Five Fatality Residential Motel Fire, Thornton, Colorado; Technical rept. series

摘要

An arson fire killed five people in a residential motel without automatic sprinklers and other fire protection features. Contents: Overview; Key issues; Fire department; Building description; Fire protection systems; The fire; Change to defense mode; Damage and cause assessment; Building and fire prevention codes; Past fire experience; Fireground communications; Accountability; Fire investigation; Lessons learned; Appendix a: incident diagrams; Appendix b: photographs.