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From the Ted Talk by Jennifer B. Nuzzo: 3 ways to prepare society for the next pandemic

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The story of the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 is important for a few reasons. To this day, it is one of the largest urban conflagrations in US history. And in today’s money, the toll of this one event is upwards of three billion dollars. But the Great Fire is __________ not just for its tolls but for what happened afterwards. Witnessing the ___________ that was caused by a single unattended cigarette prompted massive change in how _________ and the rest of the _______ protect itself against urban fires. We saw changes in three major areas. First, we _____ using data to make buildings safer and to improve the way we respond to fires. Governments passed ordinances that became the basis of the first ________ codes: standards that ______ the ______ and construction of buildings to make them more resistant to fire and to protect the people that occupy them. We installed fire ______ so that we could detect and pinpoint fires in _________ as soon as they occur and alert people of the need to evacuate. And we created national _________ for ____________ equipment so that crews coming out of state could hook up their hoses.

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  2. baltimore
  3. began
  4. inform
  5. standards
  6. devastation
  7. remarkable
  8. building
  9. firefighting
  10. design
  11. alarms
  12. country

Original Text


The story of the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 is important for a few reasons. To this day, it is one of the largest urban conflagrations in US history. And in today’s money, the toll of this one event is upwards of three billion dollars. But the Great Fire is remarkable not just for its tolls but for what happened afterwards. Witnessing the devastation that was caused by a single unattended cigarette prompted massive change in how Baltimore and the rest of the country protect itself against urban fires. We saw changes in three major areas. First, we began using data to make buildings safer and to improve the way we respond to fires. Governments passed ordinances that became the basis of the first building codes: standards that inform the design and construction of buildings to make them more resistant to fire and to protect the people that occupy them. We installed fire alarms so that we could detect and pinpoint fires in buildings as soon as they occur and alert people of the need to evacuate. And we created national standards for firefighting equipment so that crews coming out of state could hook up their hoses.

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