On Friday, May 19, 1995 at 1:46 a.m., the Chesterfield County Emergency Communications Center received a 911 telephone report of a fire in the sprinklered Lodge Building at the Old Buckingham Station apartment complex. This X-shaped, three and four story, wood frame structure was the largest building in the complex and contained the management offices, social function room, and 58 apartments. All residential buildings in the complex were protected by an automatic sprinkler system. The system design basis was a modified version of NFPA Standard No. 13D, the Standard for Sprinkler Systems in One-and Two-Family Dwellings. The 13D Standard was not intended for use in multifamily dwellings and NFPA 13R, which applies to multifamily dwellings up to and including four stories high, was first published in February 1989, after the complex was constructed.