In my Pearl Viva Bariya Tower 29 they are taking fire precautions quite seriously. Fire rated doors from apartments to corridors, good signage, deafening fire alarms - incl a recorded multi-lingual 'EVACATE' message broadcast on a speaker inside your flat. No Smoking in communal areas. Doubt if they could do more? (I'd still rather be within reach of a ladder to the balcony than on the 20th floor though.)
A Civil Defence Fire Station is under construction on the Pearl - better late than never.
Qatar Civil Defence are taking a much closer interest in inspection of buildings' fire fighting and detection systems than previously - and not just in new builds.
Last edited by Dubaian; 21st May 2013 at 06:50.