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Shenandoah Retirement Home Fire, Roanoke County, Virginia, December 14, 1989
On December 14, 1989 at 0214 hours, a fire alarm was received by the Roanoke County Fire Dispatch Center from the Shenandoah Retirement Home Center. This is a 6 1/2-story masonry building housing 175 elderly persons. Many of the occupants require canes and walkers for mobility. The second floor of this home is licensed by the state as an adult care center for some 48 persons requiring custodial supervision. On December 14 the building was occupied by 135 residents and three staff members. The building actually houses more than this number, but several were visiting family members or were in the hospital. The first firefighting units arrived 18 minutes after notification of alarm and saw fire coming from a third floor apartment window at the front of the building. Firefighters entering into the building by way of stairwells located at each end of the structure were met by occupants leaving from the upper floors, and with smoke which was already permeating the stairwells. On the third floor they found heat and heavy black smoke from floor to ceiling. Extinguishment of the fire required approximately 25 minutes. Total evacuation of the building took approximately 90 minutes. Four elderly residents died as a result of smoke inhalation; 135 tenants were evacuated and transported to an emergency shelter. In addition to the fatalities, 10 residents, 2 firefighters, and 4 police officers were injured. Eighty-eight fire, police, and rescue personnel were required to bring the scene under control.
Shenandoah Retirement Home Fire, Roanoke County, Virginia, December 14, 1989
On December 14, 1989 at 0214 hours, a fire alarm was received by the Roanoke County Fire Dispatch Center from the Shenandoah Retirement Home Center. This is a 6 1/2-story masonry building housing 175 elderly persons. Many of the occupants require canes and walkers for mobility. The second floor of this home is licensed by the state as an adult care center for some 48 persons requiring custodial supervision. On December 14 the building was occupied by 135 residents and three staff members. The building actually houses more than this number, but several were visiting family members or were in the hospital. The first firefighting units arrived 18 minutes after notification of alarm and saw fire coming from a third floor apartment window at the front of the building. Firefighters entering into the building by way of stairwells located at each end of the structure were met by occupants leaving from the upper floors, and with smoke which was already permeating the stairwells. On the third floor they found heat and heavy black smoke from floor to ceiling. Extinguishment of the fire required approximately 25 minutes. Total evacuation of the building took approximately 90 minutes. Four elderly residents died as a result of smoke inhalation; 135 tenants were evacuated and transported to an emergency shelter. In addition to the fatalities, 10 residents, 2 firefighters, and 4 police officers were injured. Eighty-eight fire, police, and rescue personnel were required to bring the scene under control.
Shenandoah Retirement Home Fire, Roanoke County, Virginia, December 14, 1989
R. E. Kirby (author)
1989
34 pages
Report
No indication
English
Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice , Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Social Concerns , Environmental & Occupational Factors , Nursing homes , Fires , Causes , Detection , Reporting , Fire department , Code compliance , Building occupants , Building structure , Weather conditions , Lessons learned , Fire protection , Smoke , Damage assessment , Interior finish , Roanoke County(Virginia)
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