- Author
- Royal, R.
- Title
- Castle West Apartment Building Fire, Colorado Springs.
- Journal
- Fire Engineering, Vol. 162, No. 12, 55-60,62-63, December 2009
- Keywords
- apartments | building fires | arson | fire fighters | fire fighting | fire departments | wooden structures | rescue | occupants | rescue operations | fire hoses | fire fighting equipment | maintenance | decision making | accelerants | asbestos
- Identifiers
- Castle West Apartments located at 3770 East Uintah Street, CO, January 16, 2007; three-story, wood-frame (Type V), garden-level, center-hallway apartment with 135 units; initial response and attack; enhance your response early; hoseline and hose stream management; unified command; specialized equipment; identify and preplan a shelter area