The Life Safety Code and day-care facilities

摘要

In August, a fire took the lives of five children at a day-care facility in Erie, Pennsylvania. Since then, it has been found that the home where the day care was located did not have adequate smoke alarms and had almost no way of warning occupants of a fire, especially at night when they were sleeping—the fire was reported at 1:15 a.m. It was also found that state officials who inspect child care centers, such as the one where the fire occurred, are not responsible for checking for fire safety features such as smoke alarms.