NFPA Journal - March/April 2018 - 76
Firewatch
the combustible material of a chair in
which she was sitting.
The fire department responded to an
emergency medical service call at 7:30
p.m. when a family member arrived at
the house and called 911 after seeing
smoke in the kitchen. When the first
arriving units reported active smoke
at the location, additional fire service
units were dispatched to the scene,
including a battalion chief, truck company, and paramedic unit.
Firefighters were met by the family
member outside the house, who told
them he had tried to extinguish the
fire with a blanket but was overcome
by smoke. He advised firefighters that
there was an occupant in the room that
was on fire.
Crews entered the residence and
were able to quickly extinguish the fire
with minimal water usage. They found
the victim lying on the floor of the
kitchen in the area of fire with thermal
burns over her entire body. The victim
was pronounced dead at the scene by
medical personnel.
The home was equipped with a
battery-operated smoke alarm, which
was operating when firefighters
reached the scene.
The house was a one-and-a-half-story
wood structure and occupied a ground
floor area of 1,700 square feet (158
square meters).
The fire caused an estimated $10,000
in damage to the house and $1,000 in
damage to the contents.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Fatal fire blamed on discarded ashes
from wood stove
A house fire that started on an attached
porch claimed the life of a young
girl after it spread into the dwelling
through an adjacent wall and window.
One of the home's occupants called
911 after spotting the fire at 10:30 p.m.
As they reached the scene, firefighters reported that the back porch and
rear of the house were fully involved
with fire, as was part of the attic, and
that smoke was venting from the rest
of the two-story structure.
Firefighters formed two search
teams upon learning that occupants
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were believed to still be inside, sending one team to the first floor and the
other to the second floor. The first
floor search crew located the victim
in the front living room behind a
couch and evacuated her through the
front door, where she was placed on a
stretcher and transported to the hospital by ambulance.
Investigators determined that
discarded wood-stove ashes stored
in a bucket outside the house were
the probable source of ignition. Fire
department reports indicated that a
strong wind was blowing toward the
porch under conditions of dry humidity at the time of the fire.
The fire began on the porch and
spread upwards behind a knee wall
into the attic of the home, as well as
spreading into the dwelling through a
porch window.
Newspaper reports indicated that
other family members were gathered
outside at the time of the fire.
The house was a wood structure with
asphalt shingles and occupied a ground
floor area of 900 square feet (84 square
meters). Firefighters found two smoke
alarms on the floor of a second floor
bedroom, but they did not believe the
alarms were operated during the fire.
Damage to the house, valued at
$45,000, was estimated at $40,000. The
contents, with a value of $30,000, were
a total loss.
ALABAMA
Man dies in house fire caused by
unattended cooking materials
One man died in a house fire that
began when unattended cooking materials ignited on the stove, with the fire
then spreading upward to cabinets
and into the kitchen.
Firefighters were summoned to the
scene by a neighbor, who spotted the
fire at 6:28 p.m. and called 911.
Upon arrival, crews were able to
quickly extinguish the fire, which was
contained to the kitchen. Firefighters located the victim within twelve
minutes of the 911 call and evacuated
him to an ambulance for transport
to the hospital, where he was later
pronounced dead as a result of smoke
inhalation injuries. News reports indicated that the victim appeared to be
trapped in a bedroom.
Investigators indicated that it was
unclear how long the fire had been
burning before it was detected by the
neighbor. They noted that the home
was not protected by smoke alarms
and that this was a factor that contributed to the fatality.
The house was a single-story wood
frame structure and occupied a
ground floor area of 1,100 square feet
(102 square meters).
The fire caused $25,000 in damage
to the house, valued at $75,000, and
$10,000 in damage to the contents,
valued at $20,000.
TENNESSEE
Cigarette blamed for house fire
resulting in two deaths
A late night house fire ignited by a cigarette claimed the lives of two occupants,
while also causing injuries to four
police officers and a firefighter who
responded to the blaze.
Firefighters were dispatched by
reports of a structure fire shortly
after 11 p.m. Upon arrival, incident
command reported that flames were
visible through the front window and
above the front door, and he also indicated that several police officers were
already on the scene.
As the incident commander performed a size-up, he heard a police
officer tell another to kick in the
front door and incident command
instructed them not to do so. Shortly
afterwards, command witnessed a
police officer emerge from the front
of the house and reported that roofing material was falling on him as he
evacuated. The incident commander
moved to the rear of the house, where
another police officer was preparing
to kick in a door, and again instructed
them not to do so and directed them
to get everyone out.
Incident command instructed crews
that victims were reported to be
inside and to apply water to the fire
as quickly as possible. Crews deployed
a hand line and made entry from the
front of the house. They found the
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