- Author
- Bryan, J. L. | DiNenno, P. J.
- Title
- Examination and Analysis of the Dynamics of the Human Behavior in the Fire Incident at the Anne Arundel General Hospital on May 1, 1978.
- Coporate
- Maryland Univ., College Park
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBS GCR 80-213, October 31, 1978, 27 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- GRANT-79014
- Keywords
- fire departments | fire investigations | hospitals | nursing staff | patients
- Abstract
- The fire incident at the Anne Arundel General Hospital on May 1, 1978 was detected by a Registered Nurse at approximately 0100 hours. The nurse was summoned to room 414 of A building by the patient's call button. The patient indicated his lighter had exploded injurying his hand. The eight story building of fire resistive construction was approximately nine years old. At the time of the fire incident the facility had a full patient capacity of 277 patients. No patients were evacuated. There was no visible fire or smoke observed by the staff, although an odor of lighter fuid was present and the patient suffered minor first degree burns to one hand. The fire involving the lighter appeared to have self extinguished. The facility fire emergency procedures were initiated, and the city of Annapolis Fire Department responded.