Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire of 1911 and the Life Safety Code

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In March 1911, a fire broke out on the 8th floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in the Asch Building in Greenwich Village of New York. The fire broke out when the shift was nearly over for the day. Most of the workers were young women and immigrants, and when they tried to escape the fire, they found the doors to the stairwells and exits locked. In total, 146 people were killed, many of whom jumped to the ground below in their desperate attempt to flee.

The tragedy forever changed how we exit buildings, leading to the development of a committee at the National Fire Protection Association®, which presented criteria for exits and fire escape stairways in buildings. These requirements were incorporated into a document we know today as NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code®.

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Have we really learned all the lessons of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire tragedy? I don't think so. We still hear of locked or blocked exits, use of flammable wall coverings, no evacuation or fire drill practice...

mariekatherine

The 🔺️ Triangle Shirtwaist fire 🔥 was on the news each year ( in the NY-NJ area) until 9-11; the fire coincided with a different event in my family and so I grew up with awareness of this tragedy. As I grew older I read more about it and understood the details. Sadly, the Triangle Shirtwaist fire is not often mentioned today on the news, though we can read of the memorial ceremony.
Though workplace safety is still not 100%, we completely stand with thanks on the shoulders of the Triangle giants for the workplace safety regulations that we do have.
Maybe someday the Triangle 🔺️ Shirtwaist fire will be taught in schools so that coming generations can understand how past tragedy improves our lives today.
RIP 146 Triangle Shirtwaist victims;
3/25/1911: NOT FORGOTTEN.

dmmchugh

RIP
To the 146 garment workers who were killed in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

StephenLuke

Thanks for a well-done video! Would you consider making one on school fire safety after the Our Lady of Angels and Collinwood fires, or on theatre safety after the Iroquois fire?

katie

Hard to believe my grandmother was alive in New York at the time of this fire. She’d have been 13 years old.

mariekatherine

Good work, my friend !
I'm proud of you !

dyqffle

If anyone tells you you don't need unions, or worse regulations, remember this.

MySerpentine

Mostly people without free egress will hold people hostage.

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