Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Sudden Floor Collapse211 Claims the Lives of Two Fire Fighters and Four Are Hospitalized with Serious 211 Burns in a Five-Alarm Fire, New York, June 5, 1998

摘要

On June 5, 1998, several fire fighters were conducting an interior attack on the211u001efirst floor of a wood frame, multiple residential dwelling, when it was reported 211u001ethat a civilian was trapped on the second floor. The Captain and a fire fighter 211u001eon Ladder 176, the Lieutenant and two fire fighters on Engine 332, and the 211u001eLieutenant on Ladder 103 went to the second floor to search for the trapped 211u001ecivilian. The fire fighter on ladder 176 went to the front and the other officers 211u001eand fire fighters went to the rear of the structure to conduct a search. Within a 211u001efew minutes and without warning, the floor at the rear of the structure 211u001ecollapsed, trapping all five in a live fire situation on the first floor. two 211u001efire fighters died and four were seriously injured (includes the fire fighter on 211u001eLadder 176 that dove over the stairwell railing).