Legislation similar to a potential New York City law requiring retrofitted sprinklers in all residential buildings with four or more units, which was proposed after a fatal fire at Trump Tower, has already been enacted in cities from New England to the West Coast. More importantly, says National Fire Protection Association division director Robert Solomon, the laws save lives and also have been efficient to implement.
“如果你在带洒水器的建筑物中，你的垂死方法零可能归零，”所罗门说。他说，在波士顿有一种改造规则，包括住宅结构，包括住宅结构的高升高，人们在他们的单位中取代了两天的单位，因为工人准备好了所有公寓的管道和蓝图。
The proposed NYC law could mean lots of work for contractors. Joseph Soldevere of the NYC Buildings Dept. estimates some 209,000 existing residential structures would require retrofitting if the law is passed.
Solvedere Notes，这座城市“长期以来，世界上有一些最强大的火灾安全代码”为建筑物。但即使公寓利用火灾敏感结构以防止火焰传播，所罗门指出，“舱室没有帮助其中[上火]单位。”
特朗普大厦建于1968年的1968年建筑规范的20世纪80年代。然后，洒水器不需要在50楼不需要，这是艺术经销商在4月7日火灾期间在他的公寓里面死亡的地方。
不w the code, which was updated in 2008 and again in 2014, requires sprinklers in all new residential buildings of three stories or more, says Solvedere. New commercial towers have been required to have sprinklers since 1984, but starting in July 2019, sprinklers will be mandated in all commercial buildings, new or old, he says. The new law, if passed, would do the same for residential buildings.
