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  1. Firefighters Respond to Detroit High-Rise Apartment Complex for Seniors

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    Tue, 16 Oct 2012

    Detroit (MI) firefighters responded to a fire in a 12-story apartment complex dedicated to senior housing last night.

  2. Structural Firefighting: Pittsburgh (PA) Firefighters Battle Fatal Five-Alarm High-Rise Fire

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    Thu, 21 Mar 2013

    Pittsburgh (PA) firefighters fought a five-alarm fire this morning at a high - rise apartment building in the city's Shadyside section. One man died on the fifth floor, according to a report from the Pittsburgh Post

  1. USFA Reviews Two Apartment Fires that Affected Elderly Residents

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    Fri, 12 Sep 2003

    USFA) today released a technical review of two high - rise apartment building fires that caused deaths and injuries to ..... and property loss in the future, especially in high - rise apartment buildings and residential buildings with many elderly

  2. Firefighting News: High-Rise Fire Study Evaluates Effectiveness of Firefighter Crew Sizes, Elevator Use

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    Wed, 10 Apr 2013

    NFPA, 41 percent of U.S. high-rise office buildings, 45 percent of high-rise hotels, and 54 percent of high - rise apartment buildings are not equipped with sprinklers, as compared with 25 percent of hospitals and related facilities

  3. Company/Association News

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    Fri, 1 Jun 2012

    support the department's fire and life safety public education initiative in high-rise housing, called the " High - Rise Apartment Safety and Emergency Preparedness Program." NFPA awards this grant annually to support a communitywide fire

  4. Brockton Fire Department Awarded 2012 Jensen Grant

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    Thu, 19 Apr 2012

    support the department's fire and life safety public education initiative in high-rise housing, called the " High - Rise Apartment Safety and Emergency Preparedness Program." NFPA awards this grant annually to support a community-wide fire

  5. BIG-CITY STRATEGY AND TACTICS FOR SMALL-TOWN FIRE DEPARTMENTS

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    Fri, 1 Dec 2006

    among any of the units. THE FIRE BUILDING This high - rise apartment building is located in a smaller suburban city ..... Academy course. 4. “Lessons Learned from Deadly High - Rise Apartment Fires Involving Elderly: Westview Towers, North

  6. High-Rise Help: Sharing the Lessons

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    Sat, 1 Mar 2008

    or reinforced by the actual emergency events. High - rise apartment fires in Johnson City, Tennessee (1989); North ..... offer limited access. Click here to enlarge image High - rise apartment fires will always be dangerous. In the early

  7. Two UK Firefighters Killed in High-Rise Fire

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    Wed, 7 Apr 2010

    Two members of the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service were killed responding to a fire at a high - rise apartment in Southampton, England. James Shears, 35, and Alan Bannon, 38, died fighting a fire that broke out Tuesday night at the

  8. Wind-Driven Fire Research: Hazards and Tactics

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    Mon, 1 Mar 2010

    01, “Three Firefighters Die in a 10-Story High - Rise Apartment Building—New York.” NIOSH Firefighter Fatality ..... reports/face9901.html. 4. NIOSH F2001-33, “ High - Rise Apartment Fire Claims the Life of One Career Firefighter