- 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 Hospitals on November 14, 1978.
- Coporate
- Maryland Univ., College Park
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBS GCR 80-228, December 22, 1978, 30 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- GRANT-79014
- Keywords
- fire departments | fire investigations | mattresses | nursing staff | patients | scorching | scorching
- Abstract
- The fire incident at the Anne Arundel General Hospital on November 14, 1978 was detected by a nursing assistant at approximately 2015 hours. The nursing assistant entered room 412 of "A" building to prepare the patient for sleeping. The nurses assistant in approaching the patient discovered a charred area completely through the linen one inch in diameter, and a scorched area on the mattress. 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. The 77 year old male patient was moved from the bed to a chair in room 412. There was no visible fire, smoke, or smoke odor observed by the staff. The fire involving the charring of the bed linen, and the scorching of the mattress appeared to have self extinguished. The facility fire emergency procedures were initiated, and the city of Annapolis Fire Department responded.