Originally Posted by
shaner82
Another thing that may not have been mentioned in this thread is the differing fire protection standards across the globe. Are you in a high rise in Canada or the US? If so, you can safely assume that there are working fire alarms and fire suppression systems in place. It will also be constructed of very slow burning material. 99.9% of the time, you are safer staying in your room if there is a fire in another part of the building.
Those same standards are obviously not in place in all other countries so your plan of action needs to account for that.
Here's some information provided directly by the Fire Chief in Toronto
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...vice-1.4161078
October 9, 2017, two hotels near each other pretty much burnt to the ground near Ssnta Rosa, Sonoma County, California, when winds up to 70 MPH / 110 mph caused flames to jump US Highway 101. Staying in one's room in either location would have been a death sentence.
The property shown here was the Hilton Sonoma Wine Country hotel.