Fires today are more dangerous
According to data presented by the National Fire Protection Associaiton (NFPA), an estimated 3% of all 2007-2011 reported structure fires were in high-rise buildings. Although the trends in high-rise fires and associated losses have fallen, high-rise buildings present several unique challenges: Smoke movement fire control longer egress times evacuation strategies fire department accessibility Underwriters Labratories (UL) have concluded that homes today burn eight times faste