Jul 29, 2026 · 1 hr 51 min · 14 segments
On July 28, 2011 Asheville, NC fire department was called for a fire at a 6 story local medical practice building, this building had been the subject of dozens of false alarms in the previous…
Right, Denny?
Yeah, one of the issues there, I think, as you put your finger on it, it's not that Thailand doesn't have proper fire codes.
Apparently they do.
It's an issue of people who own these facilities following the requirements and enforcement, which points the finger at the authority having jurisdiction strongly, in my opinion.
And I know when I was in Ontario, we had a a fire marshal came in while I was there and he was a lawyer actually by trade and a former fire chief.
And when he came in to become the fire marshal, he told all the fire departments and the fire chiefs and fire prevention officers, he says, he said, if somebody dies in your jurisdiction and you fail to exercise the authority that you have under the fire code, I will be the guy sitting on the other side telling them that you shouldn't have shirked your duty.
You should have done your job and said, so start doing your job.
It says you're not here to be nice.
You're here to make fire safety work.
And that was a huge eye opener for a lot of people who felt that the total approach to fire safety was being friendly and nice.
And, you know, good people would do what they need to do.
The reality is a lot of people only think with their wallet.
So you need to make it painful for them.
to get out and do the things they're supposed to do.
Yeah.
That's tragic.
That changed everything really changed my outlook on things too.
Yeah.
That's tragic.
So we need to get stricter with these things or else people will continue to die.
Yeah.
There's no excuse for those things.
And if you're a firefighter and you go into these establishments, you may be off duty.
Right, Denny?
Yeah, one of the issues there, I think, as you put your finger on it, it's not that Thailand doesn't have proper fire codes.
Apparently they do.
It's an issue of people who own these facilities following the requirements and enforcement, which points the finger at the authority having jurisdiction strongly, in my opinion.
And I know when I was in Ontario, we had a a fire marshal came in while I was there and he was a lawyer actually by trade and a former fire chief.
And when he came in to become the fire marshal, he told all the fire departments and the fire chiefs and fire prevention officers, he says, he said, if somebody dies in your jurisdiction and you fail to exercise the authority that you have under the fire code, I will be the guy sitting on the other side telling them that you shouldn't have shirked your duty.
You should have done your job and said, so start doing your job.
It says you're not here to be nice.
You're here to make fire safety work.
And that was a huge eye opener for a lot of people who felt that the total approach to fire safety was being friendly and nice.
And, you know, good people would do what they need to do.
The reality is a lot of people only think with their wallet.
So you need to make it painful for them.
to get out and do the things they're supposed to do.
Yeah.
That's tragic.
That changed everything really changed my outlook on things too.
Yeah.
That's tragic.
So we need to get stricter with these things or else people will continue to die.
Yeah.
There's no excuse for those things.
And if you're a firefighter and you go into these establishments, you may be off duty.
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