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Historic U.S. Fires, 1871-2003: Public Assembly Fires
Fires that had lasting impact
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Our Lady of the Angels School
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Iroquois Theater
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Cocoanut Grove
Hartford Circus
Beverly Hills Supper Club
Happy Land Social Club
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Texas City Explosion 1947
Fires in High Rises and Other Structures
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23rd Street
First Interstate Bank
Hackensack Ford
One Meridian Plaza
Situational awareness for the public
Other resources
NFPA Case Study: Nightclub Fires
Deadliest public assembly and nightclub fires
Structure fires in eating and drinking establishments
Protecting cinemas and places of public assembly
@ NETC Library
Introduction to Crowd Science
Call Number: HM 871 .S857 2013
ISBN: 9781466579644
The Richmond Theater Fire
Call Number: F 234 .R532 B168 2012
ISBN: 9780807143742
Risk and Hazard Management for Festivals and Events
Call Number: GT 3935 .W96 2018
ISBN: 9781138678392
They Never Came Home
Call Number: TH 9449 .D8 F419 2001
ISBN: 1903582091
Tinderbox
Call Number: HV 6250.4 .H66 F54 2018
ISBN: 9781631491641
All materials @ NETC Library
Fielding all challenges: From bars to office space to Metallica: How the local fire department manages a bustling and complex entertainment facility
Fire department perspective: Crowd dynamics and safety at outside events
Fire safety in assembly occupancies
The Gillette Stadium experience: A retrospective review of mass gathering events from 2010 to 2015
Inside threat: Interior finishes have contributed to some of the deadliest assembly occupancy fires on record, and new building products continue to raise concerns among the fire and life safety communities
Interface challenge: Fire alarm and PA systems in assembly occupancies
Managing magnitude: How NFPA 3 and NFPA 4 are becoming valuable tools in the building commissioning process in Macau, home to some of the world's largest assembly occupancies
Panic and human behaviour in fire
Public assembly building fires: The major method to deal with public assembly fires is through preplanning, code enactment and code enforcement
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