Answered By: Trenia Napier
Last Updated: Jan 22, 2024     Views: 393

NOTE: You should be able to access the reports without logging in, but please let us know if you have any difficulty.

 

Start at the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) Fire and Life Safety Incidents archive.

Then click on Identified Events:

Circle around the "Identified Events' link on the Research and Reports page of www.nfpa.org

 

You can search for a known incident in the Search within box.

Identified Events page with emphasis on the Search within search box

 

Or you can click on a specific decade folder to review incident reports from those years.

Incident reports page with circle around the 1940s folder

 

If you click on a decade folder, you can then review available incident reports. Incident reports are listed in order of newest to oldest incidents.

Incident reports from the 1940 decade

 

When you click on a specific incident,  you will see the materials available for that specific incident. Usually a report will be listed, but sometimes you will find video or other materials.

Resources listed for the Texas City, TX incident in 1947

 

Click on the report option, to be taken to the incident's fire investigation report.

Investigation report for the Texas City, TX incident

 

Once you click the incident link, you will be take to a PDF of the incident. You can read online.

View of the PDF for the Texas City, TX 1947 incident report

 

Or download to your computer.

Incident report for the 1947 Texas City, TX  disaster with emphasis on the download PDF tool

 

It might sometimes turn out you have a citation for an incident report that doesn’t appear in the list.  In this case, you can file a research request with NFPA and they will send you the report via email.

First, scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on “Contact the Library.”

Location of the "Contact the Library" option on the NFPA website

 

This will lead to a form to fill out. Be sure to include the name of the fire or incident and any citation information you may have. 

NFPA research request form

 

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