1980 MGM Grand Casino - 87 deaths
Aluminium wiring. Electrical fire.
No sprinkler system, flammable furniture and fixtures.
Poor emergency communication, automatic locks on staircase doors.
Non-operable fire extinguishers.
-Mandate sprinklers in all new high-rise buildings;
-Auto locking and dropping of elevators;
-Installation of “smart doors”
Because of sprinkler system regulations hundreds of attendees in wheelchairs at a conference on Spina
Bifida were saved when a fire broke out at the Riveria