“List of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Below is a list of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States, in which more than five firefighters died.

List

Rank

Event

Date

Fatalities

Coordinates

Reference

September 11 attacks

September 11, 2001}}

343

40|42|46.8|N|74|0|48.6|W|display=inline}}

^[1]^[2]

Great Fire of 1910

August 22, 1910}}

Another source says that there were 86 deaths, but this seems to count almost all of the civilians as well.^[2]|group=N}}

47|25|34|N|116|6|13|W|display=inline}}

^[3]

Texas City disaster

April 16, 1947}}

29|22|39|N|94|53|29|W|display=inline}}

^[1]^[2]

Chicago Union Stock Yards fire

December 22, 1910}}

41|49|8.31|N|87|39|40.08|W|display=inline}}

^[1]^[2]

McKee refinery fire

July 29, 1956}}

35|57|21.28|N|101|53|11.49|W|display=inline}}

^[1]^[2]

Yarnell Hill Fire

June 30, 2013}}

34|14|47.84|N|112|45|20.94|W|display=inline}}

^[2]

Blackwater fire of 1937

August 21, 1937}}

44|24|43|N|109|44|30|W|display=inline}}

^[4]

Rattlesnake Fire

July 9, 1953}}

39|39|19.05|N|122|38|9.67|W|display=inline}}

^[1]^[2]

South Canyon Fire

July 6, 1994}}

39|34|26.48|N|107|25|36.82|W|display=inline}}

^[1]^[2]

Strand Theatre fire

March 10, 1941}}

42|4|58.40|N|71|1|9.58|W|display=inline}}

^[1]^[2]

Mann Gulch fire

August 4, 1949}}

46|52|46.56|N|111|54|17.64|W|display=inline}}

^[1]^[2]

Friedlander Leather Remnants Factory fire

December 21, 1910}}

39|58|5.50|N|75|8|29.35|W|display=inline}}

^[1]

Kingman explosion

July 5, 1973}}

35|12|54.10|N|114|1|48.95|W|display=inline}}

^[1]

23rd Street Fire

October 16, 1966}}

40|44|27.39|N|73|59|20.01|W|display=inline}}

^[1]

Loop Fire 1 November 1966 Angeles National Forest, El Cariso Hot Shots

Inaja Fire

November 25, 1956}}

33|5|54|N|116|39|50|W|display=inline}}

^[5]

West Fertilizer Company explosion

April 17, 2013}}

31.816|-97.088|region:US-TX_type:event|display=inline}}

^[6]

Charleston Sofa Super Store fire

June 18, 2007}}

40|44|27.39|N|73|59|20.01|W|display=inline}}

^[7]

Hotel Vendome fire

June 17, 1972}}

42|21|4.55|N|71|4|43.09|W|display=inline}}

^[1]^[2]

Collins Block Fire (Syracuse, NY)

February 3, 1939}}

43|3|4.79|N|76|9|12.92|W|display=inline}}

^[8]

Great Boston Fire of 1872

November 9, 1872}}

42|21|13.75|N|71|3|30.80|W|display=inline}}

^[9]

1975 Philadelphia Gulf refinery fire

August 17, 1975}}

39|54|7|N|75|12|17|W|display=inline}}

^[10]

Jackson Pyrotechnic Explosion (Chester, PA)

February 17, 1882}}

39|50|46|N|75|21|24|W|display=inline}}

^[11]

Waldbaum's supermarket fire

August 2, 1978}}

40|35|33.93|N|73|57|0.48|W|display=inline}}

^[12]

Kansas City ammonium nitrate explosion

November 29, 1988}}

39|50|47.98|N|94|34|22.49|W|display=inline}}

^[13]

Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire

December 3, 1999}}

42|15|36.23|N|71|47|34.17|W|display=inline}}

^[1]

Notes

Footnotes

1. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰¹¹¹²{{cite news|title=FOX Facts: Deadliest Firefighter Disasters|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/06/19/fox-facts-deadliest-firefighter-disasters/|accessdate=1 July 2013|newspaper=Fox News|date=19 June 2007}}
2. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰{{cite news|title=The Worst Firefighter Tragedies: Where Deadly Ariz. Blaze Ranks|url=http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/The-Worst-Firefighter-Tragedies-213816421.html|accessdate=1 July 2013|newspaper=NBC 10 Philadelphia|date=1 July 2013}}
3. ^Inferno {{cite web|url=http://library.thinkquest.org/C0119184/english/historical_fires_1910.shtml |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-07-01 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023060745/http://library.thinkquest.org/C0119184/english/historical_fires_1910.shtml |archivedate=2013-10-23 |df= }}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Staff Ride to the Blackwater Fire|publisher=Wildland Fire Leadership Development Program|url=http://www.fireleadership.gov/toolbox/staffride/library_staff_ride5.html|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/burn-worst-fires/|title=America's Most Devastating Wildfires {{!}} American Experience {{!}} PBS|website=www.pbs.org|language=en|access-date=2017-10-18}}
6. ^{{cite web |title=Memorial held for firefighters killed in West Texas Fertilizer Company explosion |url=http://www.digtriad.com/news/national/article/281972/175/Firefighters-Killed-In-Fertilizer-Plant-Explosion-Remembered |date=22 April 2013 |accessdate=17 July 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517054716/http://www.digtriad.com/news/national/article/281972/175/Firefighters-Killed-In-Fertilizer-Plant-Explosion-Remembered |archivedate=17 May 2013 |df= }}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Remembering the Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire Six Years Later|url=http://www.iaff.org/13News/061813CharlestonAnniv.htm|publisher=International Association of Fire Fighters|accessdate=1 July 2013|date=18 June 2013}}
8. ^ "Syracuse Post Standard, Syracuse NY, Jan 31, 2015" "Rochester Democrat Chronicle, Rochester NY, Feb 4, 1939"
9. ^"Deadliest incidents resulting in the deaths of 8 or more firefighters", from the National Fire Protection Association
10. ^{{cite web|title=Gulf Oil Refinery- Philadelphia, Pa. 30 Years Ago. Tragic Fire Revisited|publisher=Firehouse|url=http://www.firehouse.com/forums/t73077/}}
11. ^ "Chester Daily Times, Chester PA, Feb 17, 1882" "Chester Daily Times, Chester PA, Feb 19, 1912"
12. ^Spak, Steve. {{cite web|title="The Waldbaum's Fire and Tragedy"|url=http://stevespak.com/waldbaums.html}}
13. ^{{cite web|title=Six Kansas City firefighters killed in 1988 explosion|url=http://www.kansascity.com/news/special-reports/kc-true-crime/article704711.html|website=The Kansas City Star|accessdate=18 October 2017}}

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