- Author
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- Title
- High-Rise Apartment Fire Claims the Life of One Career Fire Fighter (Captain) and Injures Another Career Fire Fighter (Captain): Texas.
- Coporate
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH
- Report
- NIOSH Report on Houston High-Rise Fire 2001, 2001, 45 p.
- Keywords
- high rise buildings | apartments | fire fighters | fire fatalities | fire fighting | training | fire models | fire departments | death | injuries | self contained breathing apparatus | fire fighting equipment | fire investigations
- Abstract
- On October 13, 2001, a 40-year-old Captain (the victim) died and another Captain was injured while fighting a fifth floor high-rise apartment fire. At 0448 hours, units were dispatched to a fire alarm. Units arrived on the scene at 0453 hours and reported heavy fire showing from the exterior of the building. Crews made immediate entry and attack, but after running low on air the victim and the other Captain decided to exit. In the process, the victim apparently became disoriented and lost, whereas the other Captain was able to escape. Rescue crews were sent to the fifth floor where the victim was located in the elevator common area. The victim was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead at 0615 hours.