Today is that anniversary. By now my brother had died and my nephew was fighting for his life, a battle he would lose 2 days later.

Please look at the post in the thread above this one and consider your fire safety plans.

Do not become a statistic, do not put your loved ones through this hell because you didn't plan your escape.

#FireSafety #Death #Grief

@LunaDragofelis on a different note: #Buildingcodes in terms of #FireSafety do get updated and more stringent, with #accessibility and #safety first in mind, requiring redundant safe exits even for upper floors and having strict requirements for #FireElevators in places where mobility-disabled or otherwise immobile people are to be expected like hospitals, schools and caretaking facilities.

• So modern buildings have like external escape doors and -ramps to comply with said requirements.

@LunaDragofelis well, #FireElevators aka. #Elevators that can be safely used during fires DO EXIST.

• The problem isn't even power for the most part, as Elevators for the most part are designed to slowly descent upon max load and otherwise their counterweights raise them slowly.
  • the problem is that #BuildingCodes and #FireSafety legislation don't mandate them outside of extremely tall buildings like TV Towers with Public Visitor Platforms / Restaurants.