Structure Fires Involving Hoarders

摘要

Although you may not think you have them in your fire district, hoarders can be anywhere. More than likely, we all have hoarders or hoarding situations in our districts. It is merely a question of when, not if, you will be called to mitigate some type of emergency at one of these dwellings. We should familiarize ourselves with the locations and potential hazards of hoarder dwellings to which we might respond. Equally important, we must look at the amplified problems that can exist at structure fires involving hoarders and examine ways to address these problems early in the incident.