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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 616748" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Every FLOOR must have access to fire stairs, but every APARTMENT does not always have its' own private stairs. You would have far too much of the building lost if each apt has a separate staircase, Know what I mean?? If there are only 1 or 2 units on the floor, you may each have a private stairwell, but otherwise you share. This pretty basic architecture and space planning and zoning/building regulation, at least in the US.</p><p></p><p>I once lived on the 14th floor and we were told by the fire dept that in a fire we HAD to get down to the seventh floor or lower if we wanted to survive. It was a dorm, and the city did not have equipment to reach any higher, though this was in 1988. </p><p></p><p>It is IMPORTANT, regardless of where you live, to have a PLAN for emergencies of all sorts. Have a fire PLAN, a tornado PLAN, and a plan for any other common emergency in your area. In my city that means a flood PLAN also. Know where to go, whom to call for help, establish a meeting area AWAY from your home/building. Make your kids PRACTICE this. If you have a second story, get at least one fire ladder that goes out a window. Your difficult child may use it to sneak out, but that is far better than having them unable to leave if there is a fire. As a kid my neighbors thought my mother had lost her dang mind when she invested in a ladder that could safely hang outside my bedroom window and she made us practice using it at least every other year. </p><p></p><p>There had been a very large club that caught on fire and many people on the second floor died because they couldn't get out. My uncle was a volunteer fireman and help pull dozens of people and bodies out of that fire. My folks helped him cope with the trauma of that and swore to him that we would all know how to get out in a fire. To this day that uncle refuses to have a second floor on his home. The ladder was around fifty bucks in the seventies, and are not terribly expensive now. They should be basic safety equipment. When we moved that ladder stayed with the home and later the third owners asked me about it. They had used it in a fire and were so glad that my mom was 'that strange lady' who left the ladder with the house. Of course the house we moved to had no second floor or we would have taken it with us.</p><p></p><p>My dad always makes sure we review the fire escapes if we stay in a hotel. My relatives thought he was just odd until my cousin's wedding when I was 19. Four fire alarms at separate times that night meant we had to keep tromping outside thanks to the high school band contest staying there. But at least my parents and I knew where to go when my relatives were wandering the halls wondering which stairs to take or if they should take the elevator down.</p><p></p><p>NEVER EVER EVER get into an elevator in a fire. Think of it like a portable oven and STAY OUT because you are trapped in a chimney with nothing to stop the smoke and fire from getting to you,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 616748, member: 1233"] Every FLOOR must have access to fire stairs, but every APARTMENT does not always have its' own private stairs. You would have far too much of the building lost if each apt has a separate staircase, Know what I mean?? If there are only 1 or 2 units on the floor, you may each have a private stairwell, but otherwise you share. This pretty basic architecture and space planning and zoning/building regulation, at least in the US. I once lived on the 14th floor and we were told by the fire dept that in a fire we HAD to get down to the seventh floor or lower if we wanted to survive. It was a dorm, and the city did not have equipment to reach any higher, though this was in 1988. It is IMPORTANT, regardless of where you live, to have a PLAN for emergencies of all sorts. Have a fire PLAN, a tornado PLAN, and a plan for any other common emergency in your area. In my city that means a flood PLAN also. Know where to go, whom to call for help, establish a meeting area AWAY from your home/building. Make your kids PRACTICE this. If you have a second story, get at least one fire ladder that goes out a window. Your difficult child may use it to sneak out, but that is far better than having them unable to leave if there is a fire. As a kid my neighbors thought my mother had lost her dang mind when she invested in a ladder that could safely hang outside my bedroom window and she made us practice using it at least every other year. There had been a very large club that caught on fire and many people on the second floor died because they couldn't get out. My uncle was a volunteer fireman and help pull dozens of people and bodies out of that fire. My folks helped him cope with the trauma of that and swore to him that we would all know how to get out in a fire. To this day that uncle refuses to have a second floor on his home. The ladder was around fifty bucks in the seventies, and are not terribly expensive now. They should be basic safety equipment. When we moved that ladder stayed with the home and later the third owners asked me about it. They had used it in a fire and were so glad that my mom was 'that strange lady' who left the ladder with the house. Of course the house we moved to had no second floor or we would have taken it with us. My dad always makes sure we review the fire escapes if we stay in a hotel. My relatives thought he was just odd until my cousin's wedding when I was 19. Four fire alarms at separate times that night meant we had to keep tromping outside thanks to the high school band contest staying there. But at least my parents and I knew where to go when my relatives were wandering the halls wondering which stairs to take or if they should take the elevator down. NEVER EVER EVER get into an elevator in a fire. Think of it like a portable oven and STAY OUT because you are trapped in a chimney with nothing to stop the smoke and fire from getting to you, [/QUOTE]
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