Wood truss roof collapse claims two firefighters (December 26, 1992)
By: investigated by: J. Gordon Routley.
Contributors: United States Fire Administration.; National Fire Data Center (U.S.); TriData Corporation.
Series: Technical report series (United States Fire Administration) -- 069
Publisher: National Fire Data Center
Published: 1996
Place of publication: [Emmitsburg, Md.]
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Number of pages: 25
Subjects: Fire extinction -- Accidents -- Tennessee -- Memphis; Structural failures -- Tennessee -- Memphis; Fire investigation -- Tennessee -- Memphis; Fires -- Casualties -- Tennessee -- Memphis
Description: Arson fire set to cover crime scene enters concealed space in ceiling, compromising truss roof and resulting in a collapse on two firefighters.
Notes: Shipping list no.: 98-1112-M.

"This is Report 069 of the Major Fires Investigation Project conducted by TriData Corporation under contract EMW-90-C-3338 to the United States Fire Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency"-Title page.

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Mode of access: Internet. Address as of 06/08/06: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-069.pdf ; current access via PURL.