- Author
- Bryan, J. L. | DiNenno, P. J.
- Title
- Human Behavior in a Hospital Fire.
- Coporate
- Maryland Univ., College Park
- Journal
- Fire Journal, Vol. 73, No. 3, 82-87,126,127, May 1979
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Keywords
- human behavior | hospital fires | nursing staff | patients | ceilings | fire departments | evacuation | breathing apparatus | fire fighters | fire alarm systems | flashover
- Identifiers
- St. Joseph's Hospital; fire alarms; post-flashover; bathroom
- Abstract
- The fire at St. Josephi's Hospital on August 10, 1977, was detected by the nursing staff at aproximately 8:45 pm, at which time the fire had reached a post-flashover development in the area of origin, a bathroom on the second floor. The four-story building of ordinary construction was 130 years old.