Скачать или смотреть Podcast. Episode 8: Fire Safety: A Human Right.

Fire doesn’t care who you are — but too often, safety does.

In this episode, Pavlo Lapikov, a Fire Safety Engineer and investigator with over 20 years of field experience, asks a question that cuts deeper than codes or design standards:
👉 What if fire safety wasn’t just a technical requirement — but a human right?

From high-rises in Canada to garment factories in Asia, the evidence is clear — the people who have the least protection are the ones who pay the highest price. This episode exposes how inequality, neglect, and weak enforcement quietly decide who survives a fire and who doesn’t.

🔍 In This Episode

• The truth behind the phrase “meets code” — and why minimum compliance often fails in real life.
• Real stories from Grenfell Tower (2017), the MGM Grand Fire (1980), and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory (1911) — how each tragedy forced change but left lessons still ignored.
• Why poverty, aging buildings, and unsafe workplaces remain global fire hazards.
• How education, empathy, and ethics can save more lives than any single device or code.
• Why fire safety equality must become part of the human-rights conversation.

💡 Key Insight

Fire safety is not about walls, alarms, or sprinklers — it’s about justice, dignity, and conscience.
The right to wake up tomorrow should not depend on your zip code, your paycheck, or your passport.

Because a building that meets code isn’t always a safe one,
and a system that works on paper doesn’t always protect in practice.

🧠 Why It Matters

When safety becomes a privilege, lives become negotiable.
When we see fire safety as a human right, we redefine what it means to care — not only as engineers, firefighters, or officials, but as a society.

🎧 Listen & Learn More

Watch the full episode on YouTube or listen on Spotify, and FireHeartFSMA.com

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🔖 About the Host

Pavlo Lapikov is a Fire Safety Engineer, investigator, and creator of the Fire Safety Philosophy Podcast. With decades of experience in nuclear, mining, and high-rise sectors across Canada and Europe, Pavlo shares stories that connect technical design with human responsibility. His motto: “Care about lives.”

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