Fire Safety Codes It has been a decade since tragedy struck in West Warwick, RI. The fire at The Station nightclub claimed the lives of 100 people and injured 200 more. It is the fourth deadliest nigh

Fire Safety Codes

It has been a decade since tragedy struck in West Warwick, RI. The fire at The Station nightclub claimed the lives of 100 people and injured 200 more. It is the fourth deadliest nightclub fire in America’s history. The fire started when pyrotechnics were ignited and spread to flammable acoustic soundproofing foam. 

Review Chapter 4 of your text as a reference and research 

The Station nightclub fire https://www.iccsafe.org/building-safety-journal/bsj-dives/remembering-the-station-nightclub-fire/

Read about the Station Nightclub fire to understand the background of and response to this incident. 

Write a 350- to 700-word essay describing the development of fire safety codes, inspection procedures, and enforcement.

Include the following in your essay:

• Discuss the development of safety codes and their importance during the inspection process.
• Describe inspection procedures and their relation to this incident.
• Describe how safety codes are enforced.
• Describe how the findings will be presented in a professional manner that allows for the fire department to achieve optimum stakeholder outcomes.
• Identify which safety codes could have been enforced to prevent this incident.
• Develop a plan of enforcement the day before the concert, which could keep this incident from occurring.
  • Specifically, what legally can be done between an inspector and the interaction with a business owner to keep a tragedy like this from happening in the future?

Note: This assignment will require outside research. Use at least two credible sources beyond the course materials and discuss how you evaluated the credibility of the sources used. You may consult the Library, the internet, and any other outside resources in supporting your task. Use proper citations in APA style.

Reference

Lukasik, T. (2021, February 16). Remembering the station nightclub fire. Building Safety Journal. https://www.iccsafe.org/building-safety-journal/bsj-dives/remembering-the-station-nightclub-fire/