Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire (66 page)

causes/failure to learn from,
237–39

response to,
69–70
,
114
,
240–41

distribution of settlement monies,
220–25
,
227

DNA testing,
140

documentation and sources,
253–54

donations for victims,
231

doors.
See
exits

Doors of Perception tattoo parlor,
38–39

“Dr. Metal.”
See
Gonsalves, Mike (“Dr. Metal”)

drummer’s alcove,
xii
.
See also
plastic foam blocks (“Julian or Mickey foam”)

Ducharme, Edward,
32–33

Duffy, Sean,
121

Duncan, Carl,
207

Dunn, Kevin,
75–76

Dupont Plaza Hotel fire (Puerto Rico),
128
,
184

Duren, Steven Edward.
See
Lawless, Blackie

E2 nightclub (Chicago),
53
,
69

Eldridge, Stephen,
95

emergencies.
See
disasters

Essex Insurance Company,
196
,
251

evidence gathering and preservation,
146
,
184–85
,
205–8
.
See also
forensic evidence excavation of human remains,
141–43

exits,
xii
,
60–64
,
70–72
,
75
,
88–90
,
94
,
103–8
,
114–15
,
240–41
,
268
n eye witnesses.
See
witness accounts

Fairbairn, John and Andrea,
63
,
104

Family Assistance Center,
135–36
,
139

Fathead (rock band),
22
,
60

federal courts,
186–87

Federal Trade Commission (FTC),
130–32
,
276
n Feeney, Robert,
74–75
,
80
,
268
n Filice, David,
57–58
,
77
,
251

Filling Station nightclub,
8–9
,
152

film footage,
2
,
87
,
109
,
114–15
.
See also
Butler, Brian evidence for causes of fire,
157
evidence for culpability,
200–201
,
203
sharing agreements,
134

Fine Line Music Café (Minneapolis),
65
,
69–70

fingerprint records,
140

fire alarms and detection,
68–69
,
202
,
250

fire codes (RI).
See also
occupancy limits

enforcement of,
42–45

improvements to,
231–32

pyrotechnic devices and,
51–52

violations of,
44–45
,
153
,
157
,
162
,
239

fire crowd behavior.
See
crowd behavior

fire extinguishers,
55

firefighters and firefighting,
67–68
,
118–19
,
125
.
See also
disasters: response to; recovery/rescue efforts fire hazards,
19
.
See also
fire inspections; flammable gases and materials; foam insulation/foam plastics industry; pyrotechnic devices and pyrotechnicians; The Station nightclub: summary of causes of fire;
related fire entries

Firehouse (rock band),
31

fire injuries,
101–2
,
174–79
.
See also
burns and burn victims; inhalation injuries; skin injuries; treatment efforts fire inspections,
43–46
,
160
,
283
n.
See also
fire codes (RI); Larocque, Denis (Rocky) fire prevention,
43–46
,
51
,
146
,
151
.
See also
fire codes (RI); fire hazards; fireretardant materials; fire safety fireretardant materials,
18–19

fires, intensity of.
See
flammability tests; heat, transfer of

fire safety,
13
,
20
,
67
,
130–32
,
231
.
See also
exits;
related fire entries

fire science and scientists,
82–86
,
113
,
213

fire sprinklers,
64–68
,
152
,
184

Fisher, Linda,
xii
,
79–80
,
87
,
235

flames.
See
pyrolysis

flammability tests,
129–31
,
213–15

flammability warnings,
132–33
,
192–93
,
208
,
211–12

flammable gases and materials,
4
,
45
,
83–85
,
151
,
153
.
See also
foam insulation/foam plastics industry flashover (fire process),
85–86

flashpots.
See
pyrotechnic devices and pyrotechnicians

Fleck, Ryan,
105–6

Flores, Gabriel,
145

foam insulation/foam plastics industry,
2
,
4
,
9
,
18
,
45–46
,
101
,
217–18
.
See also
American Foam Corporation; polyethylene (PE) foam; polyurethane (PU) foam flammability of,
128
,
205–7
,
238–39
(
see also
flammable gases and materials) manufacturers’ culpability,
128–32
,
192–93
,
250
,
276
n (
see also
flammability warnings) testing,
129–31
,
213–15

forensic archaeology,
141–47

Forensic Archaeology Recovery (FAR),
142–47

forensic evidence,
112–14
,
141–47
,
184
,
205–8
.

See also
dental records/dentists; personal effects; tattoos

“Free Riders,”
185
,
189

funding companies.
See
litigation financing companies (LFCs)

funeral directors,
139–40

Future Settlement Funding Corp,
226

Gahan, Jimmy,
39
,
91–92
,
165

gases.
See
flammable gases and materials

Gauvin, Dan,
14