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Lack of sprinklers in residential high rises

April 9th, 2018 Leave a comment Go to comments

Failure to retrofit older residential high rises with sprinklers continues to be controversial given the recent publicity surrounding the death of a man because of a fire in Trump Tower in New York. Building owners contend the cost of retrofitting is too expensive and that other safety measures can be taken.  The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) discusses the problem in an article entitled High-rise Buildings: What Should We Do About Them? 

While the article is not recent, it is a thoughtful analysis of the history involved in this struggle.

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