[Beth Danae]

I am a curious person and so found the following curious...

Been here over a year (no previous alarm experiences)- last week fire alarm in apt goes off. We leave the dinner table and proceed down 40 flights of stairs figuring it was probably a false alarm but also figuring we wouldn't get any info by calling non-english speaking management whose # we didn't have anyway...

anyway, was a false alarm.

Next night an alarm goes off in a neighboring building, no details on that...

Saturday we're eating at Bubba Gumps on the peak - alarm in that tower goes off. Was on for 5 mins or so - then off. A minute later it's on again... Got 2 stories on why that was - 1) someone broke a glass pane 2) someone was smoking in the elevator. Quite loud and annoying it was.

Upon our return home we pass a building with 2-3 fire engines outside it...

What's the deal? Totally weird.

[Pekkerhead]

maybe you are bad luck?

[HKChigger]

Originally Posted by Beth Danae

I am a curious person and so found the following curious...

Been here over a year (no previous alarm experiences)- last week fire alarm in apt goes off. We leave the dinner table and proceed down 40 flights of stairs figuring it was probably a false alarm but also figuring we wouldn't get any info by calling non-english speaking management whose # we didn't have anyway...
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40 flights of stairs? That must have taken a long time! Aiya.

Last time I was in a building the fire alarm went off nobody paid attention. We all just went on hanging out/eating. In fact I didn't see one person attempt to leave the building lol. (I was in a public housing estate in Tsz Wan Shan with all locals)

I see different culture when it comes to fire here. Locals ignore all fire alarms etc, where as I find expats tend to be worried about living on high floors due to fire risk and pour out of buildings when alarms go off.

I don't see anything wrong with leaving a building when an alarm goes off. Good practice...But, worrying about fire here because you live higher is far fetched. All buildings are made of concrete here. A fire is not going to spread outside of one flat/area unless it is either well fueled or caused by a major explosion.

I have seen flats burnt out here, the fire is 100% contained to the flat. There may be some minor smoke damage in surrounding flats, but I think the chance of you being in serious danger because you live on floor 50 for example is utterly silly. I feel the fire danger on floor 5/10 or 50 is the same.

This is not an attack on the OP or anything. Just something I keep noticing and want to point out.