""Cities shouldn't be designed around the fire department. The fire department should be designed to deal with the infrastructure as it is. If you have a plumber design a house, the whole house is going to be a toilet.""
"The requirement that most new apartment buildings have more than one stairway to facilitate resident evacuation and emergency responders' access drives up costs by 6% to 13%, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts."
"Largely due to advocates like Smith and Flaherty, a movement is sweeping across North America to relax restrictions on residential stairways, with over 30 locations now considering such measures."
Matthew Flaherty, a lifelong L.A. firefighter, supports affordable, transit-friendly housing and is part of the Livable Communities Initiative. He believes cities should not be designed solely for fire departments. A significant point of contention between fire safety advocates and density proponents is the requirement for multiple stairways in new apartment buildings, which increases costs and reduces available space. Advocates are pushing to relax these restrictions, with over 30 locations in North America considering changes to building codes.
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