Talk:Fire safety

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Added information to multiple references and corrected others to match the formatting and make them all uniform. May 1, 2024

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I thought at first that this should be merged with fire protection, but, on reflection, I suppose it is fire safety that results from proper fire protection.... I edited to bring it in line with the other articles on similar topics and how the laws really work. There were some inconsistencies.--Achim 00:54, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

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Please don't post links to commercial websites in this article. Links should be general useful information, not attempts to advertise any company or product. --Xyzzyplugh 22:05, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

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The third link on fire safety software leads to an outdated news database, and does not reflect information in the article -- 11:47, 26 May 2020 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.71.200.170 (talk)

Fire prevention & fire safety not really the same topic

I was interested (surprised?) to see that fire prevention redirects to fire safety. Fire safety seems to more aptly encompass the end-state achieved by fire prevention, fire protection or some combination of the two, and is not in or of itself entirely synonymous with either. This view comports with NFPA 550: Fire Safety Concepts Tree, which sets out in branching logic tree form all of the various combinations of decisions/actions required to achieve any particular fire safety outcome.

The article also seems pre-occupied with the U.S regulatory framework. This almost suggests that people would have no interest in fire safety beyond complying with legal requirements. That defies logic, as many people undoubtedly give fire codes little thought, but nevertheless achieve reasonable levels of fire safety evidenced by the lack of fire ignitions or at least the successful management of those ignitions that do occur.

I'd like to see fire prevention established as a genuinely separate topic, and will enthusiastically author or co-author an initial draft of an article. Such a draft would provide an poortunity to elaborate the various methods and strategies for avoiding fire ignitions, without any particular emphasis on legal requirements.

ChubbM 08:54, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

This article is more about fire prevention than the actual fire prevention article. I would suggest that this article be merged with the other to be more comprehensive. For what it's worth, I see fire safety as an overall concept covering both fire prevention (measures used to reduce the likelihood of a fire) and fire protection (measures used to reduce the effects of a fire). Merge, and rename to fire Prevention. User6344 (talk) 18:28, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

== Vulnerability Assessment of community ==

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I think there is not enough discussion or I should say suggestion on vulnerability assessment of a community for fire. In the third world countries where there are many slums and fire is a common problem for them, this sort of discussion will be helpful. Sayeed- BUET, Bangladesh

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Cigarettes

I'm not finding any solid information on Wikipedia concerning the FSC cigarettes currently being sold in Kentucky and other states; I'm not sure where this information would go (here, or in the articles on cigarettes themselves). Does anyone else know if this information is already in the encyclopedia? Thanks. *Vendetta* _{(whois talk edits)} 23:20, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

is Fire protection not the same as Fire safety?

I am surprise to see that both entries are not linked to each other when the should be the same. I propose a merge. Opinions?

Fire protection is the preferred term in USA and Fire safety in the UK, with other counties choosing theirs arbitrarily.Grein (talk) 00:05, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Discussion continued here, [1] Ottawa4ever (talk) 21:16, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

It is very important that near of fire area still people are smoking in spite of all warning and instruction in the world, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.223.216.49 (talk) 07:57, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

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