- Author
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Howell, S. M.
- Title
- St. George Hotel Complex 16 Alarm Fire, Brooklyn, New York, August 26, 1995. USFA Fire Investigation Technical Report Series.
- Coporate
- TriData Corp., Arlington, VA
- Sponsor
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC
- Report
-
Report 108
1995
36 p.
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM: U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), 16825 South Seton Ave., Emmitsburg, MD 21727. Telephone: 301-447-1000. Website: http://www.usfa.fema.gov
- Contract
- EMW-94-C-4423
- Keywords
-
fire investigations
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board and care homes
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fire fatalities
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arson
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smoke inhalation
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fire alarm systems
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smoke detectors
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prefire planning
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emergencies
- Identifiers
- exterior window access
- Abstract
- On Novembver 12, 1995, a late night arson fire heavily damaged the second and third floors of a Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center in Miami, Florida, and claimed the lives of two residents. Dozens of residents had to be rescued by fire fighters using ground ladders, assisted by some of the early evacuees. Many of the 98 residents who escaped required treatment for smoke inhalation; three were transported in critical condition to local hospitals. The first companies on the scene found residents hanging from the windows on the third floor, attempting to escape the heavy smoke. Some had knotted sheets into makeshift ladders and climbed out of the building, while most waited to be evacuated by fire department ladders.