Fire Safety - project to bring awareness and seriousness

 I was reading the National Building Code 2005 (confession: downloaded a bootleg copy from using a torrent).  The context for this research is that in trying to figure out the adequacy of the fire fighting system that our builder finally completed (it was siting half finished) after the Carleton fire.

The NBC is super detailed and really something for experts, but just a cursory reading brings out so many engineering recommendations that could have reduced the magnitude of the Carlton tragedy.  One realizations is that the oft repeated line is true, to have a major disaster, you need multiple things to go wrong.

However, the final few pages on fire safety really caught my attention reg a personal fire instruction card to be given to each occupant. One thing it says in there is:

FOR YOUR OWN PROTECTION YOU SHOULD REPORT TO YOUR FIRE/ DEPUTY FIRE WARDEN

1. If any exit door/route is obstructed by loose materials, goods, boxes, etc.
2. If any staircase door, lift lobby door does not close automatically, or does not close completely.
3. If any push button fire alarm point, or fire extinguisher is obstructed, damaged or apparently out of order.

Just something as simple as this form would probably have alerted somebody to pay attention, maybe?

I have a hard copy of BDA's revised masterplan 2015 about zoning land use & regulation (68 pages) - this is relevant since it includes buidling byelaws. If needed, it can be used. What help do you need when you say "help with sharing these documents as attachments here?" ?

 Can you use a file sharing service like "Dropbox" ?

One thing I always notice that though all of us know everthing, we forget at the appropriate time where are the safety measure things.and the exit route.

so the best thing is let every high raised building have  a day in the year allocated for fire safety day,have everything checked , having every body residing compulsarily to participate,teach them where what is there.

how to use the  gadgets, and give mock drill.

this might reduce the impact of fire break out.

Hi Ravi,

What Mjr Kapur mentioned is spot on. There is no point in arguing over who did right or wrong or how bad our enforcement is - these things do happen almost everywhere in the world. The best we can do is to compile easy references for educating people & improving their awareness, & try spread the message around.

I'm willing to assist.