- Author
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Royal, R.
- Title
- Castle West Apartment Building Fire, Colorado Springs.
- Journal
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Fire Engineering,
Vol. 162,
No. 12,
55-60,62-63,
December 2009
- Keywords
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apartments
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building fires
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arson
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fire fighters
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fire fighting
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fire departments
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wooden structures
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rescue
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occupants
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rescue operations
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fire hoses
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fire fighting equipment
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maintenance
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decision making
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accelerants
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asbestos
- Identifiers
- Castle West Apartments located at 3770 East Uintah Street, CO, January 16, 2007; three-story, wood-frame (Type V), garden-level, center-hallway apartment with 135 units; initial response and attack; enhance your response early; hoseline and hose stream management; unified command; specialized equipment; identify and preplan a shelter area