NIOSH report into the deaths of two Contra Costa, California firefighters. Read the report.
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Another LODD report from NIOSH. This one is on the July 21, 2007 deaths in California of Conta Costa Capt. Matthew C. Burton and Engineer Scott P. Desmond. The two died while searching for the occupants of a home, who also died in the blaze.
Here are the contributing factors listed in the NIOSH report:
Failure by the alarm company to report a confirmed fire
Inadequate staffing to effectively and safely respond to a structure fire
The failure to conduct a size-up and transfer incident command
Conducting a search without protection from a hoseline
Failure to deploy a back-up hoseline
Improper/inadequate ventilation
Lack of comprehensive training on fire behavior
Failure to initiate/deploy a Rapid Intervention Crew
Susan Nicol Kyle has more on this and another LODD report from NIOSH at Firehouse.com.
