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The fire escape can count as a separate staircase too and it can go over windows.
by true_religion 3y ago
The fire escape can count as a separate staircase too and it can go over windows.
- Spivak 3y agoIt's crazy to me that people are arguing against two stair houses when I have a ladder in my single family home in case of a fire that blocks the stairs. Fire in the only stairwell or a collapse, guess you just die or hope the fire department saves you before you suffocate.
- ido 3y agoIf only there was an article addressing exactly your concern!
- Spivak 3y agoThe article doesn't address this at all. There's only a passing mention of external fire escapes but no argument at all about alternative means of escaping a building in the absence of a the primary one becoming unavailable.
- ajmurmann 3y agoThe article claims that you don't need one because of the safety that comes from modern fireproofing in construction.