- Author
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Birky, M. M.
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Paabo, M.
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Brown, J. E.
- Title
- Correlation of Autopsy Data and Materials Involved in the Tennessee Jail Fire.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
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Fire Safety Journal,
Vol. 2,
17-22,
1979/1980
- Keywords
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autopsy
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prisons
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toxic gases
- Identifiers
- Tennessee jail fire
- Abstract
- During 1977, a number of major fires, resulting in multiple fatalities, have caused an endhanced concern about toxic gases that are generated from synthetic materials involved in the fire. One of these fires, the Maury County, Tennessee, jail fire, as unique in the cell padding was the only material involved in the fire.