Comments on: How People Will Be Saved In A Future "9/11"

By: MISTER ScienceAintSoBad

MISTER ScienceAintSoBad — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:23:22 +0000

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By: Ira Knigin

Ira Knigin — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:21:00 +0000

System is already in place to evacuate in Israel. Was to be tested in NYC but there were some issues with whow was going to certify the test. Comtran Associates has a device called the SafetyStrobe that will help to evacuate the sites. http://www.safetystrobeusa.com.

Once the Fire Alarm goes off you have 2 minutes after that the FDNY will be on the way up.

By: Dick Pirozzolo

Dick Pirozzolo — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:14:00 +0000

the mother of all commercial building fires — that resulted in some reform measures — was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911.

Like most disasters, the story of this fire, chronicles numerous mistakes that could have avoided the tremendous death toll.

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/

(Actually the reason why you don’t use an elevator during a fire is at the tip of your finger. You know those heat sensing buttons they use to call the elevator? since they are heat activated, they cause — so urban myth goes — the elevator to go directly to the fire floor. That’s why firefighters have an override key so they can use the elevators during a fire.

An alternate to your system aimed at going from the fire floor to the ground, would be to travel one or two stories from the fire to a safe floor. That way you can move a lot more people out of the building a lot faster.

And — having been caught in a fire, and covered a few as a reporter — the best advice is: DO NOT WAIR for confirmation when the alarm goes off – either vacate or follow the procedures we see all the time on the news.

By: David

David — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:58:00 +0000

That’s such a smart comment that I decided to comment on my own blog. 1)Fire and smoke. Good point. But I can only assume from the people hangin’ out of windows in a fire that, however bad it is outside, it’s better than it is inside. Besides, you’re on your way down. Now. Just grab a respirator. As far as buildings with setbacks go, there IS a solution for a horizontal transfer point, but that’s too complicated for this presentation.