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Our Lady of the Angels (OLA) School Fire, December 1, 1958


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User Name: S. Erkman
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Registered: 07/23/2008 12:24
Last Login: 07/24/2008 20:41
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OLA Survivor or Alumnus? No
Born Before 12/1/58? Yes
Enrolled at OLA on 12/1/58? No
About me: I am a Training Coordinator of a Volunteer Fire Company in Western Pennsylvania. I was born in 1954 so I couldn't know about the fire. I have read about the fire in Fire Dept. History books and I read To Sleep With The Angels. My current project is to make presentations to my membership who by the way are in their twenties and thirties about Historic Fires in the U.S. I usually present four or five fires to present at a time but after researching your site, NFPA reports, and reading the book, I decided the OLA fire needs to be presented by itself instead of including it with five other stories. I have been in the Fire Service for thirty two years and researching this subject has left me with question did this have to happen to children. Anyway I hope my presentation does justice to the victims of this tragedy and my membership gains an understanding how things were.