BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//chikkutakku.com//RDFCal 1.0//EN X-WR-CALDESC:GoogleカレンダーやiCalendar形式情報を共有シェ アしましょう。近所のイベントから全国のイベントま で今日のイベント検索やスケジュールを決めるならち っくたっく X-WR-CALNAME:ちっくたっく X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:“America’s Burning” Published (1971) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260504T040000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260505T040000Z UID:178512596888 DESCRIPTION:In 1971\, President Richard Nixon assembled a 20-member blue-r ibbon panel of experts in the field of fire protection to study the countr y’s alarming fire problem and the related needs of the American fire ser vices. Chaired by Richard E. Bland\, an associate professor at Pennsylvani a State University\, the group became known as the National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control (NCFPC). The NCFPC and its staff published a r eport titled America Burning on May 4\, 1973. Included in the report was t he NCFPC’s recommendation to establish a permanent U.S. Fire Administrat ion “to provide a national focus for the Nation’s fire problem\, and t o promote a comprehensive program with adequate funding to reduce life and property loss from fire.”[2]\nThe report further identified several def iciencies in the area of quality fire training across the country includin g the absence of a systematic method to exchange information among fire ed ucators and fire agencies. In response to those deficiencies\, the NCFPC m ade four specific recommendations:\n1. The establishment of a National Fir e Academy to provide specialized training in areas important to the fire s ervices and to assist state and local jurisdictions in their training prog rams.[3]\n2. That the proposed National Fire Academy assume the role of de veloping\, gathering\, and disseminating to state and local arson investig ators\, information on arson incidents and on advanced methods in arson in vestigations.[4]\n3. That the National Fire Academy be organized as a divi sion of the proposed United States Fire Administration which would assume responsibility for deciding details of the Academy’s structure and admin istration.[5]\n4. That the full cost of operating the proposed National Fi re Academy and subsidizing the attendance of fire service members be borne by the Federal Government.[6]\nThe intent of the NCFPC was to create a fe deral training academy that offered programs and curriculum not otherwise available to state fire training agencies and local fire departments\, and was to be modeled after the FBI Academy in nearby Quantico\, Virginia.[7] \n\nhttp://www.fireengineering.com/articles/print/volume-164/issue-8/featu res/america-burning-study-40-years-old-forecast-the-need-for-better-fire-p revention-and-codes.html\n\n\n LOCATION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cleveland Clinic Fire\, Cleveland\, OH (1929) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260515T040000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260516T040000Z UID:924473029002 DESCRIPTION:The Cleveland Clinic fire was a major structure fire at Clevel and Clinic in Cleveland\, Ohio on May 15\, 1929. It started in the basemen t of the hospital and it was caused by nitrocellulose x-ray film that igni ted when an exposed light bulb was too close to the film.[1]\, causing poi sonings and two separate explosions. The fire claimed 123 lives\,[2] inclu ding that of one of the founders\, Dr. John Phillips[3]. The first explosi on came at a few seconds past 11:30AM\; a clock on the third floor balcony stopped at that time. Despite the heavy loss of life\, firemen estimated the property damage at only $50\,000. Policeman Ernest Staab was killed by the gas while rescuing 21 victims.\nWhile the clinic wasn't at fault for the fire\, according to investigators\, the disaster was responsible for i nfluencing significant changes to fire-fighting techniques. The city of Cl eveland\, for instance\, decided to issue gas masks to its fire department s and proposed a city ambulance service.[1]\nOne national response to the disaster was for medical facilities to establish standards for the storage of nitrocellulose film\, among other hazardous materials.\n\nhttp://www.n fpa.org/~/media/Files/Research/Fire%20Investigations/cleveland.pdf\n LOCATION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire\, Southgate\, KY (1977) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260528T040000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260529T040000Z UID:270392088358 DESCRIPTION:The Beverly Hills Supper Club was remodeled and upgraded and o pened in 1971. It had previously gone through many changes and the origin al building had burned in the late 1930′s.\nIt had changed hands\, sat v acant and been an off and on hot spot for several years until it was the p rimary club for top notch entertainment and high class amenities.\nOn May 28th\, 1977\, the place was packed with visitors that were expecting a nig ht of glamor and star entertainer John Davidson. It is uncertain exactly how many patrons were in attendance that evening\, but estimations put the number at approximately 3\,000 at the entire facility with 1300 in the Ca baret Room. There were multiple events taking place in multiple rooms whi ch were all filled to or over capacity\, according to reports.\nIn the Cab aret Room alone\, people were squeezed in and sat in aisles and ramps that would be exit pathways. Some of these ramps led to the stage and people were placed there in order to get as many people into the room as possible .\nSmoke was first noticed in the Zebra Room by two waitresses sometime ar ound 2100 hours. They noticed a dense smoke in the room and they notifie d management. The fire department was called within a few minutes and ext inguishers were used on the fire with no effectiveness. Within 10 minutes \, the fire had spread to the Cabaret Room and things would turn tragic ve ry fast.\n\nHere is quote from one of the first arriving firefighters abou t what he saw\, “When I got to the inside doors\, which is about 30 feet inside the building\, I saw these big double doors\, and people were stac ked like cordwood. There were clear up to the top. They just kept diving o ut on each other trying to get out. I looked back over the pile of – it wasn’t dead people\, there were dead and alive in that pile – and I we nt in and I just started to grab them two at a time and pull them off the stack\, and drag them out…” \, Bruce Rath\, a Fort Thomas firefighter. \nThe results of this night were that 165 people lost their lives that nig ht. The reports were not much different from the Cocoanut Grove fire some 30 years prior.\n-Overcrowding of the facility\, namely the Cabaret Room. The room had a listed occupancy load of 615 -756 people. That night\, i t was estimated that nearly 1300 people were in the room\, almost double t he allowed load.\n-For the size of the facility Kentucky law required that there should have been at least 27.5 exits for the occupant load\, there were only 16.5.\n-The wiring was considered inadequate and it was stated t hat it would have never passed inspection by an electrician who inspected the electrical work.\n-There were no fire walls to prohibit the spread of fire from one area to another.\n-No sprinkler system and no audible fire a larm system.\n-The local volunteer fire department acknowledged that there were issues\, but had not ordered any of them to be corrected. (I was un able to find out if the department had fire or building codes ordinances a t the time of the fire.)\n-There were reports of locked doors.\nThese fact ors are all too familiar. We see the same failures in these large loss of life fires in assembly occupancies. We sometimes take our inspections an d prevention activities lightly because it is not “fun” or interesting to some. Remember these fires and the lives that have been lost because of poor prevention measures and a lack of life safety measures in these bu ildings.\nBelow are some links where you can get more information and much of the sources for this post were from the Cincinnati Enquirer.\nUntil ne xt time\, stay safe\, do your inspections with conviction and stay low.\nh ttp://www.nfpa.org/assets/files/pdf/fisouthgate.pdf\n\nhttp://www.youtube. com/watch?v=rsCTBHn2KIc LOCATION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southwest Inn Fire Houston\, TX (2013) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260531T040000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260601T040000Z UID:281463288511 DESCRIPTION:Southwest Inn Fire Houston\, TX (2013)\nThe fire broke out jus t after noon at a restaurant connected to the Southwest Inn along a busy f reeway and quickly spread to the section of the building housing the motel . About 150 firefighters responded and were able to get it under control w ithin about two hours.\n\nThe fire was the deadliest in the 118-year histo ry of the department.\n\nFire officials said they took a high risk in aggr essively fighting the fire because they believed people were inside the mo tel. When a portion of the building collapsed\, the firefighters were trap ped.\n\nhttps://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/pdfs/face201316.pdf\n LOCATION: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR