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We can compare fatality rates from fires between countries with dual exits and those without: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_building_or_structure_fires
by jpollock 5y ago
We can compare fatality rates from fires between countries with dual exits and those without:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_building_or_structure_fires https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_building_or_structure_...
We can also see if mass casualty fires in buildings stopped happening after the regulation change.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Theatre_fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Theatre_fire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fi...
https://www.nytimes.com/1860/02/03/archives/calamitous-fire-tenement-house-on-elmstreet-destroyed-thirty.html https://www.nytimes.com/1860/02/03/archives/calamitous-fire-...
- petee 5y agoMy counter argument would be regulations for new buildings take a long time to be widely applied, I think you would need to judge every single fire on a case by case basis, not region or by period.
- kube-system 5y agoAnd there are a ton of other variables. Construction materials, fire response, suppression and alarm systems, the purpose of the building, etc.