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Again there were fire sprinklers in that building but they didn't stop the conflagration, the complaint is that they weren't serviced, so what happens do they automatically cease functioning when they go beyond inspection date? Note that nothing is said about the sprinklers, you have to go to the report to see the inspector's first entry: " Immediately Service Fire Sprinkler system Immediately.
They were in the building a few days before the fire and wrote the report, it appears that the tenants were more concerned about keeping them out so they wouldn't lose their housing. Had there been no sprinklers you can bet your a$$ that the fire marshals would have convened a press conference at the scene claiming that the lives would have been saved had there been sprinklers, do these things ever work?
¹ http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/03...evere-problems-three-days-before-fatal-blaze/

They were in the building a few days before the fire and wrote the report, it appears that the tenants were more concerned about keeping them out so they wouldn't lose their housing. Had there been no sprinklers you can bet your a$$ that the fire marshals would have convened a press conference at the scene claiming that the lives would have been saved had there been sprinklers, do these things ever work?
East Bay Times said:When that inspector finally got behind the locked doors on Friday, he documented 11 severe fire hazards, including extension cords being used instead of wall outlets. He wrote that fire extinguishers, emergency lighting and marked exits must be maintained and provided throughout the building, and smoke detectors in each unit.
Inspector David Davis also demanded immediate service and certification of the fire alarm system and fire sprinkler system, but he didn’t order the residential building, where three nonprofits provided homes to the poor, evacuated and closed. Nor did he order the building owner to place a person on “fire watch” to patrol the structure until repairs were made, as state law allows.
Less than 72 hours later, the West Oakland building where more than 80 people, including many children, lived, was an inferno. Some jumped from windows and raced down fire escapes. Others made it outside in bare feet, their belongings left behind. Firefighters rescued 15 people, and four were hospitalized with smoke inhalation, including two children.
He cited confusion over the tenant harassment, and said residents were hesitant to have city officials inside. “They’ve been on stranger danger with everything that has been going on,” he said. “They’ve been so confused, they didn’t know what to do.”¹
¹ http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/03...evere-problems-three-days-before-fatal-blaze/
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