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The Cocoanut Grove fire was a nightclub fire which took place in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 28, 1942, and resulted in the deaths of 492 people.It is the deadliest nightclub fire in history and the third-deadliest single-building fire (after the September 11 attacks and Iroquois Theatre fire).
An example of a fire code violation in the United States Fire extinguisher in a public school. In the United States, the fire code (also fire prevention code or fire safety code) is a model code adopted by the state or local jurisdiction and enforced by fire prevention officers within municipal fire departments.
The Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008, officially codified as Republic Act No. 9514, is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2553 and House Bill No. 4115, enacted and passed the Senate and the House of Representatives on October 6, 2008 and October 8, 2008, respectively.
A total of 85 people were killed, including 78 guests and 7 employees. [19] Seventy-five people died from smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning; four from smoke inhalation alone; three from burns and smoke inhalation; one from burns alone; one of myocarditis; [1] and one from massive skull trauma caused by a fall while attempting to escape the fire.
European Siren for fire detection system. A fire alarm notification appliance is an active fire protection component of a fire alarm system.A notification appliance may use audible, visible, or other stimuli to alert the occupants of a fire or other emergency condition requiring action.
The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian legal text composed during 1755–1750 BC. ... Scheil gave a transliteration and a free translation into French, [29] ...
A stored-pressure fire extinguisher. A fire extinguisher is a handheld active fire protection device usually filled with a dry or wet chemical used to extinguish or control small fires, often in emergencies.
The publication Life Safety Code, known as NFPA 101, is a consensus standard widely adopted in the United States. [according to whom?] It is administered, trademarked, copyrighted, and published by the National Fire Protection Association and, like many NFPA documents, is systematically revised on a three-year cycle.