Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire (69 page)

Pactiv Corp.,
209–10
,
217

Panciera, Harold (Hal),
95–96
,
115
,
235

Paolucci, James,
125

Parmelee, Henry S.,
66

pathologists,
139–40

Pawtuxet River Valley,
6

P. Brillo and Sons restaurants,
8

Penny, David,
138–39

Perkins, Aaron,
117–18
,
122

personal effects,
144–46
.
See also
cell phones; digital audio tape recorders (DATs); jewelry; photographs (Dan Davidson); photographs (Joe Cristina) personal injury attorneys,
182–83
,
189

Pet Assisted Therapy Association,
137

photographs (Joe Cristina),
111
,
114

photographs (Dan Davidson),
78–79
,
268
n Pickett, Matthew,
109–14
,
201–2

Pieczarek, John,
45–46

plaintiffs.
See also
civil litigation attorneys,
180–82
,
187–90
victimization of,
226–27

Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC),
184
,
206

plastic foam blocks (“Julian or Mickey foam”),
9
,
31–32
,
205–17
.
See also
foam insulation/foam plastics industry plastics industry and products.
See
foam insulation/foam plastics industry

plea deals,
167–68
,
170

police officers.
See
public safety officers

polyethylene (PE) foam,
101
,
208–18
.
See also
flammability tests polyurethane (PU) foam,
217–18
economic aspects,
128–30
,
132–33
flammability of,
132–33
,
205–7
(
see also
flammability tests; flammability warnings) settlements (legal),
202

Pomfret, Justin,
15

post-traumatic stress syndrome.
See
trauma/post-trauma stress

Powers, Eric,
27–28
,
251

press, the.
See
news reports and reporters

pre-trial practice,
197
,
199
.
See also
motions (pre-trial) primary association principle,
145

product liability and stewardship,
132–33
,
182
,
191–93

prosecution/sentencing,
249
.
See also individual names

Proulx, Guylene,
68–69
,
112

Providence Police Department’s Bureau of Criminal Identification,
144

Prudhomme, Al and Charlene,
60–62

psychological injuries,
121
,
232
.
See also
trauma/post-trauma stress public disclosure,
253–54

public safety,
231
.
See also
fire safety

public safety officers,
171
.
See also
Appolonia, Gary; Araujo, Brian; Bettencourt, Anthony; Brousseau, Peter; Coutu, Roland; Duffy, Sean; firefighters and firefighting; Hall, Charles; Hannon, Thomas; Knott, Mark; Larocque, Denis (Rocky); Perkins, Aaron; Senerchia, Jason; St. Jean, Roger; Tellier, Gerald Pucino, Pietra (née Erin),
21–22
,
229
attempt at escape,
58–59
,
103
,
107–8
,
114–15
,
200
as eyewitness,
191–92

punishment,
160
.
See also
prosecution/sentencing; settlements (legal) pyrolysis,
83

Pyropak gerbs.
See
pyrotechnic devices and pyrotechnicians

pyrotechnic devices and pyrotechnicians,
2–3
,
57–58
,
146
,
288
n culpability of manufacturers,
196
,
202

dangers of/permissions for,
27–29
,
31–33
,
148–49
,
195

fire code (RI) and,
51–52

Quinn, Patrick,
6

Rader, Jeff,
111–12
,
114
,
229
,
240
,
273
n radiation,
83–84

Rager, Robert,
xii
,
26
,
57
,
69

Randall, Katherine,
91

Read, Geoffrey,
15

Rebellion (rock band),
23

recording equipment.
See
digital audio tape recorders (DATs)

recovery/rescue efforts,
122–25
.
See also
firefighters and firefighting; lifesaving; treatment efforts; volunteers Red Cross organization.
See
American Red Cross

Rhode Island.
See also
fire codes (RI); Warwick, RI; West Warwick, RI attorney general (
see
Lynch, Patrick) culpability,
194
,
251
economic conditions,
21
settlements (legal),
202
,
251

Rhode Island Dental Association,
139–40

Rhode Island Foundation,
231

Rhode Island Funeral Directors Association,
139–40

Rhode Island Hospital,
138–39
,
174–75

Rhode Island medical examiner’s office,
125–27
,
139
,
145–46
.
See also
Kingston, Jay; Laposata, Elizabeth Rhode Island Spring Flower and Garden Show,
137

Rhode Island Trial Lawyers Association (RITLA),
183

Ricardi, Mike,
39
,
91–92

Riffe, Robert,
105–6

risk/benefit calculations,
237

Rita, Richard,
152

rock bands,
27
,
29
.
See also
heavy metal bands; tribute bands;
names of individual bands

rock clubs.
See
nightclubs and nightclub fires; The Station nightclub

rollover (fire process),
85

Rourke, Bryan,
3

Rubin, Eric,
132
,
276
n

Russell, Jack,
xii
,
25–27
,
35
,
37–40
,
57–58
,
122
,
127
,
148–49

actions during the fire or aftermath,
157
,
179

culpability,
159
,
171–72
,
194
,
230
,
249

settlements (legal),
251

Russo, Gina,
72–73
,
81
,
164–65
,
169
,
235

Ryan, Colleen,
175–76