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Riverside Fire Department
The Riverside Fire Department is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Riverside, California. the department is responsible for servicing a population of 314,034 in an area of . History The City of Riverside Fire Department can trace its origin back to 1875 from a newspaper article referencing the response of a hose cart to a fire in the township of Riverside. An unorganized group of volunteers existed in the Riverside township from December 1871 to April 1882. In April 1882, Frank Miller, the owner of the Mission Inn, convinced local businessmen to contribute towards a wagon and fire buckets, costing $500. Subsequently, William Hayt, a businessman and owner of several stage lines, began a drive to establish a complete fire department. Hayt got the city's Board of Trustees agreement to establish the Riverside Fire Department, but only after Hayt offered to raise half the money from local businessmen, and to put up the other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Populated Places In The United States
The following is a wikipedia:Set index articles, set–index article, providing a List of lists of lists, ''list of lists'', for the cities, towns and villages within the jurisdictional United States. It is divided, alphabetically, according to the U.S. state, state, Territories of the United States, territory, or District of Columbia, district name in which they are located. A Alabama * List of census-designated places in Alabama, Census-designated places in Alabama *List of cities and towns in Alabama, Cities and towns in Alabama Alaska * List of census-designated places in Alaska, Census-designated places in Alaska * List of cities in Alaska, Cities in Alaska American Samoa * Administrative divisions of American Samoa Arizona * List of census-designated places in Arizona, Census-designated places in Arizona * List of cities and towns in Arizona, Cities and towns in Arizona * List of places in Arizona, Places in Arizona Arkansas * List of census-designated places ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tornadoe
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology to name a weather system with a low-pressure area in the center around which, from an observer looking down toward the surface of the Earth, winds blow counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern. Tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes, and they are often visible in the form of a funnel cloud, condensation funnel originating from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, with a cloud of rotating debris and dust beneath it. Most tornadoes have wind speeds less than , are about across, and travel several kilometers (a few miles) before dissipating. The Tornado records#Highest winds observed in a tornado, most extreme tornadoes can attain wind speeds of more than , are more tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
