Abandoned Cold Storage Warehouse Multi-Firefighter Fatality Fire (Worcester, MA – December 1999)

By Christopher J. Naum, SFPE on Jan 01, 2011 with Comments 0

Abandoned Cold Storage Warehouse Multi-Firefighter Fatality Fire (Worcester, MA – December 1999)

USFA	Technical Report
Subject(s):	Fire Prevention & Planning/Code Enforcement, Firefighter Casualties, Health and Safety, Incident Management
Media:	Technical Report Series
Read Online/Download:	Adobe Acrobat (PDF)/ Other Help PDF (1.0 Mb)
Description:	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.

Filed Under: Adaptive Fireground Management • Documents • Probability of Adverse Consequences • Research Hub

Tags: abandoned • Abandoned Cold Storage Warehouse Multi-Firefighter Fatality Fire • Brick and Joist • Building Construction for the Fire Service • Building profile • Command Compression • Documents • fire behavior • Fire Command Decision making • Fire Command Risk Management • Fire Fighting Tactics Under Wind Driven Conditions • Fire Prevention & Planning/Code Enforcement • Firefighter Casualties • Firefighter Fatalities • Firefighter LODD • Fireground Operations • Health and Safety • History Repeating Events • Incident Management • Multiple Firefighter LODD • occupancy risk versus occupancy type • Prefire Planning • Reading the Building • Research Hub • Risk versus Gain • Search & Rescue • Type IV Heavy Timber • United States Fire Administration • USFA • vacant versus unoccupied • Warehouse • Wind Driven Fire • Worcester (MA) Fire Cold Storage Fire • Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire • Worcester Fire Department

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