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A technical review of the 1999 Worcester, MA fire that claimed six firefighters concludes that abandoned buildings are a serious threat to firefighters and fire departments must make a concerted effort to use technology to maintain data on buildings in their response districts.
The goal of this report is to provide useful information to fire departments and firefighters that may help in dealing with the consequences of such a tragedy.
This report describes the circumstances behind firefighter fatalities occurring within three hours in two separate incidents in different buildings during a massive arson fire.
One firefighter was killed and eleven others injured, one critically, fighting a residential fire in San Francisco, CA. Firefighters were entrapped when an overhead garage door closed behind them without warning.
This report is a summary of the investigation reports prepared by the National Transportation Safety Board about the incident, in which two firefighters were killed.
While attempting to locate a concealed fire, a sudden and unanticipated floor collapse sends two firefighters into an inaccessible combustible concealed space.
Incident shows how critical information can be missed during a complicated incident command operation, particularly when command officers are distracted by trying to perform too many functions without support staff.
Although not new discoveries, this report provides several valuable lessons for the fire service to help prevent this type of accident from occurring in the future.
This report documents one of the most significant high-rise fires in U.S. history. The fire claimed the lives of 3 firefighters and gutted 8 floors of a 38-story fire resistive building, causing an estimated $100 million in direct property loss.
Two Indianapolis firefighters and an elderly guest died in this fire which occurred while the building housed the jury hearing testimony in heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson's trial.
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