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What makes a firefighter an expert on building egress requirements? The building must meet NFPA code (or whichever fire code the AHJ has selected) or it can’t b
by quickthrowman 5y ago
What makes a firefighter an expert on building egress requirements? The building must meet NFPA code (or whichever fire code the AHJ has selected) or it can’t be built, period. Whoever their insurance company is will not insure the building if it doesn’t meet life safety requirements.
Dismissing someone who isn’t a fire code expert who is making claims about fire safety is just fine to me.
If we were discussing how to safely fight fires, then by all means defer to the firefighter.
- mindcrime 5y agoThe building must meet NFPA code or it can’t be built, period. To be pedantic, that may be the case for this specific building, as CA may be a state that simply adopted the relevant NFPA model code wholesale and with no changes; but it's not a true statement in the most general sense, as not all localities adopt the various NFPA codes verbatim (or at all).
- quickthrowman 5y agoYou’re correct, I edited my post to reflect that right as you posted. Thanks for posting the clarification.