Fire in a Tire Recycling Facility - (Nebraska City, Nebraska - January 23 to February 3, 2001)

The members of the Nebraska City Fire Department were dispatched to a reported chimney fire at a housing complex for the elderly at 02:54 hours on the morning of Wednesday January 23, 2002. The first engine company to arrive on the scene discovered that the fire was actually located a few blocks away at the EnTire Recycling Center. The facility chips up old tires and produces a raw product that is used to manufacture synthetic athletic turf and playground surfaces. » Overview » Key Issues » The Community » The Facility » The Incident » Extinguishment » Environmental Impact » Investigation » Lessons Learned

Reproduced from Report 145 of the Major Fires Investigation Project conducted by Varley-Campbell and Associates, Inc./TriData Corporation under contract EME-97-CO-0506 to the United States Fire Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency. Investigated by John Lee Cook, Jr.

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