Garden Apartment Fire Near Miss Incident in Cobb County, GA| FSRI Safety Academy

Garden Apartment Fire Near Miss Incident in Cobb County, GA

Firefighter line of duty injuries and near-miss incidents provide a unique opportunity to interact with and collect information from the scene and the personnel involved. This course focuses on the events of a garden apartment fire in Cobb County, GA in which several firefighters were burned, reviews FSRI’s analysis of contributing factors and, together with the firefighters involved, reflects on key evidence-based recommendations for the fire service.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, you will be able to:

Reflect on this garden apartment fire incident to enhance firefighter safety, improve fireground decision-making, and increase fire service situational awareness.

Course Lessons

Introduction 0:04
Incident Overview 0:25
Incident Analysis 0:10
Key Recommendations 0:13
Summary and Assessment 0:03

Applicable NFPA Standards

NFPA 1001 (2019): 4.2.4, 4.3.5, 4.3.9, 4.3.10, 5.3.2
NFPA 1010 (2024): 6.2.3, 6.3.5, 6.3.9, 6.3.10, 7.3.2

Prerequisites

A working knowledge of the fundamentals of fire science and fire dynamics in a structure is needed to understand the content presented in this course. We encourage you to take the Fundamentals of Fire Science and Fire Dynamics in Structures lessons before completing this course.