- Author
- Bryan, J. L. | DiNenno, P. J.
- Title
- Examination and Analysis of the Dynamics of the Human Behavior in the Kitchen Fire Incident at the Manor Care, Adelphi Nursing Home on March 1, 1978.
- Coporate
- Maryland Univ., College Park
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBS GCR 80-207, July 31, 1978, 42 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- GRANT-79014
- Keywords
- fire extingushers | fire investigations | kitchen fires | nursing homes
- Abstract
- The fire incident in the kitchen at the Manor Care, Adelphi Nursing Home on March 1, 1978 was detected by the cook at approximately 0615. The fire at the time of detection consisted of grease burning on the side of the stove with light smoke and flames approximately eighteen inches high. The two story building of five resistive construction was approximately ten years old. At the time of the fire incident, the building, with a capacity for 210 patients, had a registered occupancy of 185 patients. The cook extinguished the fire with a ten pound all purpose listed dry chemical extinguisher. The local alarm system of the facility was not activated, the fire department was not notified, and since patients were not in the fire zone, no evacuation was initated.