Fire report

Damage and injury

Reason of damage

Existing Fire protection system

Fire safety problem

Fire incident involved a 6000 square foot two-story single family residence with a full basement that was built in 1998-Kansas (NIOSH 2011 [20] )

1 killed, roof collapse, wooden walls and doors

Spread smoke and fire from roof, open doors and corridors

Fire alarm

lack of an adequate fire

sprinkler system and isolated places against fire spread

Fire in small house one-story with wooden frame structure in Danville (McGee 2015 [News-Gazzete 4/28/2015])

Destruction of front and roof of the house

Occupant was asleep and fire has spread from kitchen to rooms

non-equipped

lack of a fire alarm to awaken the occupant or alarm nearest fire-office

Fire incident in a residential building in Peekskill-Cortland, NY (Pappas 2015 [21] )

Destruction of

building envelope

Spread fire from open

windows to building envelope

non-equipped

lack of fire sprinkler system or fire proof paint on the building envelope

A fire spread test from masonry walls (Mulligan Products 2015 [25] )

Melting plugs behind of the wall

Spread fire from small holes of the plugs in the wall

non-equipped

lack of fireproof box for plugs

Fire in a residential building

(Hevern 2011 [26] )

Burning sofa

Fire was controlled by

sprinkler top of the sofa

Fire alarm and sprinkler

lack of isolated places against smoke spread