@BlurryBits Granted most stuff installed in the #USA would just be flatout illegal in #Germany per #FireCode and #BuildingSafety ordinances.

@alfredtwu thanks for the article on housing laws changing in 2025

Is AB2243 height limit of 35 ft on narrower roads related to Fire Code, particularly Appendix D, which requires 26ft streets near tall unsprinklered buildings? Sprinklered depends upon local fire marshal.
Appendix D is not adopted in California, though many local jurisdictions adopt it.
Of course, new tall buildings are sprinklered, so it wouldn't matter if D were adopted.

My obsession with Fire Code and #VisionZero wants to know
#FireCode
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/california-housing-laws-19913928.php

$873K contract for greenway, other work awarded by Bloomington board of public works

https://bsquarebulletin.com/2023/12/22/873k-contract-for-greenway-other-work-awarded-by-bloomington-board-of-public-works/

@bloomington_in

#BloomingtonIN #Greenway #Bicycle #Pedestrian #BoardOfPublicWorks #Construction #FireCode

Landlords of East Vancouver building consumed by fire appear in court
Fu Ren and Feng Yan pleaded guilty to six of 20 code violations they were facing related to the building, but arguments over the remaining 14 did not get underway.
#globalnews #Crime #Fire #firecode #Justice
https://globalnews.ca/news/10104043/vancouver-landlord-fire-code-court/

Landlords of East Vancouver building consumed by fire appear in court
Fu Ren and Feng Yan pleaded guilty to six of 20 code violations they were facing related to the building, but arguments over the remaining 14 did not get underway.
#globalnews #Crime #Fire #firecode #Justice
https://globalnews.ca/news/10104043/vancouver-landlord-fire-code-court/

Global News BC: Landlords of East Vancouver building consumed by fire appear in court https://globalnews.ca/news/10104043/vancouver-landlord-fire-code-court/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Vancouver #firecode #Justice #Crime #Fire

Revolution at #AssemblyRow apartment complex's Fire Command Center*

#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday
#SomervilleMA

*Apparently a common #FireCode requirement for high rise buildings.

@LukeBornheimer
This doc includes history of SF Fire Code, including history of SF removal of 26 feet requirement

#firecode #oakland #oakdot #visionzero

@LukeBornheimer
We're making charges in the #FireCode in #Oakland
My Fire Code doc is below.
Oakland Fire Department is working with #OakDOT to combine safe streets with requirements to set up ladders near highrises without automatic sprinklers
Sprinklered buildings don't need 26 feet clearance
SF removed 26 feet requirements years ago
#VisionZero
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1Vv4fSy-y_nsI3zeRdalISv9lCO-zr5RffmaY9WEn1qI/mobilebasic

#Oakland #FireCode determines traffic safety.
Let's find a way to allow OFD to save lives, but not risk lives of pedestrians and cyclists
The Fire Code is coming back to BPAC, the Bicyclist and Pedestrian Advisory Commission
Here is the letter from @RapidResponseTeam #VisionZero
https://docs.google.com/document/d/146TULSMXYljjLqpyRv-wfR2xKx7An_XMiFITz23aoQY/edit?usp=sharing

@marcprecipice
For the past 8 months, I have been working to change #Oakland #FireCode to allow narrower streets
Oakland Fire Chief Freeman has agreed in principle to some of the changed, but we're still working on details.
@oaklandside article below, with links to some details I have written.
#visionzero
https://oaklandside.org/2022/12/07/street-safety-advocates-want-narrower-roads-the-fire-department-is-opposed/

Progress on #FireCode and #VisionZero in #Oakland Thursday
Bicyclist & Pedestrian Advisory Commission
Fire Chief agreed to enforce 26 ft streets only near buildings w/o sprinklers (other fire safety improvements?)
https://www.oaklandca.gov/meeting/december-2022-bicyclist-pedestrian-advisory-commission-bpac-virtual-meeting