Write like a Journalist – Fires

When reporting on a Fire use the following checklist to make sure that you have all the facts:

1. Date, Place
2. Details, injuries
3. Type and location of structure
4. Official cause
5. When and where started and how spread
6. When brought under control
7. Victims? How killed or injured
8. Extent of property loss, cost of damage, insured or not
9. Comment on investigation, any unusual circumstances
10. Where dead or injured have been taken and extent of injuries
11. Rescue attempts
12. Comments from neighbours or eyewitnesses
13. Number of fire engines and fire-fighters
14. Check these sources: Fire Chief, Police, Hospital, Mortuary and/or Welfare Agencies