Media reports on Winters Hotel fire troubling
The recent Gastown fire which destroyed the Winters Hotel was a tragic event that could have easily been prevented. As a risk-control specialist in the insurance industry, I was troubled when I read initial media reports stating that the building was fully sprinkler-protected. When automatic sprinklers are installed and maintained properly, they are extremely effective in controlling fires and we actively promote sprinkler protection in our community to prevent such fires.
The insurance risk-control engineering departments often do not have the resources available to survey every single building that they insure. In addition, their risk improvement recommendations to not hold the same weight as those coming from the public fire department, which are deemed mandatory. Furthermore, even if the insurer’s recommendations are not heeded, and fires occur as a result, insurance coverage remains in place. As a result, incentive to comply is not always forefront.
The B.C. Liberals vow to return to their plans for a bridge over the Fraser if elected, reversing the NDP plans for a tunnel, which was a reversal of the B.C. Liberals original plan to build a bridge. One government brings in a certain policy, spends time, money and energy to develop it. Gets voted out. The next government ditches the policy and spends time, money and energy developing the policy in a different direction. Loses the next election and the new government goes back to its initial policy, in the process wasting the time money and energy put in by the previous government. What’s good for the public gets lost in the politics.
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