Corbett’s Trivia: Firefighter Deaths in Theater Fire

Q. What movie theater fire cost the lives of 13 firefighters on March 10, 1941?Scroll down for the answer!

A. The Strand Movie Theater in Brockton, Massachusetts. It was one of the largest losses of firefighters due to collapse in our history.

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Glenn Corbett,PE, is the former assistant chief of the Waldwick (NJ)Fire Department, an assistant professor of fire science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, and a technical editor for188金宝搏是正规吗. He recently served on the Federal Advisory Committee of the National ConstructionSafety Teamand is a member of theFire CodeAdvisory Council for New Jersey. He is the coauthor of the late Francis L. Brannigan’s Building Construction for theFire Service, 4th Edition, editor of the upcoming Fire Engineering’s Handbook forFirefighterI and II, and an FDIC Executive Advisory Board member.