<story><title>Escape rooms are big business</title><url>https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/8/7/20749177/escape-room-game</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>the_mitsuhiko</author><text>&amp;gt; And of course, in the US, this is heavily enforced.&lt;p&gt;Is it? How does this work? Are there regular checks and do escape rooms need to register or how are they discovered?</text></item><item><author>gkoberger</author><text>I haven&amp;#x27;t been in a single US escape room where you couldn&amp;#x27;t just... walk out. Most creators in the US are aware of this, and don&amp;#x27;t take the &amp;quot;Escape&amp;quot; part too seriously. And of course, in the US, this is heavily enforced.</text></item><item><author>gambiting</author><text>The whole industry has sort of collapsed over here in Poland after a tragedy few months ago where few teenagers died in a fire[0] - their room was actually locked with no means of emergency exit, which was of course illegal and against building regulations, but it caused such a stir in the media and widespread panic that a lot of these businesses just had to close following the tragedy and the industry hasn&amp;#x27;t yet recovered.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;amp&amp;#x2F;s&amp;#x2F;amp.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;jan&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;five-teenagers-killed-after-fire-in-escape-room-in-poland&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;amp&amp;#x2F;s&amp;#x2F;amp.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jld</author><text>The fire department can do surprise inspections of businesses to insure they are complying with fire codes.&lt;p&gt;If it’s unsafe, they can close the business until the issues has been resolved.&lt;p&gt;I wouldn’t call it heavy enforcement, and it’s not perfect. People die in commercial fires not too infrequently in the US.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.chicagotribune.com&amp;#x2F;suburbs&amp;#x2F;aurora-beacon-news&amp;#x2F;ct-abn-arcada-closed-st-0322-story.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.chicagotribune.com&amp;#x2F;suburbs&amp;#x2F;aurora-beacon-news&amp;#x2F;ct...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;cbs4indy.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;29&amp;#x2F;messy-aisles-causes-speedway-fire-dept-to-close-dollar-tree&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;cbs4indy.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;29&amp;#x2F;messy-aisles-causes-speedway...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Escape rooms are big business</title><url>https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/8/7/20749177/escape-room-game</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>the_mitsuhiko</author><text>&amp;gt; And of course, in the US, this is heavily enforced.&lt;p&gt;Is it? How does this work? Are there regular checks and do escape rooms need to register or how are they discovered?</text></item><item><author>gkoberger</author><text>I haven&amp;#x27;t been in a single US escape room where you couldn&amp;#x27;t just... walk out. Most creators in the US are aware of this, and don&amp;#x27;t take the &amp;quot;Escape&amp;quot; part too seriously. And of course, in the US, this is heavily enforced.</text></item><item><author>gambiting</author><text>The whole industry has sort of collapsed over here in Poland after a tragedy few months ago where few teenagers died in a fire[0] - their room was actually locked with no means of emergency exit, which was of course illegal and against building regulations, but it caused such a stir in the media and widespread panic that a lot of these businesses just had to close following the tragedy and the industry hasn&amp;#x27;t yet recovered.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;amp&amp;#x2F;s&amp;#x2F;amp.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;jan&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;five-teenagers-killed-after-fire-in-escape-room-in-poland&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;amp&amp;#x2F;s&amp;#x2F;amp.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>CydeWeys</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s standard fire code rules.  All doors between occupied rooms and exits must be unlocked during business hours.  Exit doors must have emergency releases that can open them from the inside.  You must have your plans approved for these and other issues before construction can begin.</text></comment>