Fire load: shoes and other objects in the staircase
As in the photo, it looked like this in the tenement house. I was angry every day about the shoes, I had to breathe in the shoe sole fragrances. Since we have received a letter from the property management: All items in the staircase must be gone until April 10, then they are picked up by the caretaker and brought to the dump. The cost of this promotion is paid by all tenants. Peng. Suddenly the staircase was empty!
I was curious and called the fire department. They explained that to me very well. Feuerpolizeilich it is prescribed that the space in front of the apartment door is completely free. It is forbidden to leave objects there. Because shoes, trash bags and other stuff are in front of the door fire load, What is that? The objects in the staircase burden the rescue route and the escape route. When it burns brightly, the inhabitants want to go outside (escape) and the firefighters to where it is burning (rescue). And then someone stumbles and it comes to panic and it continues to burn and and and ... In the worst case, toxic gases develop and the disaster is there. Because in the case of fire accidents, most people die very quickly from the gases that are produced by fire. Not for burns!
There are exceptions
- Doormats are allowed in front of your own door. There they are no obstacle to other residents.
- Shoes on the doormat are allowed in bad weather for a short time.
- Prams may be parked on the ground floor. But only if there is no lift in the house. And where is enough space. Until the child can walk.
- Walking aids such as rollators may be parked by a tenant with disabilities on the ground floor or if he is ill (eg after knee surgery). Like the baby carriage: no elevator in the house and enough space. The walker should be folded together (if possible) and put on the wall.
