On October 17, 2003, four male career fire fighters were slightly injured while participating in a live fire training evolution inside a propane-fueled mobile flashover training simulator. Multiple burn evolutions had been conducted over a two and one-half day period without incident prior to the explosion. Minutes after the four-man crew advanced a hose line into the mobile training trailer, an explosion occurred. The crew members were knocked down by the force of the explosion and became momentarily disoriented, but were able to exit the trailer under their own power. A fifth male fire fighter stationed on the outside of the trailer was also slightly injured when he was hit by an exit door that he was monitoring which was forced open by the blast.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Live-Fire Exercise in Mobile Flashover Training Simulator Injures Five Career Fire Fighters in Maine
2004
18 pages
Report
No indication
English
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Environmental Health & Safety , Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice , Fire fighters , Investigation , Recommendations , Accident prevention , Occupational safety , Fire department , Burns(Injuries) , Propane fuel , Explosions , Maine , Mobile flashover training simulator , Mobile training trailer