First Interstate Bank Building Fire (Los Angeles, CA – May 1988)

By Christopher J. Naum, SFPE on Dec 22, 2010 with Comments 0

Interstate Bank Building Fire (Los Angeles, CA – May 1988)

USFA	Technical Report
Subject(s):	Fire Prevention & Planning/Code Enforcement, Incident Management, Operations & Tactics
Media:	Technical Report Series
Read Online/Download:	Adobe Acrobat (PDF)/ Other Help PDF (1.5 Mb) , Text (48 Kb)
Description:	The most challenging high-rise fire in Los Angeles history demonstrated the need for automatic sprinklers in tall buildings.

Filed Under: Documents • Research Hub

Tags: "Towering Inferno" scenario • Automatic Fire Sprinklers Sprinkler system • automatic sprinklers in tall buildings • CA • command fire operations • company officer • curtain walls • Delayed Reporting • Exterior fire Spread • Exterior Fire Spread "Autoexposure" • Fire Command Decision making • Fire Load • Fire Prevention & Planning/Code Enforcement • Firefighter fatigue • Firefighter Injuries • Firefighter Safety • FIRST INTERSTATE BANK BUILDING FIRE • high-rise • high-rise fire • High-rise firefighting • Highrise Office Building Fire • Incident Management • interior suppression efforts • Interstate Bank Building Fire • LA City FD • Los Angeles • Occupancy 62-story high-rise office building. • Open Floor Plan • open-plan office area • Operations & Tactics • physical fitness • significant high-rise fire • spandrel panels • Sprinkler System • Strategy and tactics • Type I Fire Resistive • USFA • USFA Technical Reports • windows

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