- company by WordNet
... ;the company of cooks walked into the kitchen"synonyms: partyCrew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship. synonyms: ship's companyA unit of firefighters including their equipment. usage: "a hook-and-ladder company"verbBe a companion to somebody.synonyms: companion, accompany, keep company
- Chernobyl by Kaylee Baker
... material had escaped.Twenty firefighters died immediately from overexposure to radioactivity, while hundreds suffered from severe radiation sickness. Pripyat, Chernobyl, and nearby towns were evacuated. People who lived near the plant in Ukraine and Belarus at the time have seen a greatly increased incidence of thyroid cancer, and genetic mutations have been discovered ...
- Smoke Inhalation by Raymond Reed
DefinitionSmoke inhalation is breathing in the harmful gases, vapors, and particulate matter contained in smoke.DescriptionSmoke inhalation typically occurs in victims or firefighters caught in structural fires. However, cigarette smoking also causes similar damage on a smaller scale over a longer period of time. People who are trapped in fires may suffer from smoke inhalation independent of receiving ...
- pension by Tyler Neal
... groups of public employees—firefighters, police officers, and teachers—which provided for compulsory contributions from the employee. Pensions for federal employees were authorized in 1920.The idea of extending such protection to all citizens also appeared earlier in Europe (notably in Germany) than in the United States, where it was a 20th-century development (see ...
- strike by Jesse Daniels
... workers, police officers, and firefighters, but generally the tendency in the United States after World War II has been toward fewer strikes. The number of strikes dropped from a record high of 470 involving 1,000 workers or more in 1952, when 2.7 million workers went on strike, to a record low of 29 in 1997, when 339,000 workers struck. (In 1988 only 118,000 workers ...