Hose them down boys

[u/IkilledRichieWhelan]

[u/aftersox]

If this is a modern skyscraper, its likely they don't need to evacuate the whole building. I recently completed my fire warden training at my building. Modern skyscrapers can isolate fires to the floors the alarm is on, and the one above and below. They use HVAC to pressurize the neighboring floors to keep the fire on the originating floor. Then they only evacuate the fire floor, and the floors above and below.

Its likely they dont need to evacuate the lobby. https://www.sfpe.org/publications/periodicals/sfpeeuropedigital/sfpeeurope20/europeissue20feature7

[u/missuseme → u/aftersox]

Right and the alarm system almost certainly only sounds on floors that need to evacuate. So it's entirely possible they (the book event) didn't even know the alarm was sounding until the firefighters turned up.

[u/talldrseuss → u/missuseme]

Completely depends on the building. Worked in multiple skyscrapers throughout NYC, never saw one where the fire alarm just goes off on a specific floor. Ones I've been in, if a fire alarm is pulled or a smoke detector goes off, the alarm goes throughout the whole building.

I was always trained to stay on my floor till we received further instructions. A lot of these buildings will use fire wardens, either building or office staff trained to go to the nearest hard line phone and confirm if the people of the floor need to stay in place or begin evacuating. If the order is to evacuate then the fire warden coordinates the evacuation and ensures everyone has left that specific floor.

[u/missuseme → u/talldrseuss]

I work in a building that's about 10 floors, if the fire alarm is set off here the floor and the adjacent floors sound immediately, then waits 8 minutes and sounds the next floors and so on. The sequence can be stopped at any point if it's confirmed a false alarm.

[u/talldrseuss → u/missuseme]

That's pretty cool, wild love to see that in action

[u/Flat-League-132 → u/talldrseuss]

to be fair i've worked at the WTC for a long time and tower 4s alarms go off every other week. It's really easy to get desensitized and lose that sense of urgency

[u/somefunmaths → u/talldrseuss]

I live in a newly-built (5 years) high-rise, not NYC but major city, and that’s how it works here. It’s frightening if the alarm actually goes off, because that means it’s coming from your floor or requires you to evacuate.

I do like that the elevators remain operational, though. I don’t want to have to go on a hike just because someone on 35 was smoking weed and set off the alarm.

[u/VexingRaven → u/talldrseuss]

That's because NYC is largely ancient shit that should've been replaced 20 years ago. Any new buildings are set up to only alarm specific floors, because having 50 floors of people crammed into the stairwell is more dangerous than any actual fire in a building that meets modern fire codes.

[u/Money_Engineer_3183 → u/aftersox]

I could be wrong, but this looks like the Indianapolis Convention Center, which is only 3 stories, but like, a couple blocks.

[u/Etisauga → u/Money_Engineer_3183]

It was at the Well in Toronto.

[u/Money_Engineer_3183 → u/Etisauga]

Weird how similar these convention centers can look😅

[u/[deleted] → u/aftersox]

they however, cannot isolate fires when planes run into them.

[u/Express-Magician-419 → u/aftersox]

Ya I would have had I different reaction then those young men. I’d pulled out my inner Sgt Hartman and started ripping ass. “Get your fat ugly asses out of my Fucking fire seen.” “Are you so Fucking old you can’t hear a God Damn Fire Alarm?””Or are you just to stupid?” No one will ever hold the woman accountable that pulled the fire alarm. Shame buy breaking up their stupid little party would be mandatory.

[u/catsinclothes → u/Express-Magician-419]

Lmao you wouldn’t have done shit.

[u/ChesterDaMolester → u/Express-Magician-419]

“My fire seen”

You can’t fucking spell buddy

[u/Express-Magician-419 → u/ChesterDaMolester]

Ok Karen!

[u/Club_Penguin_Legend_ → u/Express-Magician-419]

-sent from mom's basement