"Fire is only as dangerous as you let it be."
- Unknown
Amusement Park - Rides Fires
Haunted Castle at Six Flags Great Adventure (May 11, 1984)
High Rise Fires - Reference Paper by John R. Hall, Jr. (June 2009)
Abstract In 2003-2006, there were an average of 13,400 reported structure fires in high-rise buildings per year and associated losses of 62 civilian deaths, 490 civilian injuries, and $179 million in direct property damage per year. Four property classes account for the majority of high-rise fires: office buildings, hotels, apartment buildings, and facilities that care for the sick. Automatic fire protection equipment and fire-resistive construction are more common in high-rise buildings that have fires than in other buildings of the same property use that have fires. The risks of fire, fire death, and direct property damage due to fire tend to be lower in high-rise buildings than in other buildings of the same property use.
Cadillac Building, Bellefonte, PA (December 22, 2009) HIstoric Significance: Designed by Anna Wagner Keichline in 1916 as a Cadillac Dealership. She was Pennsylvania's first registered woman architect having received her degree from Cornell.
Long Span
McCormac Place Exhibition Center, Chicago, IL (January 16, 1967)
Nightclubs, Restaurants and Theatres
Beverly Hills Supper Club fire (May 28, 1977)
Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire (Nov. 28, 1942) - 492 Fatalities
Lame Horse nightclub - Perm, Russia (November 5, 2009)
Table of Contents
Fire Case Studies
"Fire is only as dangerous as you let it be."
- Unknown
Amusement Park - Rides Fires
High Rise Fires - Reference Paper by John R. Hall, Jr. (June 2009)
AbstractIn 2003-2006, there were an average of 13,400 reported structure fires in high-rise buildings per year and associated losses of 62 civilian deaths, 490 civilian injuries, and $179 million in direct property damage per year. Four property classes account for the majority of high-rise fires: office buildings, hotels, apartment buildings, and facilities that care for the sick. Automatic fire protection equipment and fire-resistive construction are more common in high-rise buildings that have fires than in other buildings of the same property use that have fires. The risks of fire, fire death, and direct property damage due to fire tend to be lower in high-rise buildings than in other buildings of the same property use.
High Rise Structures
Historic Structures
Long Span
Nightclubs, Restaurants and Theatres
Transportation
- Rhein-Rhur Airport Fire - Duesseldorf, Germany (April 1996)
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Warehouses and Low Rise Commercial