Mentor Fire Incident Analysis

At around 0030 11/16/16 I Sr. Officer Chad Stephenson of Siena Heights University (SHU) Department of Public Safety (DPS) was approached by resident student Stanley Saunders to report that his jacket was stolen out of his dorm room 409 on 11/15/16 between 1400-2300. Saunders stated that after he come back from a meeting at around 1230 he took his jacket off and but it on his bed. Then at around 1400 the left his room to go and hung out with some friends, when he came back at around 2300 he noticed his jacket was missing. Saunders searched his room, and talked with his roommates to see if any of them seen it but they all said no. The jacket is described as an Black North Face theremoball full zip up and is a size XL, Saunders states that he only bought it around a month ago.

The Fire This Time, by Jesmyn Ward, describes and explains the struggles that many African Americans face on a daily basis. In her introduction, Ward wants to address the ongoing racial injustices in the United States. Being an African American woman who grew up in the United States, she has dealt first hand with the “limiting, airtight closet” she describes as living in the American South. Jesmyn Ward gives the readers a glimpse of what the book, The Fire This Time, will be about. Touching on the interwoven past and present of African American lives, the many victims of racial injustice in the United States, and the image White people have of African Americans.

While the elementary school provided a short description of their emergency procedures, it stated that more information could be found in the Crisis Management Plan (also included in the Staff Handbook). What’s strange is that although a crisis management plan has been created, fire drills were not better described nor mentioned all; not even the sound signal to look for. In the event of a fire, younger students usually need more attention to care and calm down. Therefore, it would have been helpful to cover fire procedures more thoroughly. In the high school handbook, the

For many years, the fire service has been behind the times in scientific advancements in regards to fire tactics, fire behavior, and fire equipment. Through the investigation and experiments of the National Institute of Standards and Technology over the last few years, the fire service has seen enormous strides in research that has changed the mentality of the fire service for the better in my opinion. This paper will cover a little background of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), along with how NIST has changed the fire service for the better, and is NIST good for the fire service as a whole.

Due to the size and complexity of the Cedar fire, there is not one single agency’s emergency operation plan, but rather several plans from different agencies of all levels that influence the tactical decisions and resource utilization. FIRESCOPE, the Incident Command System, and the National Fire Plan resulted from lessons learned from previous fires and benefited the fire service and citizens of the Cedar fire.

Two different fires took place in two different decades, yet they were eerily similar to each other. One was in Mann Gulch and one was on Storm King Mountain. Both of these fires became disastrous because there was a collapse of sense making and things were no longer working for the people involved. The people did not know what to do or where to turn, and thus where unable to make sense of what was going on. In this essay I will compare the two fires not only with themselves, but also with one of Lencioni’s dysfunctions. I will then propose a solution based on Lencioni’s recommendations that could have helped the team in Mann Gulch apply some structure and make sense of what was really happening.

They send CO2 extinguishers to Banks DIH to be refilled, looking through their financial records they were able to determine the amount of CO2 they paid for per year. Thus they are to provide how much CO2 is used for recharging per year, however they were unable to determine the average amount of CO2 used to recharge one single extinguisher.

The data used to be analyzed was based on the data reported from the 593 fire districts that reported out of the 728 Fire Departments in the state in 2005. The sections used of the data set was the Career; Injury Date and State. The subsection data used was the numbers for professional firefighter and volunteer firefighter. The number of incidents from each month for that reporting year were taken from the data section: Professional Firefighter; Jan-3; Feb-1; March-2; April-4; May-2; June-4; July-2; August-10; September-4; October-1; November-8; December-4. Volunteer Firefighter; Jan-4; Feb-4; March-2; Arpil-0; May-2; June-2; July-6; August-9; September-1; October-0; November-1; December-4. Each month was analyzed to determine the differences in the incidents that occurred with Professional and Volunteer Firefighters. There were no additional data added collected or changed for this

According to Mroszczyk (2012) a firefighting system is undoubtedly the utmost significant of the building amenities, as its aim is to protect human life and property. An effective Emergency Action and Response Plan, are equivalent of an Operations Plan are just as important and a fire fighting system. A plan references a planned response that follows a well manage and defined targeted event(s). The purpose of the incident action plan is to establish objectives or list priorities, describe reaction schemes and strategies, and to be coherent what is to be accomplished within a defined period of time to manage targeted incidents/events.

It is important that first responders to an incident continually assess the potential hazards and risks that firefighters may be exposed to. Firefighters that are the first to respond to an incident must evaluate the possible dangers to the well-being of fire suppression personnel and take appropriate action (IAFC, 2010). Any hazards that are identified must either be controlled or eliminated before proceeding. The case study presented depicts a scene of a fire in which there is suspicion of arson activity. It is important for first responders to know how to assess the scene, protect vital evidence and provide the necessary information to the fire investigator. This paper will discuss the various components of proper fire

NIOSH investigators concluded to minimize the risk of reoccuring events, fire departments should include pre-plan surveys of buildings throughout the districts. Often times, during the pre-plan phases, fire departments will make suggestions to business owners about the hazardous materials and not following up on the suggestions that they make. Pre-planning older buildings should occur often to promote safety to the firefighters. Basic walk through measures will give the fire personnel a better picture of the building and what hazards are present in the building. Ensure that all the fire crews coordinate ventilation with fire attack. Ventilation should occur prior to interior fire attack, to reduce the heat, smoke and other toxic gases inside the

On June 9, 2012 the High Park Fire took place about 15 miles west of Fort Collins, Colorado. Itwas started by a lightning strike and fueled by high winds and dry vegetation, the fire grew to be the third-largest fire in Colorado history. Residents were instructed to take precautions if they could see or smell smoke, and a Fort Collins hospital reported an increase in emergency room visits related to smoke inhalation. Much of the fuel for the High Park Fire came from stands of trees that have been killed by beetles (BAER Report, 2012). This paper will discuss methods of remote sensing and field activities based on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) Strategy. This strategy will allow

Preparing for an emergency and knowing what to do in case of an emergency is an important aspect every community should know. Preparedness can be the difference between life and death in certain situations. This is the case in Season two Episode five of this week’s assignment. A forest fire is raging out of control near the Neighborhood for five days. Resident’s are developing respiratory and problems related to the fire’s proximity to the city. As with any disaster, communities need to have a plan of action and be ready to put the plan in action for the safety of the

Cornerstone is a very popular bar for University of Maryland students to go drink, socialize, and dance with friends. As a result, the 2nd floor tables get moved after 11 PM on popular nights, and are converted into a dance floor, which creates a very densely packed crowd of occupants. The currently building evacuation procedures do not familiarize the occupants with the appropriate egress routes and evacuation procedures during an emergency fire. This discrepancy can be rectified by the implementation of monthly training fire drills, by competent staff to guide the occupants in a conductive and pre-planned manner. The staff of Cornerstone needs to be educated better on the evacuation procedures set forth by the fire marshal for the building. This is appropriate because

Griffith Fire Units and this officer responded to 1519 N Arbogast in reference to an odor investigation. Upon arrival, this officer determined an unknown person(s) poured ammonia on all three floors in the common areas. Griffith Fire Units handled the haz-mat situation created by the odor. Mansards personnel arrived on scene and contacted a carpet cleaning company. This officer cleared without incident.