Top 5 Simple Ways to Prevent Home Fires

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Every house should have a smoke detector. A smoke detector that can be hard wired is the best way to go. That way, you never have to worry about replacing the batteries in it. If you do have a battery powered smoke detector, then change the batteries everytime daylight savings time occurs on a calendar. Always pay close attention to where you mount the smoke detector. Mount detectors just outside of any bedrooms, especially upstairs rooms. Never mount it in a corner or any closer than a foot away from a perpendicular wall surface to ensure that it detects smoke as soon as possible. Another good idea is to mount a rate of rise type of smoke detector near kitchens. This will almost completely eliminate false alarms due to smoke from food burning off of the stove or oven. A rate of rise detector will activate once a pre-determined temperature has been reached within the structure. Another good tip that is related involves closing doors inside a structure. This will cut down on smoke entering rooms where occupants are sleeping. Smoke, along with all the byproducts, will kill you in your sleep and almost certainly allow flame and superheated gases to travel from room to room.

Steve Friedman of CA 4:45PM January 02, 2009

I think that there should be a command post or room what ever you want to call it, from that room you have a speaker on each floor directing the people where to go and what to do or remind people not to take the elevator, which stair way to take this might be the beginning of a thought which I think is a valid one, maybe one or more persons will be assign to handle the mike system or teach everybody to handle the mike.
These suggestions are for where I live which is a high rise it maybe help full for all high rise apartments

joseph yozzo of NY 6:49PM December 15, 2008