This is from the film makers:
Joan, you can let people know that they can find the report themselves
here, at the U.S. Fire Administration's own web site:
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-076-508.pdfHopefully this will clear up for any doubters that this is a legitimate
document. The reason it says "Dept of Homeland Security" on it is that
it was re-published by that agency post-9/11. It was originally
drafted, however, in 1993.
Here is the explanation from the document's foreword:
"Under unusual circumstances the Fire Administration is sometimes not
able to conduct an investigation after a major fire. Such was the case
with the tragic, massive emergency of the World Trade Center explosion
and subsequent fire and evacuation in New York City in February of 1993
because of the criminal investigation following the incident and
involvement of other Federal as well as State and local agencies in that
investigation.
"Fortunately Fire Engineering magazine subsequently published an entire
issue containing over 24 articles describing all the major aspects of
the incident, fire and EMS operations, building construction features,
lessons learned in each area, and actions that have been taken to
improve the facility since the incident. The Fire Administration
requested permission from Fire Engineering's Editor William A. Manning
to publish the entire issue, which is how this report came about. Only a
few of the photographs from the original issue of Fire Engineering were
used here; their selection was based on suitability for the xerox-type
reproduction used for FEMA/USFA publications."
Leighton Woodhouse, Brave New Foundation