NIST drafts improvements based on Charleston fire

摘要

"If today's model codes had been in place and rigorously followed in Charleston (South Carolina) in 2007, the conditions that led to the rapid fire spread in the Sofa Super Store probably would have been prevented," noted the draft of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) technical study team's report on the fire that trapped and killed nine fire-fighters. NIST urged states and localities "to adopt and strictly adhere to current national model building and fire safety codes."