Twenty-five years ago yesterday a fire at a car dealership in Hackensack, NJ claimed the lives of five firefighters when the bowstring truss roof collapsed on them. This LODD still serves as an important lesson for us in the fire service. While it was not the first LODD involving a bowstring truss collapse, it by far has been the most publicized and is still used as the case study to highlight the dangers of bowstring trusses.
The Hackensack tragedy also brought to light several other issues such as risk management, incident command, leadership, and communications. Sadly, 25 years later the current LODD case studies we review also repeatedly state these same contributing factors. Please take some time to review the article at the following link along with the NFPA report linked within the article. There are also many other sources of information about the Hackensack fire.
"If we do not study history we are doomed to repeat it. " George Santayana
http://www.firefighternation.com/article/news-2/hackensack-tradegy-failure-command
Bowstring Truss Roof Construction Hazards
http://www.firefighternation.com/article/firefighter-safety/bowstring-truss-roof-construction-hazards
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