The latest YIMBY demand is to reduce required number of emergency exits in mid-rise apt buildings - down to one. Feds are reviewing - fire chiefs & fire depts opposed - right before calling election BC Govt made it policy. I wrote a 2-part post. Part 1. open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...
Firefighters raise real reasons for concern but YIMBY letter-writer to City council claims fire departments "know zilch" and their concerns should be treated with "a grain of salt."
"mid rise apt buildings" and 1 emergency exit are not words that belong in same sentence. cc @funranium.bsky.social@pookleblinky.bsky.social is everything orthogonal to a "death in small places"
Yeah when I heard this I was gobsmacked. Why are we going backwards? There is a reason we have all the safety requirements or maybe these are the people who missed the history lesson about vancouver in 1886. SMH
Part 1 addresses hype versus facts and the very concerning lack of investigation BC govt undertook before making this significant change. Part 2 looks at where this false sense of urgency came from. Lobbyists are gonna lobby but govt shouldn't hand over the reins. open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...
Who Is Protecting Public Interest If The Lobbyists Are Writing Policy?