Re: [NSW] Internal contradictions?

[Marvin The Martian <choochoo72@mailcity.com>]

The guy in the wheelchair doesn't know he is safe from the fire, everyone else
is running up the stairs and he stays ther . This would be a worst case seceniro
I doubt would happen but you never know.

Alex Pout wrote:

> Marvin The Martian <choochoo72@mailcity.com> wrote in message
> 39FDEE0A.D34BF130@mailcity.com">news:39FDEE0A.D34BF130@mailcity.com...
> > We were told they were fire proof, but I wouldn't trust them. It still
> would be
> > horrible for them as they wouldn't know it was fire proof and would be
> shitting
> > themselves.
>
> As a firefighter, I'd view the most important thing there as actually being
> protected from the fire.  Even in a house fire, damage can be limited by
> closed doors, as this then traps the fire with a limited oxygen supply (just
> gotta watch the backdraft when the doors are opened, though).  However,
> while in there, things to worry about would be the smoke and fumes, rather
> than the fire itself.  This is presuming the entire station is involved, and
> not just a small fire.  Wouldn't a place like that have an automatic
> sprinkler system anyway??  Most fires can be controlled if acted on straight
> away, rather than allowed to grow.
>
> Al