Sheeple kill me........

[batosai117]

The lack of response by others works for you. The stairwells are not going to be crowded which allows you to 'fly' down the stairs to safety.

I was waiting to see something along the lines of this . I was thinking the same thing since the first or second post. If everyone foolishly stays put, then you have plenty of time and space to make your way to safety and home for dinner with the family.

 

[shecky]

If listening to an alarm that tells me to evacuate a building that was triggered by someone that has information that I don't makes me a sheeple, then so be it.

Falling for the same trick every time points to something , I don't know what. It reminds me of Charlie Brown repeatedly going to kick that football, despite Lucy pulling it away every time.

You don't say whether these are drills or pranks or just accidents. In the end, it doesn't matter. Reasonable people will NOT pay attention if false alarms happen regularly. End of story.

threat analysis has to account for more factors than likelihood alone. As the original poster pointed out, the broad spectrum of state agencies and consequent variety of visitors adds another factor: the seriousness of the result if one of those alarms is for real.

I'm not sure seriousness and likelihood are significant issues here. The fact is that such events are extremely rare in the US. The problem is that nobody will pay attention to alarms if they occur falsely on a regular basis.

 

[Esav Benyamin]

The fact is that such events are extremely rare in the US. The problem is that nobody will pay attention to alarms if they occur falsely on a regular basis.

Fires are not extremely rare. False alarms do not occur on a daily basis. How regular do they have to be to numb everyone? Too many people don't listen even the first time.

 

[Bushman5]

The only problem with this line of thinking is that it would place rescue workers in harms way to go get the idiots (and you know they would). If they could be left alone to die or make their way out, then your theory would be most appropriate. :thumbup:

yea, I hate to admit it, but I would go rescue them. Thats just my nature. Still pisses me off. I would love to slap the sheeple upside the head with a giant cowbell.

 

[Todd A]

I'm not sure seriousness and likelihood are significant issues here. The fact is that such events are extremely rare in the US. The problem is that nobody will pay attention to alarms if they occur falsely on a regular basis.

We recieve a call for a false panel alarm (Middle School) on a semi-regular basis in my town. Using your logic perhaps we should all just stay home with our families or at our real jobs,instead of racing to our station and responding with a fully manned Engine ?

 

[Esav Benyamin]

... perhaps we should all just stay home with our families or at our real jobs,instead of racing to our station and responding with a fully manned Engine ?

I live across the hall from a vounteer firefighter and two doors down from the fire station.

I know very well how often these guys go out, and at night, and in the cold and the rain, and how often it's for a (thankfully!) minor problem -- no one got hurt or burned out of house and home.

Thank you for serving your community.

 

[Torm]

I'm not sure seriousness and likelihood are significant issues here. The fact is that such events are extremely rare in the US. The problem is that nobody will pay attention to alarms if they occur falsely on a regular basis.

Fires happen every day no matter what country you're in. Paying attention to an alarm and getting out of the building when it sounds is common sense since a person has no way of knowing whether its another drill or the real thing. If it were to happen to me, I'd rather be safely outside and find out its for real than be one of the folks who stayed behind and got trapped in the blaze.