Meridian Plaza Fire

     The fire spread from the O’Learys’ barn to the yards nearby. Soon it was spreading throughout the neighborhood. William Lee, a neighbor a block away, saw the fire and ran to Bruno Goll’s drugstore to turn in the fire alarm. Bruno Goll refused to turn in the alarm because he said the fire truck had already gone past. So instead of arguing, Lee went home to his family. At the courthouse the lookout on duty saw smoke, but thought nothing of it, thinking it was just Saturday's fire and there was no reason to be alarmed. Then he looked up and noticed it was a different fire and had his assistant strike the Box 342 for the fire department. Soon fire trucks were at the scene and attempted to put out the fire. The fire department’s Chief Marshal, Robert A. Williams got the engines to circle the fire to contain it. They got as close to the fire as they could until their arm hair was being burned and their

Smoke and flames were spewing out of gaping holes bored by American Airlines’ Boeing 767 that crashed between the 93 and 99 floors on the North face of the 110- story building. Each of the North Tower floors were roughly an acre. The top 20 floors engulfed in flames, he was staring at a 20- acre fire raging 90 stories above. He thought in his head that, This is the most unbelievable sight I’ve ever seen. Meldrum parked the fire truck on the West Street in front of the

The Local, State and Federal agencies were called to investigate the Station Nightclub fire incident and they found many issues. The polyurethane foam that was on the interior walls was the major factor in the Station Nightclub fire. It was easily ignited and also contributed to a faster fire spread within the building. According to NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, the interior finish is required to be Class A or B for general assembly areas with occupant loads of more than 300. It has been calculated that the number of occupants at the Station Nightclub was around 440-458 people, obviously well over this limit. The ignition of polyurethane foam gave out a magnitude of smoke and heat in such a short period of time and created mass chaos, thus resulting in a crowd-wide panic towards the initial entry point. Also NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, section 13.2.3.6.1 states that the main entrance/exit shall be of a width that accommodates one-half of the total occupant load and shall be at the level of exit discharge or shall connect to a stairway or ramp leading to a street. If the owner of The Station Nightclub would have

At 2215 hrs, on November 28, 1942, Fire Alarm Headquarters from Box 1514, situated at Stuart and Carver streets, received an alarm. When the responding apparatus arrived they found a small car fire at the corner of Stuart Street and Broadway. After the fire was extinguished the firefighters were about to return to quarters when their attention was called to smoke emanating from the Cocoanut Grove Nightclub a few doors away. Upon their arrival at the entrance of the Broadway lounge on Broadway they encountered numerous people leaving the premises admidst the cries of “fire”. The chief in charge immediately ordered that a third alarm be sounded from Alarm Box 1521 which the alarm was received by fire alarm headquarters at 2223 hrs. A

For years if not decades, firefighters have responded to a reported structure fire that turned out to be a fully involved single room. This fire scenario requires a core set of fire tactics and skills to control and extinguished the fire, but is it this simple? Perhaps twenty years it may have been, but new dangers are lurking in every scenario and may have detrimental outcomes for unsuspecting and unaware firefighters and victims. The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) agency along with the Underwriters Laboratory (UL) have been conducting research to understand fire behavior and fire dynamics. This research is providing firefighters with new information about how and why

The weather at the time was mostly cloudy at approximately 45 degrees fahrenheit with a relative humidity of 62 percent. Wind averaged to be about 10 miles per hour from the northwest. The Battalion Chief arrived in less than a minute to size up that there was heavy smoke coming from the front and rear of the attic with fire in the rear. At 1719 Hours E123 which was Herbies Engine arrives on scene. At this time BC19 assumed incident command and spoke with one of the occupants to be informed that everyone was out of the building. Herbie along with a firefighter (pipeman) advanced a 1¾ inch hose line to the second floor. Fire appeared on the stairwell because a firefighter opened multiple doors to the rear covered porch. That firefighter did not inform command or his commanding officer of what he had seen. This led to a delayed discovery that the entire stairwell was engulfed in fire. A captain on the first floor informed Herbie that there was fire in the rear covered porch and stairwell over the radio. There was no reply by Herbie to confirm he got the message, but companies carried on. Meanwhile, around 1723 Hours, E49 applies water in the rear attic window with a 2 ½ inch hose, SQ5 makes entry through the front door, and TL39 began cutting the first hole in the roof. All these steps almost immediately lead to chaos for Herbie and his firefighter. Ventilation was not being controlled and nobody knew exactly where Herbie was positioned. He and his pipeman

"The first units on scene encountered heavy fire on the second floor.The fire was quickly brought under control and is now under the investigation

Fireman’s Hall consists of several exhibits with numerous artifacts pertaining to the history of fireman in Philadelphia. The museum is initially geared towards children, families, and fireman. This museum is set up as learning, and reinforcing environment for fire prevention; while also presenting the history of fireman, and remembrance to the lives lost in the line of duty. Although they have important history, and artifacts there exhibition space is confusing, and there is no fluidity throughout the museum. One of the main problems this museum faces is the relationship of its exhibition, and objects to its visitors.

Mrs Perry said, “ The fire was getting out of control when the fire brigade arrived and they went straight to work.” Emergency services arrived at the blaze around 10 minutes after the call said mrs Perry.

Society is heavily reliant on fire. It provides warmth, lighting, and is used to prepare food. Fire allowed humans to move from the cave to the modern age. When it is used safely it is an invaluable tool but when it is abused or not used appropriately it destroys life and property. As society became more modern, so did the need for an organized fire department. Despite the best efforts from fire departments to educate the public about fire safety, the loss of life and property damage stills occurs to this day. When a fire occurs, fire departments suppress the fire and a fire investigator typically investigate the fire in order to attempt to determine the cause and origin. The investigator knows that fire dynamics is derived from the combined disciplines of physics, thermodynamics, chemistry, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics (Icove, DeHaan, & Haynes, 2013). They also must understand how a fires behavior is influenced by factors such as fuel loads, ventilation, and physical configuration of the room (Icove et al., 2013).

One of the nation’s most influential fires occurred on December 30, 1903, in Chicago, when 602 people, mostly women, and children, died shortly after the state-of-the-art Iroquois Theater opened. The theater claimed to be “absolutely fireproof”, however, there was no fire extinguishers or fire hoses. It was not sprinkled either, even though sprinkler technology was available at

Security was notified by F'C- Simone and Dinning room manage of the cooling tower back firing and sparking. S/L Walker was enroute from PV-5 floor. S/O EMT Brock was enroute from MG. S/O EMT Cunningham was enroute from CB4. Finally, S/O EMT Wertman responded with 501 to give a hand. S/O EMT Brock and S/O EMT Cunningham arrived on the scene 2 minutes before S/L Walker and S/O EMT Wertman. S/L Walker had The three officer check the boiler room gauge. The cooling tower had not backfire for about 15 minutes of S/L Walker being there. After it started again but it was ones every 10 minutes. S/L Walker did not see any sparks, but just heard the backfire. Engineering was called to come out. S/L Walker informed and kept Andrew Janosko in the loop of

Although the automatic sprinkler system is the most widely used type of fire protection system, it does have its limitations and uses inside certain building types. As previously stated, it is generally used in commercial buildings. This is because there are usually no special hazardous materials in these buildings, or any large quantity of materials that would react negatively with the application of water. It is installed in buildings such as hospitals, schools, and office buildings for life safety first, then building preservation. Since a proper functioning sprinkler system will reduce the fire size and prevent its spread, it will allow for more time of evacuation for these buildings. This is especially useful in hospitals and nursing home settings where there may be a large number of

This was unknown to the site operators and as soon as the call came in alerting of the massive vapour cloud which was forming the fire alarm was activated, which sounded an alarm and started the fire pump. Almost immediately causing a ‘vapour cloud explosion’ probably ignited by a spark created by the fire pumps starting. (COMAH, 2005)

According to US Fire Administration, from 2007 to 2011, there were about 15,400 fires in high rise buildings in the United States of America [1] and more than 75% of these fires were residential buildings. More than 60%of these fires in the high rise buildings initiated below 50 feet i.e.at or below the fourth floor level. These fires in the residential high rise structures are not pecuniary costly as compared to high-rise fires in commercial structures, on the other hand they pose a great risk to lives of the