that occurrences of accidental fires are minimized. An instance could be an incident where different substances were placed in different locations, with the flammable substances being separated from possible sources of any form of ignitions. This separation is meant to reduced chances of igniting the flammable products, which would consequently result to fire breakout within the building. In the building, slightly flammable substances were used instead of using highly flammable ones so that the building would be protected from resulting fire breakouts. Another good protective strategy in the high rising building was the implementation of regulation prohibiting smoking while in the building to avoiding sparks that would ignite any flammable substances in the building ( Manchester Evening News 2010).5.2. Preventive Measures and DevicesThe high rising building was fitted with gadgets to enhance the safety of the building. This building was fitted with gadgets that were well positioned and communicative to ease fire fighting in case of any related accidents. This could be done immediately after fire erupts so that those who occupy the building at the incidence of fire would be able to respond easily to the situation. Communication to occupants would be achieved through the use of an alarm systems, which produce alarming sounds. This alarm sounds need to be understood by all occupants, and it would sound after pressing a strategically placed button. The building is also found to be fitted with other kinds of electronic fire detectors and warning systems that automatically produce sound whenever fire breakouts are detected or discovered anywhere within the building.
The system is structured such that the sound of the alarm would reach all the floors in the building for everyone in the building to respond to the fire outbreak in the most appropriate way. There were two forms of communication that could be utilized during a fire incidence in the building. One of them was that in cases of one of them failing, the other gadget would be functional (Department for Communities and Local Government 2007). Any gadget can breakdown and fail to function accordingly, but the availability of options enhances safety. The worst incidence can occur when both the automated and the other alarm systems fail. Due to this possibility, occupants are allowed to communicate to each other through shouting as an alert in case there is a fire breakout. They should however be calm and organized during a fire accident.
6.0 Fire in Modern High-rise and Open Plan Buildings
In the planning and establishment of modern high-rise buildings, the measures set to deal with fire outbreaks focuses on factors that enhance the ease of detecting and fighting fire accident. This is meant for all the people to be safe when caught within these buildings. The designs of the buildings are in such a way that they could enhance safety to the occupants in cases of fire incidents (Scottish Executive in Justice 2007). These modern high-rise buildings are designed in such a way that they have emergency exit doors, which are strategically located within one or more sites of the buildings. The buildings match various requirements for safety according to the modern designing of the high rise buildings to enhance safety of occupant against fire accidents.
7.0. Flammable Atmospheres, Dust Explosions Dangerous Gases and Processes
To protect the buildings from possible risks of fires, there is the need to consider issues relating to the fire accidents within affected buildings. These fire accidents may claim lives of many individuals whenever they happen. Through observation of different recommendation for planning modern designs for these buildings, the high-rise buildings have been safely designed to ensure that there is proper separation of flammable substances that could cause fire breakouts from other substances that are commonly and freely used. Some explosives and flammable substances include petroleum gases gasses, petroleum oil products, and flammable chemicals. Flammable atmospheres should also be avoided and should be set free of explosives and other flammable products like dust explosions and dangerous gases. Setting these products apart could enhance safety from fire occurrences (Scottish Executive 2013). They should as well be kept far from dangerous electrical appliances and equipments.
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