Highrise Office Building Fire, One Meridian Plaza (Philadelphia, PA – February 1991)

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

Highrise Office Building Fire, One Meridian Plaza (Philadelphia, PA – February 1991)

USFA	Technical Report
Subject(s):	Fire Prevention & Planning/Code Enforcement, Firefighter Casualties, Health and Safety, Operations & Tactics
Media:	Technical Report Series
Read Online/Download:	Adobe Acrobat (PDF)/ Other Help PDF (1.6 Mb) , Text (159 Kb)
Description:	This report documents one of the most significant high-rise fires in U.S. history. The fire claimed the lives of 3 firefighters and gutted 8 floors of a 38-story fire resistive building, causing an estimated $100 million in direct property loss.

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Tags: "pre-fire planning" • BOCA Type 1B • building construction • Building Staff Response • Command and Control • electrical system • Exterior fire Spread • Exterior Fire Spread "Autoexposure" • Fire • fire alarm • Fire Barriers Unprotected penetrations • fire flow • Fire Load • Fire Prevention & Planning/Code Enforcement • Fire Suppression • Firefighter Casualties • Firefighter LODD • firefighting • Health and Safety • high-rise fire • Highrise Office Building Fire • HRE • interior firefighting efforts • Locked Stairwells • LODD • NFPA 14 • Office • Office Occupancy • One Meridian Plaza • Operations & Tactics • PA • Philadelphia • Philadelphia FD • Rate of heat release • Renovation • SCBA • Search and Rescue • significant high-rise fire • Sprinkler System • Standard for Installation of Standpipe and Hose Systems • standpipe pressure reducing valves • Standpipe System and Pressure Reducing Valves (PRVs) • Standpipe Systems • structural steel • Type I Fire Resistive • uncontrolled fire growth and spread • USFA • USFA Technical Reports • Ventilation • water pressure

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