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Improving Firefighter Communications: Special Report

This report investigates potential causes of communication breakdown and provides recommendations that will help fire departments improve their operational communications.

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Industrial Plastics Fire Major Triage Operation (Flint, MI - November 1988)

The successful outcome of this fire is credited to the incident command system used, including a strict requirement for SCBA use and rotation of personnel.

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Industrial Silo Fire and Explosion (Iredell County, Charlotte, NC - December 1997)

This incident highlights the need for the recognition of the dangers of oxygen-limiting silos regardless of their use and setting.

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Interstate Bank Building Fire (Los Angeles, CA - May 1988)

The most challenging high-rise fire in Los Angeles history demonstrated the need for automatic sprinklers in tall buildings.

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Live Oak Milstar Complex and Carpet Service Center (LaGrange, GA - January, 1995)

Failure to control this fire resulted in an early structural collapse which destroyed large automatic sprinkler mains and risers, overwhelming the plant's fire protection water supply and the municipal water system.

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Logan Valley Mall Fire (Altoona, PA - December 1994)

The successful control of this fire can be attributed to the large fire suppression force response and effective pre-incident planning.

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LP Gas Tank Explosion Kills Two Volunteer Firefighters (Carthage, IL - October 1997)

Two Carthage, Illinois Fire Department volunteer firefighters died, one was seriously injured, and another was injured when a horizontal liquefied petroleum gas (LP-Gas) tank BLEVEed (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion).

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Major Propane Gas Explosion and Fire (Perryville, MD - July 1991)

This explosion and fire claimed the life of one resident, injured 16 civilians and 16 firefighters, and caused an estimated $10 million in property damage.

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Manufacturing Mill Fire (Methuen, MA - December 1995)

An explosion and fire in an industrial complex injured 37 and destroyed nearly one million square feet of manufacturing space. The damage estimate stands at $500 million, the largest property damage loss fire in the history of Massachusetts.

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Multi Agency Ocean Rescue Disaster Plan and Drill (Broward County, FL - December 1994)

This report discusses the Broward County off-shore emergency response plan and lessons learned from using it in a rescue drill for a downed aircraft in water.

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