Collyers' Mansion
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Collyers' Mansion

A term of art used by firefighters in NYC and on the East Coast of the US (other terms are used in other regions) for debris and rubbish within a dwelling of such magnitude that emergency rescue efforts become difficult or impossible. The term is a reference to the Collyer brothers, hoarders who died in their extremely cluttered NYC home

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Collyers' Mansion (redirected from Firefighters' Nightmare)

Collyers' Mansion
(redirected from Firefighters' Nightmare)