BY GERALD R. TRACY
When any type of building is designed and assembled into a structure, there exists a compromise of trust. That trust is the confidence and tacit agreement linking the architects, builders, occupants, and firefighters in the belief that every edifice constructed is designed and erected with diligence to ensure occupants' safety while inhabiting the building and firefighters' safety if called to suppress a fire in that building.
When early man first emerged from wind-protected areas and caves, he began to construct shelter for security and comfort. He brought fire with him once he realized how to harness its life and energy. The wonder and danger of fire have been with us since man stood upright. Early man soon learned that fire could protect and maintain his survival or destroy it. His existence was less complicated but not trouble-free.
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