Re:Notre-Dame came closer to collapsing than people knew
by oftenwrong on Thursday July 18, 2019 @07:15AM
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Given that we now know that it was well-known to experts and people in charge that the attic was a tinderbox, and that the roof and vaulted ceiling would prevent firefighters from spraying water to extinguish a fire in the attic, and that there were no sprinklers installed there, it would make sense to treat any fire alarm as an actual emergency, as the consequences of even a slight delay in the event of a real fire were high.
Re:Notre-Dame came closer to collapsing than people knew
by throw0101a on Thursday July 18, 2019 @09:57AM
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> it would make sense to treat any fire alarm as an actual emergency
They were using a industry standard operating procedure (SOP) in a non-standard environment. Sometimes it's hard to know the situation is non-standard until after the fact.
This is actually standard procedure in many places. Security guards often have x minutes to see if it's a false alarm:
* https://gps-securitygroup.com/the-role-of-security-guard-reg...
Non-residential buildings are often charged for false alarms, so the landlord may wish to first confirm if the fire brigade is actually needed. If you work in an office tower, or live in an apartment or condo, you'll often have multi-stage fire alarm system: you don't actually evacuate unless either (a) it's a confirmed real incident, or (b) the confirmation timeout has been reached.