2014 U.S. Catastrophic Fire Report detailed in new NFPA Journal

In March, a gas explosion and fire involving two mixed-occupancy buildings in New York killed eight people and injured 61. PHOTO: Anthony Behar/Sipa USA Last year firefighters responded to an estimated 1,298,000 fires in the United States. Twenty-four of these fires were categorized as catastrophic multiple-death fires, defined as fires or explosions in residences that result in five or more fire-related deaths, or fires or explosions in all other structures and outside of structures, such as wildfires and vehicle fires, that claim three or more lives. The new September/October issue of NFPA Journal includes a detailed look at the 2014...