Fire Safety Case Studies Samples For Students

Introduction

Fire accidents cause a lot of damages including loss lives and property. Fires can be prevented through improving the building process, and through preventive measures. One Meridian Plaza fire is one of the most significant fires that have affected Highrise buildings in the United States’ history. The fire caused a loss of three firefighters, destroyed eight floors of a 38-storey building, and loss of property worth hundreds of millions of US dollars. This paper will focus on the causes of the fire, and the issues that were not taken into consideration while the building was constructed. By considering these factors, there are ...

Introduction

On the evening of February 23, 1991, the Philadelphia Fire Department received a call reporting a fire on the 22nd floor of the One Meridian Plaza. The fire department responded immediately but were faced with various challenges that made the fire unmanageable. The fire lasted for nineteen hours and spread to eight floors above the 22nd floor in the 38 story building. Firefighters were able to contain the fire when it spread to the 30th floor. The incident led to three casualties, all firefighters from the local Philadelphia Fire Department, and injuries to 24 others. For this task, we are supposed ...

One Meridian Plaza was a high rise commercial building that housed offices in Philadelphia, United States. The 38 story building was designed by an architectural firm named Vincent Kling and Associates and it opened its doors to the public in 1972. On 23rd February 1991, a fierce fire broke out in the building on the 22nd floor. The cause of the fire was said to be the ignition of rags soaked in linseed oil (Penwell Corporation, 2011). The resulting fire spread to seven other floors in the building and raged on for hours. Three firefighters lost their lives trying ...

Ricci v. DeStefano, 557 U.S. 557 (2009) was a controversial case that was decided by the United States Supreme court. The case concerned racial discrimination practices by New Haven, Connecticut’s fire department. The department had eighteen employees where seventeen were white, while there was only one Hispanic. The company in 2003 had seven openings for captain and eight positions for lieutenant. The department administered civil service examinations to fill the positions. The test consisted of two segments where one was oral and the other was written. The New Haven Department of Human Resources issued and RFP for the exams ...

- Chet is an executive of one of the biggest plant of the Norris Company. The work pressure is very stiff, and there is a lot of things that he expects to do in any particular. Looking at Chet schedule for one particular day, one can see that several principles of time and stress management have been compromise. Although, Chet is trying to improve the situation sincerely, there is a lot going on his mind. Even the basic principles of stress management and time management have not been following resulting in stress, time-loss and poor work-life balance. Chet is right in ...

Wi-Fi networks can be accessed anywhere so long as there is a good network. It can be accessed via a laptop or even phones configured to access a Wi-Fi network. Given that a good security is in place to lock out hackers and unauthorized users, Wi-Fi networks can spark investments in a region like Baytown. Wi-Fi networks compared to 3G is cheaper and faster means of connecting to the internet .In addition Wi-Fi offers a larger bandwidth than the 3G network thus when it comes to speed Wi-Fi is more stable. Internet provided by Comcast is quite expensive and so is the Direct subscription line ...