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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Two Volunteer Fire Fighters Die When Struck by Exterior Wall Collapse at a Commercial Building Fire Overhaul in Alabama
On February 21, 2006, a 62-year-old male volunteer fire captain (Victim no. 1) and a 23-year-old male volunteer fire fighter (Victim no. 2) died when they were struck by a collapsing exterior wall of a one story commercial building during overhaul operations following a structural fire. A third fire fighter was struck on the foot by falling debris and narrowly missed serious injury. On February 23, 2006, the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) notified the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the fatalities. On April 12, 2006, two Engineers and the Senior Investigator from the NIOSH, Division of Safety Research, Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program traveled to Alabama to investigate the incident.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Two Volunteer Fire Fighters Die When Struck by Exterior Wall Collapse at a Commercial Building Fire Overhaul in Alabama
On February 21, 2006, a 62-year-old male volunteer fire captain (Victim no. 1) and a 23-year-old male volunteer fire fighter (Victim no. 2) died when they were struck by a collapsing exterior wall of a one story commercial building during overhaul operations following a structural fire. A third fire fighter was struck on the foot by falling debris and narrowly missed serious injury. On February 23, 2006, the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) notified the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the fatalities. On April 12, 2006, two Engineers and the Senior Investigator from the NIOSH, Division of Safety Research, Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program traveled to Alabama to investigate the incident.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Two Volunteer Fire Fighters Die When Struck by Exterior Wall Collapse at a Commercial Building Fire Overhaul in Alabama
2006
20 pages
Report
No indication
English
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice , Building Industry Technology , Fire fighters , Volunteers , Fatalities , Occupational safety and health , Structural collapse , Commercial buildings , Concrete blocks , Walls , Injuries , Alabama , Accident investigations , Accident prevention , Recommendations