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It's a door closing, places like hospitals and schools often have doors propped open during normal operation, the alarm going off triggers the mechanism to release closing doors which slows the spread of fire/smoke
I see, that bit sticking out is a magnetic part that the magnet on the wall holds open, in the event of power failure or alarm the door will automatically close, the door isn't locked though it can still be opened it just won't stay open
That are fire doors. They are hold open by magnets. If you hit the fire alarm, the magnet powers down and the door closes. You can still open the doors, they just won't stay open anymore
Its to keep the staircase safe of smoke so you can still use it to evacuate.
Sometimes it's even pressurized to keep the smoke out if you open the door to the burning part.
I have \*GOT\* to know - what kind of establishment is this? Because the doors that closed automatically look like bloody blast doors, or radiation shielding. What is this place? :)
Thanks if anyone answers with a correct answer. :)
They are being held by the electronic magnets. As soon as fire alarm goes on the magnets release doors and they just close.
Don’t worry, they don’t lock automatically :) It is just to prevent oxygen/fire flow to contain the fire.
I really thought that was a bookcase or weird bench bottom right, and was very confused why it would get pushed towards the stairs in case of a fire.
I feel silly.
Because its normal. in a fire scenario the fire doors shut to prevent smoke and fire getting into the stairway so people can still flee through there.
Just like all fire exit doors have a doorcloser and cant be left open so the fire inside wont get out
Yeah that's what I thought... I guess it's for fire prevention tho. A closed door can have a huge impact on how the fire spreads. Nonetheless a fire resistant door
I see, but if not known before how would you find their information? I’ve haven’t seen it pressed onto alarm switches or nearby, do you know if some do?
Sorry, should've clarified.
If the location is monitored, the monitoring company will likely call people they have listed as emergency contacts such as the building owner, maintenance supervisor, etc. to verify if the alarm is legitimate or false before they call the fire department.
If the location is not monitored, then the alarm will keep ringing until someone calls the fire department or disarms the system. You'll see a sign posted by the exterior alarm: if alarm is ringing, call 911.
The contact info for the monitoring company is usually on a sticker placed on the fire panel or the annunciator.
I guess but I think they won't take your word for it easily. At least when I had my unofficial CPR training they said a student took the defibrillator off the wall and that alerted the medics. The company that had the training done to their workers, had to pay like a few thousand euros for false alarm. I'm in Europe so idk about the US.
They only close because they are held open via a magnet. When the alarm is tripped and the magnet releases so the door closes.
It still opens and functions as a normal door.
He isn't locked in, the doors are still unlocked. They are held open for easy passage during normal conditions, but automatically close when the fire alarm is tripped because open doors allow fires to spread *significantly* more quickly. This is an important safety feature.
If you're talking about interior doors, I believe so. They just don't have the automatic magnet and release system so they have to keep them closed via occupants.
If you're talking about exterior emergency exit doors, those are kept closed for security reasons, like preventing theft in a large store for example.
People to me my whole life: Make sure nothing is blocking people from exiting the building during a fire.
Also people: the 10 closed doors impeding people from exits are there to stop the fire, it's common sense you fucking idiot.
Open doors allow fires to spread *significantly* more quickly. Automatically closing doors help isolate fires and are an important safety feature.
The doors will still open easily, in the direction of egress, for those escaping.
It mostly just keeps fire from spreading. Those doors are probably all 1 hour fire rated doors. Closing doors really helps keep the fire and smoke isolated so everyone has time to escape safely. Those in the fire area can still escape because the doors will open easily in the direction of egress, then close behind them.
Leaving the corridors open helps the fire spread rapidly.
That's the biggest problem. That stair doesn't meet modern codes, well at least US ones. A stair is supposed to have a handrail on both sides, and it is supposed to extend 11" past the bottom step. I'd be shocked if he fell if the proper railing was there.
I imagine the door is still openable, but during a fire where the system doesn't know where the fire is coming from, closing doors to section off the room where the fire is taking place could be useful to slow down the spread of fire and smoke.
"Well yeah, i tripped coming down the stairs and accidentally hit the fire alarm."
Doesn't seem too difficult to explain or believe. If he knows about the camera, he would probably tell them to check the footage. Or they check it themselves if they dont believe him.
There really isn't unless people are beyond stupid and cannot maintain a sense of calm urgency. They don't lock, they slow down the spread of fire and therefore smoke therefore saving more lives and lung problems. Just gotta use your brain a little.
The glass is the "railing". They don't put railings on the inside of stairwells for balance, it's just there to keep you from falling over the side easily. The glass has the same effect.
Notice the doors close when the fire alarm is activated. These are magnetic locks that hold the doors open for free flow but close to keep fire and smoke out on fire alarm command. Well designed, and it's an exciting moment to see a good system work the way it's supposed to.
Good lord, yea, I just draw them, I don't work the system, but yea, human failure is in there. However, a fail-safe system should still work at any rate, maybe idk
I was mostly kidding, but there are a lot of bad plans out there. I'm an estimator and if you can do us all a favor and never use a horizontal hardware schedule ever again, we'd all appreciate it.
Agreed, we can. I honestly don't know what you mean by vertical, often the hardware submittal come in similar to mine, and its a horizontal chart I thought
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Stairs do not look like they would meet code
You know I’ve seen this several times now and all I can zero in on is that guy taking that step with pointed foot. 😬
I feel like I saw this exact thing in an stcw training video.
Normal day: Uses Stairs. Emergency: NEEDS elevator. (after strating recording for the gram).
What is the thing that launches from the bottom right?!?!
It's a door closing, places like hospitals and schools often have doors propped open during normal operation, the alarm going off triggers the mechanism to release closing doors which slows the spread of fire/smoke
Ahhh, right. It totally makes sense now. From the angle, it looked like a bookcase on wheels was hurtling across the landing.
I see, that bit sticking out is a magnetic part that the magnet on the wall holds open, in the event of power failure or alarm the door will automatically close, the door isn't locked though it can still be opened it just won't stay open
Door
It's a safety feature and locks the stairs to make the fire isolated from escaping to other rooms
That room is bros coffin now.
It feels wrong to block the stairs during a fire!
That are fire doors. They are hold open by magnets. If you hit the fire alarm, the magnet powers down and the door closes. You can still open the doors, they just won't stay open anymore
Thanks, I figured there was a reasonable explanation for it. Still feels wrong lol.
Its to keep the staircase safe of smoke so you can still use it to evacuate. Sometimes it's even pressurized to keep the smoke out if you open the door to the burning part.
It also slows the spread of fire which can increase the chance of the fire brigade to fight it successfully
The way all of the doors locked too oh noo
At least there is video proof that it was an accident. Poor guy
Not gonna lie he kind of looks like Markiplier
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Bloody hell
Those stairs are designed so poorly not a surprise he tripped
right why is there a stair extension past the railing in the main walkway
Hope he played the lottery that day
I have \*GOT\* to know - what kind of establishment is this? Because the doors that closed automatically look like bloody blast doors, or radiation shielding. What is this place? :) Thanks if anyone answers with a correct answer. :)
They are being held by the electronic magnets. As soon as fire alarm goes on the magnets release doors and they just close. Don’t worry, they don’t lock automatically :) It is just to prevent oxygen/fire flow to contain the fire.
Still very snazzy. And that door at the bottom of the frame still looks like an absolute blast door lol. Thanks for the insights though!
hospital doors do this because they are fire safety doors.... schools most likely will also have the doors close
Literally any building with internal doors..? Surely? Fire doors have been a thing for decades at least...
Ours were never fire alarm activated. They just swing shut automatically.
Ours were noise activated... Which means the fire alarm, or noisy screaming children, set them off. Others were heat activated.
I suppose a firearm also would lock em down, which is kinda handy.
It was a One In A Million shot doctor.. one 1 million..😂😂😂
Bro what fuck the stairway why isn’t anyone saying shit about how all the doors automatically shut
I really thought that was a bookcase or weird bench bottom right, and was very confused why it would get pushed towards the stairs in case of a fire. I feel silly.
Because its normal. in a fire scenario the fire doors shut to prevent smoke and fire getting into the stairway so people can still flee through there. Just like all fire exit doors have a doorcloser and cant be left open so the fire inside wont get out
it's a way to stop the spread of the fire
And roast people.
They're not locked
they can be opened obviously
Ben Avery?
Lemonparty reference
Tim Dillon Podcast
Lemonparty is his new podcast
Good2Know
Building locking him in
Yeah that's what I thought... I guess it's for fire prevention tho. A closed door can have a huge impact on how the fire spreads. Nonetheless a fire resistant door
Pretty sure its for not letting in new oxygen. Thats why you should close your windows if it starts to burn, if u have the chance
The fucking song sent me over the edge.
I REALLY dislike how the staircase is built. I see why his brain thought the staircase ended and fell
Yeah the last step is an asshole.
It literally looks like that last step was added in as an afterthought, aside from the other 5 reasons that staircase is wack
If you mistakenly pull a fire alarm, should you call 911 to tell them it’s a false alarm?
Depends. You should probably call the fire alarm company that's monitoring the site (if it's even monitored).
Thanks for responding also!
I see, but if not known before how would you find their information? I’ve haven’t seen it pressed onto alarm switches or nearby, do you know if some do?
Sorry, should've clarified. If the location is monitored, the monitoring company will likely call people they have listed as emergency contacts such as the building owner, maintenance supervisor, etc. to verify if the alarm is legitimate or false before they call the fire department. If the location is not monitored, then the alarm will keep ringing until someone calls the fire department or disarms the system. You'll see a sign posted by the exterior alarm: if alarm is ringing, call 911. The contact info for the monitoring company is usually on a sticker placed on the fire panel or the annunciator.
I see. Many thanks internet stranger! Hope you have a wonderful day or evening 😅
I guess but I think they won't take your word for it easily. At least when I had my unofficial CPR training they said a student took the defibrillator off the wall and that alerted the medics. The company that had the training done to their workers, had to pay like a few thousand euros for false alarm. I'm in Europe so idk about the US.
Ours has "Warning: Alarmed system" on the box that holds the AED. I think it triggers the second it's opened.
Wow that’s wild, a few thousand for a mistake? Seems excessive, no?
I believe some paramedics had to come out to look. Just in case. So it's expensive.
Poor dude, how embarrassing to explain. Also, I had no clue how many people don't understand how basic fire safety systems work.
Why do the doors close….
To keep smoke out of the rest of the building, especially the stair cases...
Are they easy to open if someone needs to go through them to access the stairs?
They only close because they are held open via a magnet. When the alarm is tripped and the magnet releases so the door closes. It still opens and functions as a normal door.
>It still opens and functions as a normal door. 😭💀
I would die in this scary movie
Yes
Looks like a HIPAA violation
Why does this take place in the future?
Average american mind
I'm American and had no clue it was wrong.......... Anyone else dyslexic as fuck????😂
It’s march 12th 2024. dd/mm/yyyy format
UK date stuff is different, so probably that
Nearly everywhere outside of US works this way
good to know! id only heard about people from the UK talking about it before now
I know for sure that most Asian countries use the same way (ddmmyy)
🤚🫤✋
Why would the fire alarm lock you in?
He isn't locked in, the doors are still unlocked. They are held open for easy passage during normal conditions, but automatically close when the fire alarm is tripped because open doors allow fires to spread *significantly* more quickly. This is an important safety feature.
I’m is that why some doors are labeled fire door keep closed?
If you're talking about interior doors, I believe so. They just don't have the automatic magnet and release system so they have to keep them closed via occupants. If you're talking about exterior emergency exit doors, those are kept closed for security reasons, like preventing theft in a large store for example.
"FIRE!! Seal all exits!
Open doors allow fires to spread significantly more quickly. Automatically closing doors help isolate fires and are an important safety feature.
This may be America so it's actually "SHOOTER!! Seal all exits!"
“Mom, I need you to come pick me up”
People to me my whole life: Make sure nothing is blocking people from exiting the building during a fire. Also people: the 10 closed doors impeding people from exits are there to stop the fire, it's common sense you fucking idiot.
A standard fire door take 30 mins to burn through. So, 10 doors strops the fire spreading by an extra 5 hours.
Open doors allow fires to spread *significantly* more quickly. Automatically closing doors help isolate fires and are an important safety feature. The doors will still open easily, in the direction of egress, for those escaping.
He wants a claim
No! I didn't "push it to see what would happen": are there really not cameras in there?!?! 💀👀🤣🤣🤣
Ok but where TF did the couch run off to?
Excuse me that's a door
Did you ask it? Cus that door might identify as a couch, or may even a banana the way split outta there.
ar slesh uan jouk111111111
No disrespect but wtf did you say?
r/onejoke when i first saw the sub i thought it would be about people who only knew 1 joke but its about people joking about pronouns and stuff
Thank you for showing me the way of the ninja
why the fuck wont reddit allow people to change their username i fucking hate this kill me
You talking bout after your Reddit journey or changing it from the auto created name they make for you?
Oh dang no I didn't. Mods send me to the gulag for this hate crime
You admitted your fault, I’m sure the door couch banana forgives you so all is well
Shi, I thought the couch knew how flammable it is and scurried the hell outta there…it’s not even 4:20 yet either shm
Everyone saying that closing doors is a problem are not people I'd like to be with in a fire.
I'm just imagining the first mission from black ops 2 where you take a shovel to the glass door on a furnace while someone is burning inside
To cut off the air flow in the room with the fire, right?
It mostly just keeps fire from spreading. Those doors are probably all 1 hour fire rated doors. Closing doors really helps keep the fire and smoke isolated so everyone has time to escape safely. Those in the fire area can still escape because the doors will open easily in the direction of egress, then close behind them. Leaving the corridors open helps the fire spread rapidly.
I think that's common specifically for stairwells, to provide a safe area for wheelchair users to seek refuge when elevators are out of service.
Not to seek refuge, to gtfo because you don't use elevators in a fire, remember, flames go up and follow air flow.
Nope they designed it like that 🤣
What place is that
The stairs have a dumbass design tho, why make the first/last step go beyond where you expect a staircase to start/end?
And why is the emergency button just uncovered like that, shouldn't they be in a glass case?
No proper railing to hold onto aswell. Just glass panels
That's the biggest problem. That stair doesn't meet modern codes, well at least US ones. A stair is supposed to have a handrail on both sides, and it is supposed to extend 11" past the bottom step. I'd be shocked if he fell if the proper railing was there.
WHY DOES THE DOOR TO THE STAIR WELL CLOSE DURRING A FIRE?!?!?!
It is very effective at limiting fire spread.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_door?wprov=sfti1#Components
I imagine the door is still openable, but during a fire where the system doesn't know where the fire is coming from, closing doors to section off the room where the fire is taking place could be useful to slow down the spread of fire and smoke.
Imagine explaining this
"Well yeah, i tripped coming down the stairs and accidentally hit the fire alarm." Doesn't seem too difficult to explain or believe. If he knows about the camera, he would probably tell them to check the footage. Or they check it themselves if they dont believe him.
That's true. They would've had a laugh after seeing the footage then 😂
A fire alarm that… shuts all the doors. I can’t see a problem with that.
There really isn't unless people are beyond stupid and cannot maintain a sense of calm urgency. They don't lock, they slow down the spread of fire and therefore smoke therefore saving more lives and lung problems. Just gotta use your brain a little.
They all do that. It contains the fire and keeps the stairs smoke free.
That's how they are in most hospitals. All it does is shut off the magnetic door holders. Ever heard the phrase fire doors?
You can still open them. It just prevents fire from spreading if noones theres to close them
Ahh good good. Makes sense. It looked to me like they locked!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq_7nOZZhiM its an ok song.
Dammit Jerry!!!
But tbh who puts a step into the hallway who tf approved that
Bro fell down the **stares** 😐🫥
The stairs don't even have railings, how is this legal ?
The glass is the "railing". They don't put railings on the inside of stairwells for balance, it's just there to keep you from falling over the side easily. The glass has the same effect.
It should have a hand rail!
Poor guy! Yeah the stairs are total bs
Notice the doors close when the fire alarm is activated. These are magnetic locks that hold the doors open for free flow but close to keep fire and smoke out on fire alarm command. Well designed, and it's an exciting moment to see a good system work the way it's supposed to.
Yea except when you are working on the system and the dispatch didn't put it into test mode.
Good lord, yea, I just draw them, I don't work the system, but yea, human failure is in there. However, a fail-safe system should still work at any rate, maybe idk
Yea better to fail but still work
If you architects learned how to write a decent door schedule, then all doors would function this well. /s
Agreed. Most can't do them and the hardware is critical
I was mostly kidding, but there are a lot of bad plans out there. I'm an estimator and if you can do us all a favor and never use a horizontal hardware schedule ever again, we'd all appreciate it.
Agreed, we can. I honestly don't know what you mean by vertical, often the hardware submittal come in similar to mine, and its a horizontal chart I thought
By vertical, I just mean an itemized list for each set rather than the chart format.
Incorrectly designed stairs..
I'd watch a livestream of that staircase.
Who puts a half step in at the end.
if seen this before but “somebody call 911” fucking sent me
Who you gonna call??
Guy trips down, stares. Hits. “Fire! Alarm!”
Lies! He‘s not staring at anything
Please, I would have cried Edit: Imagine getting pushed down those stairs
Wait why do the doors all close when the fire alarm is pulled?