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Many think high-rise fires will collapse a building and kill everyone inside. Ingenious engineering over the last 150 years keeps you safe and I'll reveal how.

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👉 HIGH FIRE SAFETY - WHAT TO DO
Learn about your building, their exits and whatever fire plans might exist. Speak to your local firefighter as they likely will have information on your building, how it’s constructed and can give you advice based on their own fire policy and response. Otherwise here’s some resources you can use:

Great framework on when to stay vs escape:
http://gvdfd.com/documents/FireInYour...

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👉 INTERESTING MEDIA REPORTS
Incredible NYT breakdown on the Bronx Fire https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...

Toronto Hoarding Fire and How it Changed Firefighting https://www.thestar.com/news/2021/tor...

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👉 TECHNICAL RESOURCES I USED
OSHA Fire Service Features of Buildings | How buildings are designed for firefighters https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/fi...

Fire Safety Design in Buildings | A Canadian publication from 1996, focused on wooden buildings but it gave a general overview of buildings codes https://cwc.ca/wp-content/uploads/pub...

Analysis of Changing Residential Fire Dynamics | Why houses today are more dangerous than 40 years ago https://link.springer.com/article/10....

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👉 TECHNICAL ANIMATION SOURCE

Pressure Differential Systems - NOVENCO asked me for a mention as I used their animation:

| NOVENCO® ClearChoice™ Pressure Differential Systems (PDS) offer a solution for creating smoke free escape routes, that allow people to escape from buildings and tunnels and aid the firefighting services by preventing smoke spread. The field of application differs for a variety of buildings and tunnels, where there is a need to protect means of escape such as stairwells, corridors, escape tunnels, lobbies, as well as for providing smoke free approach for the firefighting services.

https://www.novenco-building.com/solu...



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Table of Contents
0:00 Highrises DON'T burn down
0:52 Vessi #AD - I Actually Wear These Shoes
2:12 How fireproof buildings evolved
3:41 This protection saved many lives in a hoarding fire
4:26 Shorter buildings have less protection
5:02 Smoke not Flames Kill. Doors Keep it Out
5:53 How firedoors are the secret sauce in keeping you alive
7:14 Open doors kill people in fires
8:58 Most people have NO IDEA how fire sprinklers work
9:37 Home sprinklers have special life saving design
11:31 This blows away smoke to keep you alive
12:14 Why doors stopped killing people
13:16 Why you stay in a burning building
13:49 Firefighters use elevators to save your life
14:53 Building infrastructure that sends tons of water to firefighters
16:00 Houses are more deadly than highrises in a fire


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