The fire inspector did NOT do his job. That club should not have been open at all.
Name me a catostrophic fire where this specific foam is blamed.
The fire inspector only has history to go by and history was set on Feb. 20, 2003 and if another catostrophic fire happens from the same foam in the future then the fire inspector of that municipality can be blamed, IMO.
This whole tragedy was a trainwreck waiting to happen, with the club and the band heading toward each other on the same track, IMO.
Ahhh Dane, It's doubtful you'll find one, reason being this was not WALL Foam, this was packaging foam, most people wouldn't even have that on their walls to begin with! Common now..
Go read Joseph Wambaugh's The Fire Lover for an absolutely harrowing description of a catastrophic arson fire at the Ole's Home Center in South Pasadena, California. The fire started in a rack of polyurethane foam.
The fire inspector only has history to go by and history was set on Feb. 20, 2003 and if another catostrophic fire happens from the same foam in the future then the fire inspector of that municipality can be blamed, IMO.
Everyone in the firefighting community has known about the Ole's Home Center fire for almost 20 years now, and they damn well know that you don't use the stuff in large-capacity venues. (Not only does it burn at a horrific pace, it also emits toxic gases as a combustion byproduct.)
This whole tragedy was a trainwreck waiting to happen, with the club and the band heading toward each other on the same track, IMO.
And the fire inspector was the guy at the junction switch, the guy who put them on that same track by letting the place operate for almost three years with this stuff on the walls.