DIY disaster avoidance

[R]

Also means the munter you picked up in the bar would already have one for when you wake up next to it next morning if there wasn't a fire ;-)

[dennis]

I go out even if its a planned test. I like breaking the glass tubes on the way out. I am damn sure I wouldn't have stayed in a room filling with smoke.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Matty F saying something like:

I'd rather the entire room (or a lifeboat room within the suite, say, the bog) detached from the frame of the building and extended emergency wings and tail assembly so it could glide to safety under control of a dumb pilot called George. Of course, there are perils in such a design - many will end up crashing into neighbouring buildings and the occupants finding themselves in unexpected 'menages a many' with sleeping guests, but hey, it all adds to the fun.

[dennis]

We had a race to break the glass tubes on the way out.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Tony Bryer saying something like:

It's not the sprinklers in *your* room that matter. Keep your fingers crossed.

[Thomas Prufer]

It is -- called a descender, AFAIK, and the cable is wound up neatly. The spool is tapered to give a smoother stop. Some have paddles to provide the braking, I think... more here:

machine shown has a disc brake, though.

Thomas Prufer

[Andrew Gabriel]

We still had a few Davy Escapes in my school. You sat on a crude seat strap, and it lowered you slowly out of a window to the ground. A teacher decided to try one, and it lowered him to about 15' above the ground and stopped. Fortunately he was next to a window so someone opened it to let him in, but in a fire, he could be dangling there until flames started coming out of it. I think they got rid of all the Davy Escapes at that point.

[geoff]

In message , Clive George writes

[Dave]

As an aside, why haven't fire alarm sounds been unified into one easily identifiable sound?

Dave

[Janet Tweedy]

Would they actually put out a burning plane though?

[Janet Tweedy]

In article , "dennis@home" writes

Perhaps fire drills need to be made more authentic, as in the army where you sometimes had live rounds in practice.

Perhaps a proper fire could be lit every 5 practices?

:)

[Tony Bryer]

If the fire starts in my unit, then yes I would expect them to keep it in check while I get out. My flat is separated from the others by massive concrete walls and serious fire doors, and there's nothing much in the common corridor to burn. And there are continuous balconies so a fire in the unit below isn't going to leap out of the patio doors and through mine in a hurry.

So fire is not something I worry about.

[dennis]

Staying put would be adherence not going out! Why not stop trying to score points when you obviously aren't capable?

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Janet Tweedy saying something like:

It really needs to be randomly to keep people on their toes.

[The Medway Handyman]

And why don't the police, fire & ambulance use different sirens so you can tell which is which?

[The Medway Handyman]

Deliberate vandalism? Putting others safety at risk? Tsk Dennis.

[The Medway Handyman]

Errm. So if the rules say 'go out' and you stay put, you are adhering to to the rule that says 'go out', by staying put?

[Dave]

Good point, then you can decide if the police can push you into crossing a stop line when a red light is showing.

Dave

[Dave Liquorice]

Yes, all manner of hooters, bells (real or recorded), voice announcements (in English only in an "international" hotel?). Maybe it's beacause one place I worked for many years had two alarms; one get the F out and one to stay put.

They do but not by very much. I can normally tell is siren is coming from A police car, fire engine or ambulance. Police cars tend to be higher pitch and a faster pace than the others, with fire engines lower pitched and slower paced.

[dennis]

Are you trying to be an idiot?