Columbia Southern University
FIR 2302. Fire Behavior and combustion
Unit III Essay / Case Review
This essay is intended to further discuss and review the apartment fire at 4414 Mayes
Street in South Florida and more specifically what occurred in apartment 2B. This essay’s intent
is to demonstrate to its readers how the weather, building construction/layout and Firefighter
actions and tactics lead to the events that took place in this apartment.
Fire Synopsis: At exactly 0832 hours eastern standard time, the City of Columbia
Southern’s emergency call center received a report of smoke coming from an apartment at the
address of 4414 Mayes Street West. A first-alarm assignment was dispatched to the location and