Magnet Cove Area Fire Department
Hydrant Map
Thanks to the Magnet-Butterfield Water Association, we have all Hydrants in their service area GPS located and mapped. This information greatly assists our firefighters in locating these in emergency situations. We thank them for providing us with this valuable information. This map also include our service area mapped as well. You can search for an address and see the location.
--Chief
This Day in Fire History…
The Station Nightclub Fire…
Today we remember the fourth-deadliest nightclub fire in US history, killing 100 people, and the second deadliest in New England, surpassed by the 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire which resulted in 492 deaths.
The Station Nightclub had 462 people in attendance that night of which 100 perished and 230 were injured.
The fire started just seconds into the band’s opening song when pyrotechnics set off ignited flammable acoustic foam on both sides and the top center of the drummer’s alcove at the back of the stage.
This fire directly affected numerous fire codes in Rhode Island and changed a national code that now requires any nightclub made to hold more than 100 people MUST be sprinkled.
First few seconds of the fire.
Winter Fire Safety
Follow these wise tips as the temperatures drop this week!
This holiday season, consider using battery-operated flameless candles. They look and smell real! Learn more about candle fire safety at U.S. Fire Administration.
