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Cugees Restaurant Roof Collapse-1981 LAFD
March 31, 2013 | Arson, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, construction, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting, firefighting-operations, in-the-line-of-duty, line-of-duty, LODD, major-incidents, Mayday, roof | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Recalling the Cugees Fire and Collapse of 1981

Chicago: Anatomy of a Building and its Collapse
December 27, 2010 | "firefighter safety", building construction, buildingsonfire.com, Collapse, firefighting-operations, LODD, risk, roof | Christopher Naum | 3 Comments
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The single story commercial structure was vacant, however it was readily known that squatters were known to seek shelter in the abandoned structure especially give the harsh weather being experienced in the city.

The Waldbaum Fire Collapse FDNY 1978 Remembrance
August 1, 2010 | "firefighter safety", Brooklyn, building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, construction, fire behavior, firefighting-operations, History Repeating Event, honor, LODD, Naum, Remembrance, roof, tactics, timber, Uncategorized | Christopher Naum | 1 Comment
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The Waldbaum’s Supermarket Fire and Collapse FDNY 1978   The Waldbaum Super market fire, Brooklyn, New York occurred on August 2, 1978. Six firefighters died in the line of duty when the roof of a burning Brooklyn supermarket collapsed, plunging 12 firefighters into the flames. The fire began in a hallway near the compressor room as […]