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A Comparison of Two Fires: The Westview Towers (NJ) and the Council Towers Apartments (MO) August/October 1998
| Cost: | Free |
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| Subject(s): | Fire Prevention & Planning/Code Enforcement, Incident Management, Information Management, Public Fire Education |
| Media: | Technical Report Series |
| Read Online/Download: | PDF (1.0 MB) , Text (61 KB) |
| Description: | A technical review of two highrise apartment building fires that caused deaths and injuries to the buildings' elderly residents. According to the review, the presence of medical oxygen and the lack of automatic fire sprinkler systems contributed to the spread of the fires. |
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Amtrak Train Derailment (Nodaway, IA - March 2001)
| Cost: | Free |
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| Subject(s): | Information Management, Operations & Tactics, Rescue |
| Media: | Technical Report Series |
| Read Online/Download: | PDF (1.3 Mb) , Text (43 KB) |
| Description: | A technical review of an Amtrak derailment in Nodaway, Iowa, which affected 225 passengers and 16 crew members and resulted in one death, concludes that guidelines-previously established for search and rescue operations after a tornado-contributed to the success of the rescue. |
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Fire at Watts Bar Hydroelectric Plant (Rhea County, TN - September 2002)
| Cost: | Free |
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| Subject(s): | Fire Prevention & Planning/Code Enforcement, Information Management, Training |
| Media: | Technical Report Series |
| Read Online/Download: | PDF (1.1 MB) |
| Description: | Although many people perceive a steel and concrete structure as not being a fire risk, this fire illustrated once again that a fire in an electrical system can quickly be life-threatening, regardless of the structure type. |
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Seven Alarm Fire Boardwalk Stores (Wildwood, NJ - August 2000)
| Cost: | Free |
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| Subject(s): | Fire Prevention & Planning/Code Enforcement, Information Management, Other |
| Media: | Technical Report Series |
| Read Online/Download: | PDF (3.9 MB) |
| Description: | This report highlights how the absence of business owners for long periods of time can impede the prompt resolution of code violations and the importance of documenting code violations, particularly in states with statutes that allow local fire departments to recover the cost of their suppression if a fire can be directly or indirectly linked to code violations. |
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