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Lessons from the Dublin 1981 fire catastrophe

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In February 1981 a fire occurred in a Dublin ballroom known as the’ stardust’. It caused the death of 48 young people, with serious injury to 128 and minor injury to 86 others. The total attendance was more than 800. The area of the dance hall was 1853 m2.

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  1. International Federation of Surgical Colleges, USA

    S. T. McCollum (Vice-President)

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  1. Division of Plastic Surgery and Burn Centre Palermo, Italy

    M. Masellis M D (Professor and Head, Secretary-General) (Professor and Head, Secretary-General)

  2. Mediterranean Burns Club, Italy

    M. Masellis M D (Professor and Head, Secretary-General) & S.W.A. Gunn M D (President, Formerly Head) (Professor and Head, Secretary-General) &  (President, Formerly Head)

  3. Emergency Relief Operations, World Health Organization, Switzerland

    S.W.A. Gunn M D (President, Formerly Head) (President, Formerly Head)

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© 1992 Kluwer Academic Publishers

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McCollum, S.T. (1992). Lessons from the Dublin 1981 fire catastrophe. In: Masellis, M., Gunn, S. (eds) The Management of Mass Burn Casualties and Fire Disasters. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-33973-3_7

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