John, once again your point is well taken as while only a few if any on G C have ever been in the same situation of losing a Brother/Sister in a fire. I include myself of course.
That is the main reason or part of it to demolish our "Old Peice of Crap House". It was a disastor waiting for a place to happen.
Would I love to see supresion systems in every house/dorm, you bet!
As I mentioned in another thread, I fought for it, but many things were put into place for it other than sprinklers.
There needs to be a seminar on what should be done and what not done with certain items with flames to try to keep it down from problems happening. We hope!