- Author
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Isner, M. S.
- Title
- Fire in Michigan Hospice Kills Eight Patients.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Assoc., Quincy, MA
- Journal
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Fire Journal,
Vol. 81,
No. 1,
56-63,78-79,
January 1987
- Keywords
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hospital fires
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death
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chairs
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smoke
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hospices
- Abstract
- The fire protection systems in this hospice were all present, as was the evacuation planning. The nurses had fire drill training. Yet eight patients died after a small fire burned undetected in a chair. This report tells what happened and why.