On Tuesday, November 24, 2015, I, Joseph Spagnolia Safety and Security Agent for IKEA Schaumburg Store #210, was working in the office with Safety and Security Manager, David Chavez when he received call at approximately 08:35 from Safety and Security Agent Dan Burns who was working in reception when he called stating that there is a possible CODE 1000, Chavez advised Burns to go ahead and start the CODE 1000 procedures. Burns stating that the CODE 1000 in the South Mechanical Room. Chavez and I immediately responded to the Mechanical Room. When we arrived, Facilities Manager, Bo Cabala; Deputy Store Manager, Kori Thorstenson; ComIn Manager, Jen Sappey; were coming out of the Mechanical room with Facilities Coworker, Gazmen Mustafa, stating …show more content…
When we went onto the roof, we could see smoke and short flames coming from a small section of the roof. Mustafa used one extinguisher and was able to contain the fire. I then radioed Chavez on the main store channel to start the evacuation procedures. At approximately, 8:38, the Evacuation Procedures were stared. As the evacuation procedures were going on, myself and Chavez began to clear the floors. When I reached the 2nd Floor in the Bath Department, I saw that there was a Student Worker pushing a cart and I stopped her and explained to her that she needed to leave the building. She asked why and I explained to her that there was an emergency and she needed to meet up with everyone in the parking lot. I radioed reception to let them know that I had found a student worker and I was bringing her down. I took her out W3 and showed her where to go and told her to meet up with her Job coach and the other students. As I was walking back towards the building, Schaumburg Fire Department was showing up on scene. I met with Schaumburg Fire Department. A Command Centre SUV, A Ladder Truck, and Engine trucks were setting up in the drive next to the building. I then escorted the fire fighters up the stairwells to the roof
Mary Domsky-Abrams; one of the few to get out of the building, in the beginning of the fire, she recalls talking to one of the managers named: Bonstein. “ As he came near us on that fateful day, one girl asked him, “Mr. Bonstein, why theres is not water buckets?. In case of fire, there would be nothing with which to fight it.” He became enraged at our group of price committee members, and with inhuman anger replied” If you’ll burn, there’ll be something to put out the fire.”
one by one, we all piled in to the living room and thankfully my mom
The IC decided that the first thing that needed to be done was to contain the fire and get it extinguished as soon as possible. Then the IC divided the situation into three primary sections Tower 1, Tower 2 and the Vista Hotel. The bomb had detonated right below the Vista Hotel and thick black smoke was quickly filling the two towers. He then c...
The drought was near historic high levels for the time of year. In the moments before the entrapment on of the squads and the crew boss trainee were working with a fire engine and its three person crew when a spot fire erupted right next to the road. The seven Northwest Regular Crew number six and a engine crew got in there vehicles and drove south past the fire along the edge of the road. While driving they radioed the other 14 crewmembers who were working north further up the river about the dangerous situation. The 14 crewmembers and the incident commander and two Northwest Regular number six squad members were suppressing spot fires between the river and the road ¼ mile north of the first squad when they were informed of the situation that was threatening there es...
In making the decisions to protect people’s lives from hazards and disasters, evacuations sometimes become necessary. Of course early in the reaction to the incident, or the response phase, this may become a decision for local and state emergency managers. The San Diego, California wildfire which occurred in October 2007 caused a large scale evacuation. This essay is an analysis, and identification of lessons learned from the evacuation incident. As well a plan of personal recommendations and improvements will be made based on information covered in the National Housing strategy, and Robert Stafford Act.
...rting again. The fire itself was seen for miles and the heat was so intense that there was “hardly a building within a one block radius that was not scorched” (Reporter Front Page). Extinguished fire brands were found in all parts of the Eastern section of the city. Some brands were even found in Lakeside Park. The force of the gas explosions in the garage blew debris from E 2nd and Marr to half way down Ellis St. This shows just how large the fire actually was.
The triangle factory fire was very tragic fire that happened. There were 500 people working. When the fire happened 146 people died in the fire they were 8th floor or above . Daniel Donahue Pulled the fire alarm on the 8th floor and the top floors did not hear the alarm all the bottom floors heard the aram. Everyone in the building was scared and did not know what to do( pg.All the people on the bottom were scared and they never went over the rules and what to do in case there is an fire.The doors were locked, and people were crowded trying to get out. What would you do in the fire if you were on the 9th floor?
I escaped and rushed downstairs. I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I
The building was fireproof. It shows now hardly any signs of the disaster that overtook it. The walls are as good as ever so are the floors, nothing is the worse for the fire except the furniture and 141 of the 600 men and girls that were employed in its upper three stories.
Envision yourself in a deep sleep, your spouse lying next to you. For seven years of marriage, your greatest quandary has been your partners obnoxious snoring. Now, you are rattled awake by the wailing of your smoke detector, just outside your bedroom door. You hear the sobbing of your three month old baby boy from just down the hall, and feel the tug of you five year old son on the sleeve of your t-shirt. Forced out the second story window by the fuming blaze barricading the only outlet of the room, you free fall 22 feet onto the frozen ground. Beyond smoke inhalation and second degree burns, you now have a fractured ankle and several severe lacerations. Your spouse, your eldest son, and yourself are now free from the bloodthirsty inferno. Sirens howl, two blocks away. A rescue engine, equipped with three firefighters, is first on scene- 18 minute response time. A second engine arrives, equipped with three firefighters- 23 minute response time. Twenty-five minutes after the initial alarm, a hand line is pulled. Incident commander declares the residence unsafe for entrance. This rescue mission has now become a recovery mission.
Source D is a photo of evacuees at bath time and was issued by the
When he gets there he quickly hurries into his safety gear and hurries to the coffee shop where the fire is. The coffee shop was ablaze when he got there, and he had to park close to the scene but couldn’t because of the cars there. He ran to scene and helped to get people out of the building, while the other firefighters were shooting water at it. All the people were out and the fire still wasn’t out yet, so they decided to get a helicopter to come and dump water on the building. When the helicopter got there everyone was out of the way so they could drop the water.
... effective as required, so we used dry powder and foam to cut the oxygen, then the fire got under control so we sprayed the water to cool the fire, unfortunately our water tanks was about to get empty, so we looked for a hydrant to fill them, after that we sprayed all the fire and then we were able to put the fire down, after 2 hours of fighting the fire.