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Appreciation post: a firefighter in Philly changed how I think about door lock codes
I was working on a hospital elevator last week and a firefighter asked me why we set the fire service recall code to 7474 instead of something simpler like 1111. He said his crew has to remember dozens of these codes under stress, and a simple, common one could save critical seconds. Do you guys try to keep codes simple for first responders in your buildings?
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jade5173d ago
Had the same talk with our building's safety team after a fire marshal visit. We switched all our elevator and utility room codes to 0000 or 1234 across the board. The logic was simple, if they know one code for our place, they know them all. It takes the guesswork out during an emergency, which is the whole point.
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taylor.reese3d ago
Our building did that too after a fire inspection, same as @jade517. We use 0911 for everything now, elevators and maintenance closets. I mean, it's easy for the fire department to remember and it's literally the emergency number. It just makes sense to keep it all the same.
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norad773d ago
Wait, they seriously use 0000?
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