Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Fire Service/Archive 5

AfD nomination of related article
If interested you can comment on Articles for deletion/Henderson Fire Department. Vegaswikian (talk) 21:29, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

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Retained firefighter referred to as just "retained"
Hi. I need some support at Articles for deletion/Retain (disambiguation) and people, JHunterJ in particular, thinking a retained firefighter is not also referred to soley as "retained" and, therefore, worthy of inclusion on Retain (disambiguation). Thanks. &mdash;Eekerz (t) 06:51, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Missing topics
Can you have a look at this fire-related section of one of my missing topics lists - Skysmith (talk) 13:44, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Long Beach Fire Department; New York vs. California
Could somebody do an article on the Long Beach(California) Fire Department(http://www.longbeach.gov/fire/)? An article for the Long Beach Fire Department (New York) already exists, but somebody foolishly renamed it without the state. DanTD (talk) 15:30, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
 * We can move it back over the redirect once a Long Beach CA article is written. Jclemens (talk) 16:17, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Rhythm Night Club fire
It seems there is not much being done to fix this article, there are several issues, most related to poorly referenced material, some synthetic material and poor noun choice. I am adopting this article and if you are interested in a mini task force, feel free to help. I am using as a reference the NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION's report, the MISSISSIPPI STATE RATING BUREAU report, and contemporary newspaper reports as references, as and when available.

First step, which will undoubtedly bring helpful attention is to move the article to Rhythm Club fire the Rhythm Club was a Dance hall rather than a Night Club: per NFPA report "DANCE HALL FIRE (RHYTHM CLUB)" ; MISSISSIPPI STATE RATING BUREAU report "The Natchez Dance Hall Holocaust" and illustration captioned as "Layout of the Natchez, Mississippi, Rhythm Club; and newspaper articles referring to it as "the Rhythm Club" and as a "dance hall". I can find no contemporaneous reports referring to it as the "Rhythm Night Club" as a name or as a "night club" or "nightclub" as a descriptive term.

Failing any discussion to the contrary, I will move the article later today as a noncontroversial move. If there are any objections, please discuss them here, or if you prefer, as a message on my talk page.

Secondly, the description of the fire's details and progress do not exactly accord with references, of which there is only one cited, the NFPA report.

Third, there are some mild NPOV issues I will correct.

Fourth, the fire's progress, cause and the resulting fire code changes which are what makes this incident encyclopedically relevant will get a thorough treatment.

Lastly, there are no illustrations or pictures. I will produce a floor plan of the building, and accompany that with an accurate narrative.

If anyone wants to help me take this on, please go ahead, or discuss with me so we can collaborate or work on separate issues as you desire. User:Pedant (talk) 19:50, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

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2 fire event articles currently nominated for deletion.
1978 Holiday Inn fire and North Division Street explosion. Both articles are multiple fatality fires, but both articles could also certainly stand improvement and sourcing. Jclemens (talk) 04:07, 5 December 2010 (UTC)