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The Coconut Grove nightclub fire in Boston in 1942, where 492 lives were
lost, focused national attention upon the importance of adequate exits and related fire
safety features. Public attention to exit matters was further stimulated by the series of
hotel fires in 1946. The Building Exits Code thereafter was used to an increasing extent
for legal regulatory purposes. The code, however, was not in suitable form for adoption
into law and the entire code was edited for mandatory application. This involved adding
provisions to the code which had not been previously covered in order to produce a
complete document. |
