Baltimore fire officials are planning a live burn demonstration on Tuesday in downtown Baltimore to demonstrate how well sprinklers work. I hope it works better than a similar demonstration in Washington this month when the fire got out of control and burned at least two firefighters.

It was particularly embarassing because in DC, the fire chief was there and tried to put out the spreading flames only to find out that there was no backup hose. In fact, the Washington Post reported that the fire officials there violated a series of safety regulations.

Sound familiar?

Remember two years ago when we reported that a fire academy student died in a live burn that Baltimore fire officials had set up in a vacant rowhouse. They too violated dozens of safety violations that included not having a backup hose.

Hopefully this burn goes better. For more details about the event: