Fire Engines and Apt Fires

brin
By brin

Good morning to everyone. Happy Weekend.
Was hoping to hear some thoughts from you guys on a topic.
We live in a 6 story building and we're on the 3rd floor. A few months back there was a fire in the building (at the top from the aircons). Everyone was evacuated, sprinklers went, smoke on most of the floors, elevators not working for a couple of months, etc. And now, Im really in a state about something like this happening again. We have a baby and my biggest fear is what if it happens again? What if it happens on our floor and we're unable to get to the stairs. Im stuck on a balcony. Make sense?
So aside from my fear, Im wondering if something like this happens, do the fire trucks in Doha have ladders tall enough to get people stuck on balcony's? Im only on the 3rd floor but what about the people at the top? What do they do in instances of fire in high-rises?
I know its an odd question but all of this has made me think and I feel like in a panic so much of the time.
Looking forward to your feedback.

By anonymous• 16 Sep 2010 11:40
Rating: 2/5
anonymous

But, as per the Civil Defence all building has to protected with fire fighting sytem. Whats with you, is the system is not working correctly to extinguish the fire...

There is a lot of things to protect from fire in Apt. in qatar...

I hope the fire department people have all the things as like this the same things has happen before also..

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