List of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States
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Below is a list of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States , in which more than five firefighters died. "Firefighter" is defined as a professional trained to fight fires. Hence the 1933 Griffith Park fire is excluded, as it killed 29 untrained civilians.
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- ↑ Another source says that there were 86 deaths, but this seems to count almost all of the civilians as well. [2]
- ↑ Angeles National Forest . Approximately 2,500 feet (760 m) southwest of the Pacoima Dam . Page 12 & 43 of The Loop Fire Report reference has map with the location marked relative to the dam.
Citations
- 1 2 3 "Deadliest incidents resulting in the deaths of 8 or more firefighters" . National Fire Protection Association .
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "The Worst Firefighter Tragedies: Where Deadly Ariz. Blaze Ranks" . NBC 10 Philadelphia . 1 July 2013 . Retrieved 1 July 2013 .
- ↑ Inferno "Inferno > English > Historical Fires > 1910 Fire Season" . Archived from the original on 2013-10-23 . Retrieved 2013-07-01 .
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "FOX Facts: Deadliest Firefighter Disasters" . Fox News . 19 June 2007 . Retrieved 1 July 2013 .
- ↑ "Staff Ride to the Blackwater Fire" . Wildland Fire Leadership Development Program. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013 . Retrieved July 1, 2013 .
- ↑ https://www.firehero.org/2021/03/29/memorial-monday-bowen-merrill-bookstore-fire/#:~:text=On%20the%20afternoon%20of%20March,other%20incident%20in%20Indianapolis%20history .
- ↑ Pyles, Hamilton; Spaulding, Alfred; Wilson, Carl; Moore, William; Brunton, George (n.d.). "The Loop Fire Disaster" (PDF) . Fireleadership.gov . United States Forest Service . Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2019 . Retrieved 29 June 2019 .
- ↑ "America's Most Devastating Wildfires | American Experience | PBS" . www.pbs.org . Retrieved 2017-10-18 .
- ↑ "Jennings Building Fire and Collapse" . New York City Fire Museum . April 25, 2013 . Retrieved July 6, 2022 .
- ↑ "DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY!; LARGE FIRE IN BROADWAY. Falling in of the Wall. Firemen Buried Under the Ruins. TEN MEN KILLED! AND SEVERAL DANGEROUSLY INJURED. $20,000 worth of Property Destroyed" . New-York Daily Times . April 26, 1854. p. 4.
- ↑ "Memorial held for firefighters killed in West Texas Fertilizer Company explosion" . 22 April 2013. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013 . Retrieved 17 July 2013 .
- ↑ "Remembering the Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire Six Years Later" . International Association of Fire Fighters . 18 June 2013 . Retrieved 1 July 2013 .
- ↑ "Syracuse Post Standard, Syracuse NY, Jan 31, 2015" "Rochester Democrat Chronicle, Rochester NY, Feb 4, 1939"
- ↑ "Gulf Oil Refinery- Philadelphia, Pa. 30 Years Ago. Tragic Fire Revisited" . Firehouse. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17 . Retrieved 2014-04-02 .
- ↑ "Chester Daily Times, Chester PA, Feb 17, 1882" "Chester Daily Times, Chester PA, Feb 19, 1912"
- ↑ Spak, Steve. " "The Waldbaum's Fire and Tragedy" " .
- ↑ "Queens Auto Shop Memorializing Tragic Fire At Location" . CBS News . October 12, 2012 . Retrieved July 13, 2022 .
- ↑ Holden, Robert F. (March 23, 2013). "They came because they always do. Maspeth Remembers and Dedicates Site of Tragic Fire 50 Years ago" . Juniper Park Civic . Retrieved July 13, 2022 .
- ↑ "Six Kansas City firefighters killed in 1988 explosion" . The Kansas City Star . Retrieved 18 October 2017 .