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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Career Fire Fighter Dies After Falling Down Unsecured Elevator Shaft While Searching for the Seat of a Smoldering Fire - Illinois, FACE-F2015-18
On December 14, 2015, a 42-year-old male career fire fighter was critically injured after falling down an unsecured elevator shaft while searching for the seat of a smoldering fire in a two-story, Type-1, brick warehouse. The fire fighter was a member of Tower Ladder 34, the second truck company to arrive at the 25,000-square-foot vacant structure following the dispatch at 0241 hours. The arriving crews found light smoke conditions and no heat on the first floor. The incident commander, Battalion Chief 23, sized up the conditions on the first floor and directed Tower Ladder 34 and Truck 17 crews to the second floor where they encountered thick, white smoke banked down to floor level, creating almost zero visibility. The Tower Ladder 34 fire fighter advanced up the stairs on the west side of the structure with a fire fighter from Truck 17. At the top of the stairs, the two fire fighters encountered near-zero visibility but no heat. The Tower Ladder 34 fire fighter turned to the left while the Truck 17 fire fighter turned to the right to begin searching for the fire. The Tower Ladder 34 lieutenant, who had previously advanced to the second floor using the same stairway, and a fire fighter advanced straight ahead and encountered open holes in the second-story floor. He immediately radioed "Emergency, Emergency, I have openings in the second floor" over the fireground radio channel. At the same time, Battalion Chief 23 also observed a 10 foot by 10 foot hole in the floor on the first floor. He immediately acknowledged the Tower Ladder 34 lieutenant's report and repeated the emergency alert over the radio to all companies announcing holes in the first and second floors. Approximately 90 seconds later, the Tower Ladder 34 fire fighter fell down an unsecured elevator shaft on the second floor located near Side B into the basement. The incident commander, located on the first floor near the Side B loading dock doors, saw the Tower Ladder 34 fire fighter fall and immediately radioed a Mayday. The Tower Ladder 34 fire fighter was removed from the basement at approximately 0302 hours and transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Career Fire Fighter Dies After Falling Down Unsecured Elevator Shaft While Searching for the Seat of a Smoldering Fire - Illinois, FACE-F2015-18
On December 14, 2015, a 42-year-old male career fire fighter was critically injured after falling down an unsecured elevator shaft while searching for the seat of a smoldering fire in a two-story, Type-1, brick warehouse. The fire fighter was a member of Tower Ladder 34, the second truck company to arrive at the 25,000-square-foot vacant structure following the dispatch at 0241 hours. The arriving crews found light smoke conditions and no heat on the first floor. The incident commander, Battalion Chief 23, sized up the conditions on the first floor and directed Tower Ladder 34 and Truck 17 crews to the second floor where they encountered thick, white smoke banked down to floor level, creating almost zero visibility. The Tower Ladder 34 fire fighter advanced up the stairs on the west side of the structure with a fire fighter from Truck 17. At the top of the stairs, the two fire fighters encountered near-zero visibility but no heat. The Tower Ladder 34 fire fighter turned to the left while the Truck 17 fire fighter turned to the right to begin searching for the fire. The Tower Ladder 34 lieutenant, who had previously advanced to the second floor using the same stairway, and a fire fighter advanced straight ahead and encountered open holes in the second-story floor. He immediately radioed "Emergency, Emergency, I have openings in the second floor" over the fireground radio channel. At the same time, Battalion Chief 23 also observed a 10 foot by 10 foot hole in the floor on the first floor. He immediately acknowledged the Tower Ladder 34 lieutenant's report and repeated the emergency alert over the radio to all companies announcing holes in the first and second floors. Approximately 90 seconds later, the Tower Ladder 34 fire fighter fell down an unsecured elevator shaft on the second floor located near Side B into the basement. The incident commander, located on the first floor near the Side B loading dock doors, saw the Tower Ladder 34 fire fighter fall and immediately radioed a Mayday. The Tower Ladder 34 fire fighter was removed from the basement at approximately 0302 hours and transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Career Fire Fighter Dies After Falling Down Unsecured Elevator Shaft While Searching for the Seat of a Smoldering Fire - Illinois, FACE-F2015-18
2017
43 pages
Report
No indication
English
Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Health Services , Economic Studies , Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice , Anatomy , Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, & Rehabilitation , Environmental & Occupational Factors , Job Training & Career Development , Fire fighters , Accident prevention , Emergency responders , Fire fighting , Injury prevention , Traumatic injuries , Accidents , Injuries , Safety measures , Safety practices , Training , Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE)