The Hyatt Regency Skywalk Collapse 1981; The Begining of Urban Heavy Rescue
The Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse July 1981 On July 17, 1981 a suspended walkway collapsed in The Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 people and injuring 216 others during a...
View ArticleShopping Center Explosion: Fluid Risk Assessment
Click here to view the embedded video. NIOSH recently released it’s report on the Penn-Mar Shopping Center Explosion that occured on May 7, 2008 in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Report Copy HERE. A...
View ArticleMaintaining Situational Awareness
Maintaining focused situational awareness while recognizing and processing a wide latitude of incoming information and observations at complex and multiple alarm incidents is a significant challenge to...
View ArticleRemembering Brackenridge 1991 Floor Collapse and LODD
Remembering Brackenridge, Pennsylvania December 20, 1991: Four Firefighters Killed, Trapped by Floor Collapse Four volunteer firefighters died when they were trapped by a partial floor collapse during...
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