Check your escape route!
Re: Check your escape route!
Of course they can be opened in an emergency I often use them to leave the building rather than use the liftsDuncan wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 10:56 amKuroneko wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 10:35 amThats not true of all properties. My condo has smoke alarms and a gas detector fitted which are checked regularly by the maintenance staff. The fire alarm system for the whole building is tested regularly and everyone gets a written warning indicating when the test will occur. There are also fire extinguishers and fire doors on every level, similar to the picture below.
The big question is , are the doors locked or barricaded , can they be opened in an emergency.
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Re: Check your escape route!
Yep, contrary to the beliefs on this forum most of the new condos in PP and Sihanoukville are pretty well equipped and they are even maintained. Basically all have at least fire alarms, smoke detectors and fire extinguishers. Some even have proper sprinkler systems and fire escapes.Kuroneko wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 11:27 amOf course they can be opened in an emergency I often use them to leave the building rather than use the liftsDuncan wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 10:56 amKuroneko wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 10:35 amThats not true of all properties. My condo has smoke alarms and a gas detector fitted which are checked regularly by the maintenance staff. The fire alarm system for the whole building is tested regularly and everyone gets a written warning indicating when the test will occur. There are also fire extinguishers and fire doors on every level, similar to the picture below.
The big question is , are the doors locked or barricaded , can they be opened in an emergency.
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Rope/rope ladder in case you can use a balcony safely to get down, else a harpoon & climbing rope in case you need to go full Tarzan and swing to the opposite building - let's face it, PP streets are quite narrow.
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ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
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If I ever had to jump from a building to escape a fire I would throw a mattress or two out first. The odds of landing on them are still better than winning a lottery.
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
Re: Check your escape route!
pczz wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 9:52 am This morning at 3 am I woke up coughing my lungs out. No smoke in my room but I could hear a commotion outside. When i looked 3 fire engines dealing with a fire next door 2 floors below me. I could hardly breathe becasuse of the fumes which smelled like burning plastic and wer totally invisible.
The building next door I have always considered my escape route as I could scramble along the balconies, but if that fire had come into my building then game over.
I ran downstairs and founf my landlord coming in carrying a fire extinguisher he had just lent to the fireman. "Is Ok, next ddor. Drunk barang"
"Its F&*%ING not ok, says me. You should have got your tenants out".\
Anyway I was outside for 2 hours waiting for the fumes to dissipate before i dare go back to my room. Not sure but I think burning paint and plastic give of cyanide and other poisons. I could have died from the fumes in my room becasue they only evacuated the building the fire was in. No flames, no danger right
And it appears next door gives each tenant a big gas bottle for cooking, in a building with a 500m staircase for30 apartments. This is KOW, no fire alarms, no sprinklers and no common sense
This fire? The drunk Russian started it?
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Yes and i am in 1 of those pictures my 15 minutes of fameCam Nivag wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 4:18 pmpczz wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 9:52 am This morning at 3 am I woke up coughing my lungs out. No smoke in my room but I could hear a commotion outside. When i looked 3 fire engines dealing with a fire next door 2 floors below me. I could hardly breathe becasuse of the fumes which smelled like burning plastic and wer totally invisible.
The building next door I have always considered my escape route as I could scramble along the balconies, but if that fire had come into my building then game over.
I ran downstairs and founf my landlord coming in carrying a fire extinguisher he had just lent to the fireman. "Is Ok, next ddor. Drunk barang"
"Its F&*%ING not ok, says me. You should have got your tenants out".\
Anyway I was outside for 2 hours waiting for the fumes to dissipate before i dare go back to my room. Not sure but I think burning paint and plastic give of cyanide and other poisons. I could have died from the fumes in my room becasue they only evacuated the building the fire was in. No flames, no danger right
And it appears next door gives each tenant a big gas bottle for cooking, in a building with a 500m staircase for30 apartments. This is KOW, no fire alarms, no sprinklers and no common sense
This fire? The drunk Russian started it?
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Update as of noon today the fire is claimed to have started in the washing machine and fridge. I dont buy that. Clothes inside the washer were charcoaled and plastic bits not burnt. i am thinking electrical fault. they have 2 amp bleeding plugs on everything in this country.
There was another white English guy running around in a towel around threatening to punch someone but i didn't quite hear what it was about. He was defo English, sounded like maybe a slight lisp
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