Two people have died after a fire tore through a home overnight in Bergen County. CBS2's Natalie Duddridge reports firefighters battled tough conditions to get inside the house.
Since as a student nurse I received in the ER 7 victims of a home fire...4 dead on arrival two with smoke and some burn injuries and one in horrid agony I have always been concerned about residential safety issue. Isn't it time to get tough about residential fire safety ? Maybe all housing designers and builders should be mandated to go through some tough training. Like I had to...putting out large fires up close..going onto a burning room to rescue and bring out a A"person" (dummy) through flames and see victims up close...maybe then we would care enough to say...safety first...of ALL buildings housing people. Building codes need to be stricter about fire safety. Fire/smoke alarms well...give you about 90 seconds to get out. Stand up and breathe and you will not get to the exit. Firefighters should be included on all panels making regulations regarding building safety. Politicians, developers, designers are basically clueless.
Since as a student nurse I received in the ER 7 victims of a home fire...4 dead on arrival two with smoke and some burn injuries and one in horrid agony I have always been concerned about residential safety issue. Isn't it time to get tough about residential fire safety ? Maybe all housing designers and builders should be mandated to go through some tough training. Like I had to...putting out large fires up close..going onto a burning room to rescue and bring out a A"person" (dummy) through flames and see victims up close...maybe then we would care enough to say...safety first...of ALL buildings housing people. Building codes need to be stricter about fire safety. Fire/smoke alarms well...give you about 90 seconds to get out. Stand up and breathe and you will not get to the exit. Firefighters should be included on all panels making regulations regarding building safety. Politicians, developers, designers are basically clueless.