Most fire safety problems in an apartment building do not begin with a dramatic system failure.They are often much simpler.A door that no longer closes properly. Storage slowly accumulating where it should not. A deficiency noted on a service report that nobody followed up on. Staff who know a building has a fire alarm system, but are not entirely sure what they are expected to do when it activates.Individually, these issues may not seem signific ...

Fire safety in an apartment building can easily become something that gets pushed into the background.The fire alarm company comes in. The sprinkler contractor does the annual inspection. Emergency lights get tested. Reports get filed away. As long as there are no obvious problems, it can feel like everything is being taken care of.But there is a difference between having fire protection systems in a building and actually understanding how those ...