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Solutions for more housing? Let apartment buildings have just one stairwell. (www.wgbh.org)

submitted 2 months ago by borebore to c/boston

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[–] borebore 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I would like to know the difference in survival rates of fires with one staircase in these situations. It's easy to change codes based on political factors, but I'd rather do them based on statistical ones.

[–] brandon 4 points 2 months ago

Authors say that, in the United States, 99% of fire deaths occur in buildings without sprinklers, making that the key component of a safe building over multiple exits.

Article doesn’t mention that but it does mention that the vast majority of deaths come from buildings without sprinklers, most likely buildings built before a lot of modern building code.

Sprinklers + properly fitted fire doors are probably good enough for such small buildings to provide both suppression and spread prevention.