1. Presentation by, Joseph Endicott

2.  Location
 Chicago’s Humboldt Park Area
 Our Lady of Angles School
 Time Period
 December 1st 1958
 Victims
 Parochial School Children Faculty and Families

3.  Founded as a function of the Church in 1904
 Remodeled multiple times
 Old brick construction methods used
 In 1958 it was a two story building

4. The Fire
 Started at approximately 2:230pm
 No warning signs
 CFD responded quickly
 Second floor inescapable
 Children Jumping From
Windows

5. 95 deaths
92 Students
3 Nuns
Around 80 injuries
Sever Burns
Broken Spines
Broken Necks
Smoke
Inhalation
Other

6.  Fire Commissioner Robert Quinn
 First Fire Engine on scene Stanley Wojinicki
 Private Investigator John Kennedy
 School Janitor James Raymond
 Superintendent MosignorMcMannus

7.  The school circumvented fire codes
 Fire alarm Improvements
 Sprinkler System
 Fire doors on stairwells
 Correct information for calls about the fire
 Reworking of school fire policies
 Reworking of Fire Department Procedures
 Window height in classrooms
 Building materials for the school
 Stricter supervision of students

8. Mandatory fire code requirements
Improved school design

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