'Worst NYC fire' in 25 years kills at least 12. Why another deadly fire?
First, I speak for all caring individuals and our thoughts and prayers are with the families that are affected in any way by fires every day.
No I do not mean why as in why did this happen? Because as long as man is on this earth fire will be an enemy like no other. An enemy that has no heart, empathy or sympathy. An enemy that attacks the same way every single time by working his way into our presence as if to care about our lives or the billions he has massacred over the eons of time. Right? I think its safe to say we know how because it is typical every time.
However why in 2017, when you reflect on the advancements mankind has accomplished from the Hubble to advancements in medicine. The sad part is we can archive the news from a major city over 50 years ago and read a similar fire tragedy.
The fact is our Fire departments across the world are trained better than ever before and number fire related fatalities are much less.
Unfortunately we can not be content with our success because every time the Fire Truck rolls out of the house that fire could & should have been prevented.
One program that already exist in US hospitals would be a good place to start.Think about it, when is the last time you heard of a fire in a hospital?
(ILSM) Interim Life Safety Measures. is a systematic program that is loaded with check list, fire safety equipment, design, communication and accountability. (NFPA 101). The thought that drives the program is logic. I.E A typical hospital wing has hundreds of people in hospital beds that cant move fast enough to the limited number of fire exits during a fire. Indeed waiting to "defend a fire would be catastrophic. The fire cant happen.
Prevent VS Defend- This is the only sure way to reduce the risk.
Let's take a good hard look at ILSM & NFPA 101 and incorporate the fire defense technologies, training & communication systems into our schools, homes, apartments warehouses and hotels. We know fire's every move and by taking action to reduce risk we can honestly answer....Why? Because we gave fire safety our very best.
Darrell L Fullerton
"We help organizations create healthy and efficient, injury-free workplaces and healthy bottom-lines"
7 年Thanks Darrell! We have been teaching Prevention for over 30 years, unfortunately, most companies still prefer to React versus Plan for Success and Prevent. They "say" they care about the workforce, yada, yada, yada...
Corporate Safety Director Triumph Construction Corp
7 年Edward I appreciate your comments. I taught ILSM for a couple of years while employed with Turner in hospital construction. It was an eye-opening experience many facets . I was unaware , even though I had a pretty strong fire safety background. One of the areas is hospital staff training and making sure all the fire doors are closed by the staff . I know that seems like a tall task and I certainly don’t want to sound like a backseat driver for this particular fire because I was not there, however I have a seven-year-old young boy and I recall when he was six using the iPad as if he was 15. The point is if people can learn to do even the simplest fire safety strategies it will save lives .
Founder at DataCation Development Group
7 年I think your approach works, but not every situation is the same. This fire was caused by a three year old playing with a gas stove and caused a gas build up to ignite. On top of the fire, the child’s mother left the apartment and left the door open allowing the fire to expand rapidly and the smoke to run up the stairwell with a chimney like effect. Human behavior will always get in the way of what should be done to prevent tragedies. Instead of teaching left wing liberal agendas to kindergartners, we really should be teaching basic health and safety. Not all adults educate their children properly or care to and this is where public/private education should be used as a tool. More people die from tragedies that could be avoidable and they could have been educated to help stop these tragedies. Education is what stops this tragedy and others like it.
Corporate Safety Director Triumph Construction Corp
7 年Exactly Chief, That's a key element to ILSM.