he Station nightclub fire occurred on Thursday, February 20, 2003, in West Warwick, Rhode Island. This fire was the fourth deadliest nightclub fire in all of U.S. history. The fire was caused by pyrotechnics set off by the tour manager of the headlining band Great White, which ignited plastic foam that was used as sound insulation in the walls and ceilings surrounding the stage. A tremendous fast fire with intense black smoke engulfed the club in less than five and a half minutes. The fire was fast
were at The Station Nightclub Fire, which occurred in West Warwick Rhode Island on February 20, 2003, that either died or was injured. This paper will look at the contributing factors in this shocking number as it pertains to fire prevention. When breaking down a case study, this case being The Station Nightclub Fire, there are three main factors you must look at. Those factors are fire behavior, human behavior, and building behavior. How the fire started and what it did after is fire behavior. The
band Great White was performing a concert at The Station, a night club located in West Warwick, Rhode Island. During the beginning moments of their show, their manager who was operating the pyrotechnics set off a round of fireworks. This round of pyrotechnics ignited the acoustic foam of the night club and started a blaze that engulfed the club in less than 6 minutes. The night club had a building permit capacity for 200 people. At the time of the fire the club was more than double the permit limit
The nightclub, is an aged small wood structure in Rhode Island. The club is reported to have a capacity of 182 people. On February 20th 2003, more then 400 fans packed into the small club to see a band. Although there are discrepancies between reports of how many people were in attendance, it is obvious that the number is well over twice the club's capacity. During the performance, as part of the act, pyrotechnics were deployed. The pyrotechnics were gerbs. Gerbs are cylindrical devices that
Synopsis In West Warwick Rhode Island, on February 20th, 2003, during the performance of the band Great White, a fire broke out that eventually claimed the lives of 100 people and injured an additional 200. The band’s tour manager arranged for, and ignited pyrotechnic props, large fireworks designed to display a shower of sparks. The sparks ignited foam soundproofing near stage. The fire spread quickly. Most were killed either in the crush to exit the building or overcome by fumes while trying to
The girl stood up and walked to the end of the station. Across, on the other side, were fields of grain and trees along the banks of the Ebro. Far away, beyond the river, were mountains. The shadow of a cloud moved across the field of grain and she saw the river through the trees. “And we could have all this,” she said. “And we could have everything and every day we make it more impossible.” The girl stood up and walked to the end of the station. Throughout the short story Hills Like White Elephants
thinking nothing will stop us were invincible, little do we know things will turn sour before dawn. I get in the car with two of my other buddy’s and drive off from the party; Chris decides to make a trip to the gas station for some late night snacks. As were leaving the gas station a cop dec...
gliding through the underground station, coming to a sudden stop, the people jump up from their seats like panicked fish out of water. All pushing each other away just get on the train first. I however, from years of waiting, I know exactly where the train stops every day, so I can stand right in front of the slowly opening doors and get a seat before anybody else. Every morning on the journey to my office in the City, which exactly 1 hour and 23 minutes from the station opposite my apartment, I study
been murdered; only an hour or so after you had just seen him? What would be going through your mind when the police show up at your door asking you to come down to the station for questioning? Well this was the current predicament of Andrea Saunters, as she sat alone in the interrogation room of the Santa Barbara police station, left to reflect upon the events of the day, feeling the pain of the loss of a friend and co-worker as well as the fear from being a suspect in the case. *Flashback, the
Cocoanut Grove was a very popular nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts. On November 28th, 1942 the nightclub caught on fire and is now known to be the largest nightclub fire in history. The fire killed 492 people including a suicide a few weeks after. Over 150 people were injured and sent to Boston-area hospitals. The reported number of injuries is suspected to be much higher since not everyone sought medical attention. The fire originally started in the Melody Lounge, then rapidly spread into the
What Would You Do? Lindsey Tyler 2 June 2015 Grantham University What Would You Do? It is essential to make an honest effort to understand the, “What Would You Do”, situation to distinguish the facts from opinion. It requires the ability to recognize a decision or issue as an ethical decision or issue. In certain situations, issue identification becomes the first step and determining the facts becomes the second step. In this scenario as the person initially finding the iPod, after class
A disgraced agency handler is reassigned to reactivate the Ninja Grandmas’ team to retrieve stolen data that could expose the agency, but he soon discovers that someone is trying sabotage him and the team. BRIEF SYNOPSIS LIAM DOYLE (23) appears to be a fashion model to the outside world, but he secretly is an agency operative. When a rescue goes wrong, Liam’s boss, JESSICA (29), reassigns Liam to reactivate the “ninja grandmas” to retrieve stolen data that could expose the agency. Jessica has
that in case they will have to identify a corpse. My hands were dirty from the ink. We went on to the second station where they took out teeth x-rays, for the same reason. The third station, the scariest one, is the clinic. Every soldier has to get three shots and all in less than a minute. Two guys that were with me fainted, from what seemed to me was fear. The last station was the station that symbolizes the external transition from a citizen in to a soldier, and that is where we got our uniforms
The Tragic Story of America’s Deadliest Nightclub Fire BY ERIN BLAKEMORE // NOVEMBER 27, 2017 Smoke pours from the Cocoanut Grove night club during the fire of Nov. 28, 1942 in the Back Bay section of Boston. (Credit: AP Photo) Smoke pours from the Cocoanut Grove night club during the fire of Nov. 28, 1942 in the Back Bay section of Boston. (Credit: AP Photo) PRINT CITE Movie stars. Artificial palm trees. Big band music. The night of November 28, 1942, promised all the glamour and glitz that made
rock band Great White took the stage at a night club in West Warwick, Rhode Island known as The Station Night Club. Over 400 patrons had gathered inside the club to hear the music when a display of pyrotechnics, a part of the show, was set of by the bands manager. Igniting the walls of the stage and triggering a blaze that took just six minutes to engulf the entire facility in The Station night club. Fire occupants-were still being assisted through the main bar room windows at 4 minutes after the
This paper explores the events surrounding a fire that occurred at the Monte Carlo Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip on January 25, 2008. The fire caused the 32-story, 3,000-room hotel building to be evacuated by hotel guest, staff and others who were conducting activities at the hotel. There were questions regarding the work activities at the hotel and whether they played a part in the ignition of the fire. Other questions were centered on the quality of the building materials used in the
The Means of Egress Donald Ryan Columbia Southern University The Means of Egress The means of egress is often times the difference between life and death at any fire incident. If people are to stay alive during a fire incident, they must possess an avenue of evacuating that space in as safe a manner as possible. In an online article by Michael O’Brian, he gave the following observation: the means of egress is critical to the safety of occupants in every occupied structure (O'Brian,
gun from his car. They shot and killed Bell and injured his two friends (Palmerl and Prendergast). The officers claimed they heard Bell tell his friend to get his gun. When they drove away, they hit one of the cops with their car. The cops opened fire and shot fifty times (Schoetz). I had to really think about this situation and whether or not I agreed with the police. After much thought, I do agree with the police officers’ decision to shoot because as soon as they think they heard the word “gun”
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On the night of August 9, a fight broke began outside a nightclub in Brooklyn, New York. Four police officers were called to the scene and a corrections officer happened to be present as well. Louima confronted one of the police as the officer became belligerent with the corrections officer for attempting to identify