By Glenn Corbett
Q. In the wake of the Las Vegas MGM Grand fire in 1980, how many sprinkler heads were retrofitted in the building before it reopened?
A. More than 30,000 sprinklers were installed.
- Fire History: MGM Grand Fire/Monte Carlo Fire
- Evaluating the Human Factor on the Fireground
- What was the location of the origin of the MGM Grand fire in Clark County, NV, in 1980?
- The Las Vegas MGM Grand hotel fire killed 84 people in 1980. The hotel still stands – what is its name today?
- More Corbett’s Trivia
- Join Glenn’s Community Group, ‘The Professor: Building Construction’
- Join Glenn’s Community Group, ‘Tradition, TRADITION!’
Glenn Corbett, PE, is the former assistant chief of the Waldwick (NJ) Fire Department, an assistant professor of fire science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, and a technical editor for Fire Engineering. He recently served on the Federal Advisory Committee of the National Construction Safety Team and is a member of the Fire Code Advisory Council for New Jersey. He is the coauthor of the late Francis L. Brannigan’s Building Construction for the Fire Service, 4th Edition, editor of the upcoming Fire Engineering’s Handbook for Firefighter I and II, and an FDIC Executive Advisory Board member.
