Old Buckingham Station Apartment Complex Fire - (Chesterfield, Virginia - May 19, 1995)

On Friday, May 19, 1995 at 1:46 a.m., the Chesterfield County Emergency Communications Center received a 911 telephone report of a fire in the sprinklered Lodge Building at the Old Buckingham Station apartment complex. This X-shaped, three and four story, wood frame structure was the largest building in the complex and contained the management offices, social function room, and 58 apartments.

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» The Fire
» Fire Department Rescue and Suppression Activities
» Building Codes
» Fire Department and Emergency Services
» Lessons Learned

Reproduced from Report 105 of the Major Fires Investigation Project conducted by Varley-Campbell & Associates, Inc. under contract EMW-94-C-4423 to the United States Fire Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency. Investigated by: Thomas H. Miller, P.E.

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