EESC1168 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Great Chicago Fire, Polder, Umber
20 Mar 2017
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Current fire dangers have been reduced due to better city planning and firefighting technology deaths, 13,000 injuries, and . 2 billion in property damage per year in the. The london and chicago cases are examples of catastrophic urban fires, which. Although city-level conflagrations are unlikely today, fires still cause 2,500. 60% of fire deaths occur in homes with no working smoke alarm. 50% of fire deaths occur from fires that began between 11pm and 7am. Recall: because oxygen is always available and sources of ignition are. Q: choose a picture and describe 2 characteristics that made the site common, fire will spread as long as fuel is available. Building materials - wooden buildings, things made from mud and able to burn. What happens when a built environment creates favorable fire conditions? straw (very flammable) Trolleys and locomotives - wires that can start sparks. No space - buildings really close together so easy to spread, hard to evacuate.
