- Author
- Bryan, J. L. | Milke, J. A.
- Title
- Examination and Analysis of the Dynamics of the Human Behavior in the Fire Incident at the Fallston General Hospital January 27, 1980.
- Coporate
- Maryland Univ., College Park
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBS GCR 80-273, March 31, 1980, 40 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- GRANT-79014
- Keywords
- fire departments | fire extinguishers | fire investigations | smoke | evacuation | patients
- Abstract
- This fire incident in the Fallston General Hospital on January 27, 1980 was detected by several patients who observed smoke emitting from under the door of patient room 2036, at approximately 1749. The patients in the psychiatric care ward in the south section, second floor of the service building alerted the staff by their verbal cries. A nursing assistant immediately responded, to room 2036, and upon observing the smoke and feeling heat through the closed room door he immediately returned to the office and phoned the facility operator. The operator initiated the facility emergency procedures and notified the Hartford County Emergency Operations Center.