In Summary – Housing Safety | How Risk Management and Insurance Can Derive Solutions standard
Recent, tragic residential building fires in NYC and Philadelphia are a wake up call for housing safety reform. Below is a summary. Additional details are outlined in the full article, published by Risk & Insurance. Read Full Article One may assume government owned and operated affordable housing would meet basic standards for safety. Yet, in two iconic American cities, two deadly fires devastated vulnerable citizens. However, two promising solutions were inspired by Washington, D.C., a city with their fair share of urban challenges. Key takeaways: Lack of Safety | In both the New York and Philadelphia fires, basic safety precautions, such as working smoke detectors, fire extinguishers and fire doors, were either not present or not operational. Like the ...
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