Four Firefighters Killed Trapped by Floor Collapse (Brackenridge, PA – December 1991)

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

Four Firefighters Killed Trapped by Floor Collapse (Brackenridge, PA – December 1991)

USFA	Technical Report
Subject(s):	Firefighter Casualties, Hazardous Materials, Operations & Tactics
Media:	Technical Report Series
Read Online/Download:	Adobe Acrobat (PDF)/ Other Help PDF (1.6 Mb) , Text (71 Kb)
Description:	Although not new discoveries, this report provides several valuable lessons for the fire service to help prevent this type of accident from occuring in the future.

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Tags: basement fire • Brackenridge • building construction • Command Compression • Fire • Fire Command Decision making • Fire Command Risk Management • fire flow • Firefighter Casualties • Firefighter LODD • Firefighter Training • firefighting • Four Firefighters Killed Trapped by Floor Collapse • Hazardous Materials • Incident Command • Mutual Aid • Operations & Tactics • PA • Prefire Planning • Renovations • situational awareness • Span of Control • Strategy and tactics • Structural Floor Collapse • Type III Ordinary Construction • USFA • USFA Technical Reports • volunteer

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