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"One year ago this month our nation suffered the 9th worst public assembly fire in terms of fatalities"
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02-05-04, 09:37 AM (EST)
 
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"One year ago this month our nation suffered the 9th worst public assembly fire in terms of fatalities" |
The Station Nightclub burned to the ground one year ago this month killing 1/3 of the 300 occupants that were there getting ready to enjoy a concert. When you go into a new public building, do you look around for the other exits? Do you ever go to the emergency exit doors and check to make sure they are unlocked? Have you ever been involved in a fire in a public building, or known someone who has? Have you ever seen the occupancy limits posted on a sign near the entry door, but then looked around and realized that the facility was most likely over the limit and overcrowded? Have you ever been in a public building and had the fire alarm ring, and stay where you were instead of evacuating either because you thought it was a false alarm or didn't want to lose your place, or seat, or whatever?  
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Schnookie Palookie 16822 desperate attention whore postings
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02-05-04, 10:25 AM (EST)
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3. "RE: One year ago this month our nation suffered the 9th worst public assembly fire in terms of fatalities" |
That was so tragic  I lived in a highrise apartment building years ago. I was on the 10th floor. Someone set off a smoke bomb in the medical building attached to the apartment building and the fire dept had to evacuate everyone. The smoke was so bad I could smell it in my apartment and I was choking. I didn't have time to get my two kitties so I was extremely upset. I got downstairs and was in tears. The firemen wouldn't help me. In the meantime, my brother had heard about it and drove over to see if I was ok. He was walking along the street and looked into one of the ambulances and thought he saw me in there and freaked out. Wasn't me thankfully. Anyhoo, it was just a smoke bomb so eventually they let everyone back in and my kitties were fine. I learned my lesson though. Grab the kitties!!! I always make sure I know where the emergency exits are wherever I go. DH always makes sure to check out the exits on any plane he is on. I must say I do take fire alarms seriously. I'm on the safety committee here at work. When the alarms go off, many people just hang around. I make sure to get my group outside. Don't take chances people. It only takes seconds to get overcome by the smoke. I've never tried checking to see if emergency exit doors are unlocked. I might think about it though if I'm ever in a crowded bar. 
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KObrien_fan 8360 desperate attention whore postings
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02-05-04, 10:40 AM (EST)
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4. "RE: One year ago this month our nation suffered the 9th worst public assembly fire in terms of fatalities" |
Smoke is the leading cause of death in a fire, and it comes on very quickly as you have said Nookie. Many people think that they can wait until they smell smoke or see fire and then evacuate the building.In the fire at the Beverly Hills Supper club in 1977 that took the lives of 165 people, a big reason for the deaths of these people is: A. A delay of 15 minutes in reporting the fire to the fire department because the staff thought they could extinguish the fire. B. The club was overcrowded with 3 times as many people in the Cabaret room then what was legal. C. The people in the Cabaret room didn't want to leave their seats, they were waiting for John Davidson to perform, and they thought that because the fire was on the other end of the building, it wouldn't affect them. Most of the patrons that died that night, were found in the corridor leading from the Cabaret room, they had been overcome by a thick wave of smoke and passed out before reaching the exits.
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Esbea 7377 desperate attention whore postings
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02-05-04, 10:45 AM (EST)
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5. "RE: One year ago this month our nation suffered the 9th worst public assembly fire in terms of fatalities" |
Not to make light of a very serious subject but.....I really cant imagine giving up my life to keep my seat at a John Davidson concert.
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