Azarang (Ozzie) Mirkhah, P.E., EFO, CBO, is a fire
protection engineer for Las Vegas Fire & Rescue, 500 N. Casino Center
Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89101, Ph: (702) 229-6761. Fax: (702) 385-0718. He can be
contacted at amirkhah@lasvegasnevada.gov.
Historically, codes have been strengthened based on the past failures, and many lives were lost to get us up to the levels of safety that we have today. Although avoiding failures might not be truly and completely possible, prudence dictates taking appropriate measures through strengthening the fire and life safety requirements in our codes to reduce such adverse impacts.