Trapped-by is not the same as "would have been saved by a second egress", if the fire traps you in your room for example. It has all structure fires. This whol

Trapped-by is not the same as "would have been saved by a second egress", if the fire traps you in your room for example. It has all structure fires. This whole fire (and building) safety code problem is that it's driven by superstition instead of data. It mandates certain solutions instead of outcomes. (Eg. the railing spacings to prevent kids from being able to fall through.) Many developed countries have similar outcomes without the same strictness of code, plus housing is so overregulated in so many ways it's no wonder that many people argue for shifting the set-point in these trade-offs in order to help more people to have housing. Of course ideally society would address poverty so there trade-off between safety and other aspects would be just academic.