Four Firefighters Die in Seattle Warehouse Fire (Seattle, WA – January 1995)

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

Four Firefighters Die in Seattle Warehouse Fire (Seattle, WA – January 1995)

USFA	Technical Report
Subject(s):	Arson, Firefighter Casualties, Health and Safety, Operations & Tactics
Media:	Technical Report Series
Read Online/Download:	Adobe Acrobat (PDF)/ Other Help PDF (1.1 Mb) , Text (93 Kb)
Description:	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.

Filed Under: Documents • Research Hub

Tags: "pre-fire planning" • Arson • Command Compression • command presence • Fire • Fire Command Decision making • Firefighter Casualties • Firefighter Fatalities Due to Structural Collapse • Firefighter LODD • firefighting • Firefighting Operations • Floor Collapse • Health and Safety • Mary Pang Chinese Food Company • Operations & Tactics • Progress reports • Seattle • Seattle FD • situational awareness • Span of Control • Strategy and tactics • Structural Collapse • Structural Floor Collapse • Type III Ordinary Construction • Type IV Heavy Timber • USFA • USFA Technical Reports • Warehouse

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