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Iroquois Theatre Date, attendance, # of people dead, # of people injured, advertised as what? |
December 30th, 1903 1,900 attendance 602 dead, 250 injured Advertised as fireproof |
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Iroquois theatre. What went wrong? |
A stage light shorted, arced and ignited the stage curtain Asbestos curtain failed to drop as designed Emergency exits - hidden behind curtains and unmarked -locked with European bascule locks and unknown to most Americans |
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Iroquois theatre what went wrong? Continued. |
Fire equip. not up to standards Almost all lobby doors locked Balcony stairs blocked by locked gates Fire escapes unfinished Overcrowding |
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Triangle shirt waist factory Date, # of people dead |
March 25, 1911 146 dead Worst workplace disaster in NYC until 9/11 |
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Triangle shirt factory. What went wrong? |
Large quantities of combustible textiles Combustible materials littered he floors No fire protection equipment except a few buckets of water Smoking allowed |
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Triangle shirt waist factory. What went wrong? Continued |
Open gas lanterns used for lighting Fire escape not maintained Only two exits on the floor - one chained and locked - second filled with smoke and fire |
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Coconut grove Date, dead, injured |
November 28th 1942 492 dead 100s more injured Worst nightclub fire in U.S. history Barney Welansky convicted on 19 counts of manslaughter |
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Coconut grove. What went wrong? |
1,000 plus in attendance - fire code capacity 600 Highly combustible decor - flammable paper Palm trees - non fire resistive furniture - draperies hanging from and covering ceiling Decor covered several exit signs |
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Coconut grove. What went wrong? Continued |
Main entrance was a revolving door Side doors welded shut All other exits opened inward - officials stated 300 or more lives would have been saved |
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What did Walter Bailey do in the coconut grove fire? |
Saved hundreds by running from room to room alerting people of the growing fire |
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Our lady of angles catholic school fire. Date, dead, injured |
December 1st, 1958 95 dead 92 were children, 100s seriously injured Many jumped to their death Two boys admitted to purposely setting a trash can on fire in basement which later they recanted |
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Our lady of angels catholic school fire. What went wrong? |
No automatic fire alarms No fire detection system - smoke detectors not widely available No fire sprinklers - not required Unmarked manual alarm switches |
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Our lady of angels catholic school fire. What went wrong? Continued |
Only 1 fire escape Fire extinguishers mounted at 7ft height No classroom occupancy limit - 60+ students to a room Access to school delayed by locked gate School in legal compliance with 1958 fire code |
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Beverly Hills supper club What year and how many dead? |
1977 165 dead |
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How many people died in the station nightclub fire? |
100 |
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Charleston sofa super store fire. Date and how many ffs died? |
6/18/07 9 FFs died |
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What did we learn? |
-Sprinkler systems required in new assembly occupancies and existing with >100 or less -Owners required to keep all exits free of obstructions to public way -Requirements for trained crowd managers |
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Who leads the world in fire deaths and property loss? |
US |
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Fire prevention goals? |
1. Protect the public 2. Protect Firefighters 3. Keep customers in business |
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3 Strategic Objectives |
Life safety Property conservation Incident stabilization |
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3 E's of Fire Prevention? Which one is purely proactive? |
Education Engineering Enforcement
Education is only one purely proactive |
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After a major fire what % of businesses are able to re-open? |
50% Of that 50% over half of those will fail within the first year 25% chance of surviving |
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Fire Prevention Section. Assistant Chief? Deputy Chief/ Fire Marshal? |
Assistant Chief - Laura Baker Deputy Chief/ Fire Marshal - Mike Carsten |
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Fire Marshal Responsiblities |
Tucson Fire Code Official Fire Prevention Section Fire Code Development Inspector Certification Program Dept. Liaison for Code Enforcement Environmental Management Program Kinder Morgan Pipeline liaison Community safety/public education Tier II Reporting |
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Team 1 Captain and area? |
Captain Phil Morgan North of Broadway |
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Team 1 Responsibilities |
City civic events 4th Ave street fair Special events Group homes Fraternities Institutional & day care Fire code review committee Pyrotechnic permits FRMS inspection program |
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Team 1 Inspectors |
Brian Cobb Roland Spangle Mike Pursley Andrew Rico Carrie Clark |
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Team 1 Special Events |
4th ave street fair Gem and Mineral show |
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Team 2 Captain and area? |
Captain Gordon Clark South of Broadway |
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Team 2 Responsiblities |
Inspector certification Division CE coordinator Fire Code review committee Human services referrals FRMS inspection program Probationary modules |
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Team 2 Inspectors |
Jimmy Davis Joe Longo Jim Hinrichs Dominic Cuffel Carrie Clark |
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Team 3 |
Business Assistance Captain Jeff Langejans |
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Team 3 Inspectors |
Conrad Funke Glenn D'auria John Bieg |
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Team 3 Responsibilities |
Enforcement in city buildings Hazardous waste program Special events @TCC ASTs & USTs FRMS inspection program Fire code review committee Spill control for city Landfills Clean water coordinator Fireworks permits |
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Compliance assistance in... |
CFR 40 CFR 49 OSHA IFC IBC |
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Fireworks & Pyrotechnics How many permits issued annually? |
65 |
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Fire Cause Unit Captain? |
Captain Chris Jurvig |
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Fire Cause Unit Members |
Wayne Cummings Pete December Brian Corrales Tomasz Piotrowski Jorge Loya Will Motto |
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Fire Cause Responsibilities |
Investigate all incendiary fires Assist the TPD arson investigators Juvenile fire setter program Self inspection program Active role with Pima County Arson Task Force
Investigators moved to 24hr schedules |
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How many structure fires have the fire cause unit investigated? |
247 |
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Who runs the Juvenile Fire Setters Program? |
Tom Sisterman |
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Call out criteria |
-Any suspicious or incendiary fire or explosion where the facts and circumstances of the incident reveal an identifiable suspect believed to be responsible -Any suspicious or incendiary fire or explosion resulting in a property loss in excess of $1000 |
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Call out criteria |
-Regardless of cause, any fire or explosion resulting in the death of any person -regardless of cause, any fire or explosion resulting in injury to any person which requires emergency treatment at a medical facility |
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Call out criteria |
Regardless of cause, any fire or explosion resulting in property loss in excess of $10,000 Regardless of cause, any vehicle or structure fire or explosion where the act or omission of the incident cannot be reasonably determined by the on scene officer responsible for the completion of incident report |
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Team 4 |
Systems design Ken Brouillette |
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Team 4 inspectors |
Harvey (Martin) Brown Carl Schultz Chris Basaldua Nicole Sprenger |
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Team 4 responsibilities |
Compliance new construction Review construction plans Monitor fire sprinkler/alarm - systems annual maintenance Fire dept. Liaison to contractors Fire code review Permit issuance High rise buildings FRMS inspection program |