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The house, valued at $300,000, and its contents, valued at $150,000, were completely destroyed.
Sprinklers foil suicide attempt
Smoke alarm works, but disabled occupant dies
COLORADO—A man managed to escape a fire in his single-family home, but his wife, who was physically disabled, was unable to get out and died of smoke inhalation and burns. The single-story, wood-frame house, which covered 900 square feet (84 square meters), had a brick veneer and an asphalt-shingled roof. A battery-operated smoke alarm was located in the main room above the door to the master bedroom. There were no sprinklers. Neighbors discovered the fire when they heard yelling and saw and heard the fire in the back. Several neighbors went to the house, where they found the man, who said he had been unable to rescue his wife. A neighbor stopped him from trying to enter the house again. Firefighters responding to a 911 call at 3:28 a.m. found heavy fire coming from a corner of the home. As an engine company entered the structure with a hose line to control the flames, a ladder company conducted a primary search. They found the victim in the bedroom and took her outside, where they tried unsuccessfully to revive her. She was pronounced dead at the scene. According to the woman’s husband, the smoke alarm in the bedroom woke the couple. He said he immediately smelled smoke and went to investigate, finding a growing fire in the living room. He tried to go back to the bedroom but was unable to locate his wife before smoke forced him out of the house through the back door. Investigators determined that the fire started in the living room when an electrical failure of some sort in or near a power strip or the nearby outlet ignited combustibles. The house and its contents, together valued at $250,000, sustained damage estimated at $120,000.
FLORIDA—A 49-year-old woman staying at a substance abuse treatment center slashed her wrists and started a fire in her bedroom in an attempt to take her own life. However, the fire activated a sprinkler, which controlled the fire until firefighters arrived to extinguish it.
The treatment center was located in a three-story building that had concrete block walls and poured concrete floors. An NFPA 13 automatic fire sprinkler system provided full coverage, and hardwired smoke detectors had been installed both in and outside every bedroom in the facility.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NFPA Journal - January/February 2013
NFPA Journal - January/february 2013
Contents
First Word
In a Flash
Perspectives
Firewatch
Research
Heads Up
Structural Ops
In Compliance
Buzzwords
Outreach
Electrical Safety
Wildfire Watch
Rebuilding a Hospital
Prepping for the Worst
Chicago View: A Preview of the 2013 NFPA Conference & Expo
Long Time Coming
Section Spotlight
What’s Hot
Looking Back
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