3.9 - The Great (Almost) Fire
Apr 1, 2025 ·
31m 57s
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How close did the City come to losing its most iconic neighborhood? Grapevine Residents have heard the stories: an unwatched candle, a timely partnership, and a crisis narrowly averted. Today,...
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How close did the City come to losing its most iconic neighborhood? Grapevine Residents have heard the stories: an unwatched candle, a timely partnership, and a crisis narrowly averted. Today, we're looking at the legend of a fire that could have destroyed the Historic District... but ended in a single puddle instead.
Here's how the investigation unfolds:
00:00-01:49... the legend as we know it
01:50-04:49... meet the Grapevine Fire Department, our expert witnesses
04:50-10:30... how codes and experience help prevent fires
10:31-12:53... why Historic District buildings aren't up to modern code
12:54-14:10... the fire suppression mandate
14:11-17:35... how City officials enabled even the smallest businesses
17:36-20:15...a crash course in fire science
20:16-21:51... the criminal profile of a fire: motive, means, and opportunity
21:52-25:13... how bad could this fire have really gotten?
25:14-27:49... sprinkler dynamics and the crisis we averted.
27:50-31:58... concluding the investigation
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Here's how the investigation unfolds:
00:00-01:49... the legend as we know it
01:50-04:49... meet the Grapevine Fire Department, our expert witnesses
04:50-10:30... how codes and experience help prevent fires
10:31-12:53... why Historic District buildings aren't up to modern code
12:54-14:10... the fire suppression mandate
14:11-17:35... how City officials enabled even the smallest businesses
17:36-20:15...a crash course in fire science
20:16-21:51... the criminal profile of a fire: motive, means, and opportunity
21:52-25:13... how bad could this fire have really gotten?
25:14-27:49... sprinkler dynamics and the crisis we averted.
27:50-31:58... concluding the investigation
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| Author | Grapevine Economic Development |
| Organization | Steven A Jones |
| Website | - |
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