Donald Trump keeps getting ticked off about those annoying and clearly partisan fire inspectors getting in the way of his yuge, YUGE crowds being able to jam their ways into Trump events. Because knows so much more than they do about safety regulations, just like he knows more than all the generals and than the intelligence community.
'I always get a kick when — I mean I know a lot about fire and fire marshals, but you have a room with four walls and a roof and nothing to burn. Let the people in.'
So a woman who is a former fire fighter and has actual degrees in fire safety and engineering, thought she'd set the record straight. After explaining the basis for fire safety and occupancy limit regulations, she adds:
'Mr. Trump, please stop suggesting that building and code officials violate the law. Please stop insinuating that occupant load limits are not important. You do not have the requisite experience or knowledge to make such a determination. You have not been educated on the considerations that go into occupant load and egress capacity calculations. Your flippant attitude toward laws in place to protect life is dangerous, reckless, and criminally negligent.
More importantly, you are seeking to hold an office that requires you to commit to upholding the law. Your suggestion that you shouldn’t be bound by these laws suggests that you can’t be trusted to take your oath of office seriously should you be elected. If you expect the citizens of this country to elect you to its highest office, you cannot continue to behave so irresponsibly with complete disregard for the rules of law while ignoring the risk to the people that these laws are designed to protect.'
Well said.
Fire protection engineer says Donald Trump’s comments negligent, reckless & potentially deadly
An open letter to Donald Trump on his many comments about fire marshals
One of the worst disasters in the history of the Isle of Man happened when the walls and roof of a leisure center caught fire. Burning and melting roof panels fell on the people. Many were crushed trying to leave by the exits.
The Isle of Man is, of course, a low-tax, low-regulation economy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerland_disaster