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I think I need to request, or make myself? a link/tab/label for Communication and Hi-Rise (Fire) Safety.

I am looking into outdated, un-enforced safety procedures and codes in high-rise buildings. Many buildings need to update their fire alarms and procedures. How effective are radios in the case of a fire? The FDNY has begun using a new radio called UHF portable radios. How are they working out? What is the procedure when a fire alarm fails to sound, how do people know to evacuate the building? How effective is knocking on residents doors in the middle of the night at saving people from smoke and fire?
Talk to NY Fire Department to learn about UHF, standard procedure, problems they face and prospective solutions.
-How quick is arrival of fire trucks? Is it quick enough?
NYFD – Nicholas Scoppetta – Commissioner of Fire Department or
Department of City Planning- Amanda M. Burden – Chair of City Planning Commission

What is a typical cause of fire and what is done to help prevent them from starting? To educate people on the problem?
Tips from FDNY website:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/units/fire_prevention/fire_prev_forms.shtml
Bureau of Fire Prevention:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/units/fire_prevention/fire_prev_index.shtml

National Fire Protection Association: 617-984-7275
NYC Dept. of Buildings Commissioner – Patricia Lancaster – 212-566-3473

What do “emergency preparedness experts” look at when evaluating a building’s situation? What factors vary from building to building that require different hi-rises to have different preparedness plans? How many buildings participate in such screenings and how effective are they?
Talk to Walter Ulmer – president of Remlu Inc. – Emergency Preparedness Planning
800 3rd ave 11th ave.; 212-748-3500

Lastly, I think it is important to note the progress fire safety has made over the past century and to investigate whether or not that progress seems sufficient enough considering the technology now available to us and the tragedies that have occurred due to unsafe conditions, or inadequate responses to danger and fire.