Originally Posted by
SASless
Folks....read the JB Thread about the Fire.
Short version....Welcome to the Big City with all its attendant problems and issues.
Old buildings, poor Fire Codes, worse enforcement of Fire Safety Requirements, Privatization of Inspections, obsolete design of buildings, lack of emergency evacuation routes and procedures, bad Response Protocols, inability of Fire Equipment to reach the site....the list is a long one.
The Investigation, if done properly, shall be a very nasty review of what is wrong with multiple layers of Bureaucracy, Corruption, Political failure, and lack of proper prior planning and execution of emergency efforts.
Lots of brave people trying to help others in a terrible time....but a disaster that was easily foreseen had anyone really been looking and wanting to do something about preventing it.
SASless, but that costs money!
For any interested, nice video of the 1980 MGM grand hotel fire. See
this post by megan.